Peoria

Play in Peoria

• • Get wet at Lake Pleasant Regional Park

  • Soak up the sun with Spring Training at Peoria Sports Complex

  • Fly a space mission at the Challenger Space Center

  • Celebrate the performing arts at Theater Works or the Arizona Broadway Theatre

  • Enjoy open-air shopping, dining and entertainment at Park West

  • Hike on one of our 35 miles of trails

Still a visionary community, the City of Peoria was established in the 1880s after a settler’s vision.

Even with a setting as beautiful as the natural Sonoran Desert, Peoria’s attractions are definite standouts – from the second-largest lake in Arizona to nationally-recognized sporting events, and from arts and entertainment opportunities to new independent restaurants and shopping – Peoria has it all.

The Peoria Sports Complex was the first two-team Major League Baseball spring training facility in the country, and is the Spring Training and player development facility for the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. The 11,000-seat Complex, with 12 practice fields and team clubhouses, is used year-round. The Sports Complex is also used for special events such as concerts, festivals, art shows, youth and adult national and local baseball tournaments.

Surrounding the Peoria Sports Complex is the city’s Entertainment District featuring a wide variety of shopping, dining, and entertainment opportunities including live performances at several unique venues. Arizona Broadway Theatre produces six to eight major musical theater productions each year, encompassing a wide spectrum of Broadway favorites in an elegant dinner setting. Anchoring the Old Town revitalization project is the new $13 million, 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. Home to Theater Works, Arizona’s largest community-based theater group, the center offers performances throughout the year as well as workshops and classes for all ages and performers.

Nearby, the Challenger Space Center of Arizona provides all ages an astronomical thrill. Part of an international network, the center allows groups of visitors to simulate a two-and-one-half-hour space mission, varying from a trip to the moon to a visit to a comet. The center also offers educational programs for individuals, families and schools as well as camps, stargazing, and corporate programs and rentals. With its unique affiliation to the Smithsonian Institute, access to national quality museum exhibits is the bonus.

On the northern end of the city, nature enthusiasts enjoy the luminous waters of Lake Pleasant, a paradise for water-skiers, jet-skiers, scuba divers, sailors and anglers. Lake Pleasant Regional Park, thought of by many as the “Jewel in the Desert,” blends unrivaled beauty with unlimited outdoor recreation. At 10,000 acres, the lake is Arizona’s second-largest and appropriately named. The bass fishing is excellent, and two marinas offer a full selection of fishing boats, speedboats and Jet skis.

Anchoring the south end of Peoria, complete with canopied walkways, Park West is Peoria’s new open-air shopping destination. This pedestrian-friendly center allows shoppers to enjoy a destination filled with upscale shopping, dining and entertainment. Find out more about Peoria at visitpeoriaaz.com..

Peoria prides itself on having a wealth of recreational opportunities.