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Central Phoenix Inn - Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix Civic Plaza
and Convention Center (1 mile)
The 24-acre Phoenix Civic Plaza, in the heart of Copper Square, has been hosting national and regional conventions and trade shows as well as consumer events and theatrical productions since it opened in 1972.

US Airways Center (1 mile)
Home of NBA'S Phoenix Suns and AFL's Arizona Rattlers. (Formerly known as America West Arena)

Chase Field (1 mile)
Home of the Insight.com Bowl and MLB's Arizona Diamond Backs. (Formerly known as Bank One Ballpark)

Heard Museum (8 blocks)
The internationally acclaimed Heard Museum is one of the best places to experience the myriad cultures and art of Native Americans of the Southwest. With a commanding presence on Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix, the museum hosts nearly 250,000 visitors a year and "… provides Indian artists with a wonderful home that will excite and inspire visitors from around the world." Arizona Highways, October 1999. The museum's 10 spacious exhibit galleries and beautiful outdoor courtyards feature outstanding traditional and contemporary Native American art.

Dodge Theater (1 mile)
The Dodge Theatre is a state-of-the-art entertainment venue designed specifically for concerts, Broadway shows, family stage shows, boxing, and convention meetings. Marrying the classic, fully rigged Broadway stage house with the pulsating excitement of modern arena technologies, state-of-the-art music sound systems and premier patron comforts ushers in a new era in performance venue evolution.

Phoenix Symphony (1 mile)
Founded in 1947, The Phoenix Symphony proudly serves the citizens of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, central Arizona, and the southwestern United States. The 75-member Phoenix Symphony presents an annual season from September through May, featuring classical and pops concerts. Each season, the Symphony performs for more than 70,000 students and children (representing over 275 different schools), helping to introduce music to new generations through a variety of education, community, and youth-engagement programs.

Arizona State Capitol (2 miles)
Dedicated as our capitol in 1901, the copper-domed building has witnessed many landmarks in Arizona history. The historic Capitol building, now the Arizona Capitol Museum , continues to watch our state's political story unfold with its central position between the governor's office and the state legislature. It remains the primary symbol of democracy in Arizona.

Arizona Theatre Company
Arizona Theatre Company is the state's leading professional theatre, performing six productions at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson and at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix from September to May each season. (ATC is the only LORT regional theatre in the country to operate in two cities.) Last year nearly 150,000 people experienced a rich variety of theatre at ATC.

Heritage Square (1 mile)
Historic Heritage Square is a striking remnant of Phoenix’s Victorian past. The Rosson House is the cornerstone of a city block dating from the late 1800s. Museums, shops and restaurants now inhabit the block, which encompasses the only remaining group of residential structures from the original townsite of Phoenix. Historic Heritage Square is a part of Heritage & Science Park that includes the Arizona Science Center, Phoenix Museum of History, restaurants and a parking garage.

Phoenix Art Museum (6 blocks)
Opened in 1959, Phoenix Art Museum is one of the largest art museums in the Southwest and encompasses about 160,000 square feet. Its collection spans the globe and the centuries, with over 17,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary, and Western American art, and fashion design. Phoenix Art Museum welcomes over a quarter of a million visitors each year and presents exhibitions of the world's best art, a full slate of enlightening and fun public programs and events, and amenities designed to make your experience at the Museum comfortable and memorable.

Copper Square and DASH Shuttle (4 blocks)
Whether you want to grab a bite to eat or drink, attend a sporting event or a cultural attraction, visit a specialty shop, it's all right here in the heart of Copper Square, Downtown Phoenix. The Copper Square Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH) is available at no cost to take you to and from your favorite Copper Square hot spots.

Japanese Friendship Gardens (1 block)
The world of the Japanese garden has always been one of reflection and contemplation. The Japanese Friendship Garden provides a peaceful oasis to residents and tourists alike offering respite in their busy, fast-paced lives. Strolling through the Garden, visitors will view traditional elements of the Japanese art form. These elements symbolize many aspects of the Japanese culture and philosophy. The irregularly shaped pond means "heart" and "friendship." Within the pond will be many colorful Japanese fish called Koi and a "tortoise and crane" island which symbolizes "longevity."

Irish Cultural Center (1 block)
The Irish Cultural Center provides a link between the people of Arizona and the people of Ireland and other Celtic cultures. Programs, classes, festivals, exhibits and special events include history, music, art, dance, literature, drama, crafts, language, travel, sports and traditional activities.

Chinese Cultural Center (6 miles)
The COFCO Chinese Cultural Center is a uniquely upscale cultural, culinary and shopping attraction conveniently located adjacent to the Sky Harbor Airport. It is an elegantly integrated facility featuring exquisite fine Asian dining and shopping.

Phoenix Museum of History (1 mile)
The Phoenix Museum of History is a sleek and elegant 20,000 square foot facility that hosts both a main gallery and a changing exhibit gallery, a library and archives room featuring rare and current books on Arizona history, and a beautiful museum store that offers unique gifts and books.

Arizona Science Center (1 mile)
Explore more than 300 hands-on exhibits in five themed galleries. Also see our featured changing exhibitions. Experience the sciences and technologies that flourish in Arizona and affect your everyday life.

Arizona State Fairgrounds and Maricopa County Fairgrounds, & Veteran's Memorial Coliseum (3 miles)

Desert Botanical Garden (7 miles)
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts one of the world's finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind museum show cases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits. Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than 250,000 visitors each year.

Phoenix Zoo (7 miles)
The Phoenix Zoo is one of America's most successful, privately-owned, nonprofit zoological parks. It began as the vision of one person, Robert E. Maytag, who worked tirelessly to rally community support on behalf of the zoo, which opened in 1962.

Though still comparatively young, The Phoenix Zoo has already gained an international reputation for its efforts on behalf of wildlife. The zoo participates in numerous local and international efforts on behalf of endangered species, including the Mexican wolf, thick-billed parrot, black-footed ferret, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran tiger, Asian elephant, and many more.

Phoenix Theater and Phoenix Children's Theater (6 blocks)
Phoenix Theatre, founded in 1920 as Phoenix Little Theatre, is the oldest arts institution in the State of Arizona and one of the oldest continuously operating arts organizations in the country. As an integral part of Arizona's cultural landscape, Phoenix Theatre is the only professional theatre in the Valley that provides programming that spans all generations.

South Mountain Park and Preserve (8 miles)
At over 16,000 acres, South Mountain Park/Preserve often is referred to as the largest municipal park in the country. It boasts 58 miles of trails for horseback riding, hiking and mountain biking for all skill levels.

Arizona State University Downtown campus (1 mile)
Arizona State University has partnered with the city of Phoenix to build a modern, vibrant university campus in downtown Phoenix. The ASU Downtown campus is embedded within the city, embracing the cultural, socioeconomic and physical setting of the urban downtown in the 21st century.

Arizona State University Main Campus (8 miles)
Arizona State University is one of the premier metropolitan public research universities in the nation. Enrolling more than 57,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on three campuses in metropolitan Phoenix, ASU maintains a tradition of academic excellence in core disciplines, and has become an important global center for innovative interdisciplinary teaching and research. ASU offers outstanding resources for study and research, including libraries and museums with important collections, studios and performing arts spaces for creative endeavor, and unsurpassed state-of-the-art scientific and technological laboratories and research facilities.

Sun Devil Stadium (8 miles)
ASU's Sun Devils and NFL's Arizona Cardinals. One of the most aesthetic, dynamic, innovative and beautiful collegiate stadiums in the nation, Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium has played host to some of the best football games for more than four decades. Constructed between two mountain buttes, the stadium literally was carved from the desert, and occupies a space between the Tempe buttes — actually small mountains that ideally have accommodated the growth of the structure.

Phoenix International Raceway (20 miles)
Free local shuttle from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every hour on the hour. Courtesy van to and from airport, ballpark, convention civic center, and downtown business locations.

Arizona Mills Outlet Mall (10 miles)
Arizona Mills features the best names in manufacturers' and retail outlets including Last Call from Neiman Marcus, OFF 5TH Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet, and Kenneth Cole New York, high quality entertainment venues including Harkins Luxury 24 Cinemas, GameWorks, IMAX Theatre and various themed restaurants.

Snowbowl Ski Resort (150 miles)
The Arizona Snowbowl, located on the San Francisco Peaks, offers you the unique experience of skiing in the state of Arizona. The Snowbowl opened in 1938 and is one of the oldest continually run ski areas in the United States. Snowbowl has a great history of entertaining all abilities of both skiers and snowboarders. Snowbowl has the best learning terrain in the entire southwest, offering over 50 acres and 2 chairlifts in the renowned Hart Prairie beginner area - This is where Arizona learns to ski and snowboard! Intermediate and advanced snowriders will enjoy many challenging trails and over 2,300 feet of vertical drop. Snowbowl caters to the family experience by offering lessons for all ability levels in a private or group setting.

Cliff Castle Casino (80 miles)
Cliff Castle Casino is all about fun for the whole family. Whether it’s a local horseback tour, kids karaoke in Kids Quest, battling hostile aliens in The Alley, or Cosmic Bowling in Shake, Rattle & Bowl, Cliff Castle Casino has something fun for everyone. At Cliff Castle Casino, you’ll find more fun, excitement and lots more friendliness than at any other casino in Arizona. Slots? Absolutely, and all the popular ones, too. Poker? You bet, in a casual and friendly atmosphere. Blackjack? Of course, 24 hours a day.

Arizona Center (8 blocks)
Phoenix's premier shopping, dining and entertainment mall with 24-screen AMC movie theater

Casino Arizona (11 miles)
Casino Arizona guests will find 1,500 ticket-pay multi-denominational slot machines, including 80 high-limit slots, live Blackjack, 50 poker tables, and live fast-action Keno. There's also a mahogany paneled high stakes poker room. The Starz Sportsbar offers video poker slots and numerous televisions for viewing sporting events.