Desert Sun Stadium is a stadium in Yuma, Arizona. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Yuma Scorpionsminor league baseball team. It originally opened in 1969. It holds 10,500 people. It was the spring training home of the San Diego Padres from 1969 until 1994, and the Padres still play an annual spring-training game there against members of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Athens Olympic Stadium A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. ... Yuma is a city located in Yuma county, Arizona, United States. ... Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical stick called a bat that can be made... The Yuma Scorpions are a Golden Baseball League team based in Yuma, Arizona. ... Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Major league affiliations National League (1969-present) West Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (2) 1998 • 1984 West Division titles (4) 2005 • 1998 • 1996 • 1984 Wild card berths (0) None Major league nicknames San Diego Padres (1969-present) Major league home ballparks PETCO... Major league affiliations National League (1998-present) West Division (1998-present) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 2001 NL Pennants (1) 2001 West Division titles (3) 2002 • 2001 • 1999 Wild card berths (0) None Major league nicknames Arizona Diamondbacks (1998-present) Major league home ballparks Chase Field (1998-present...
It is best known for its desert landscape, which includes cacti.
Less well known is the pine-covered high country of the Colorado Plateau in the north-central portion of the state, which contrasts with the desertic Basin and Range region in the southern portions of the state.
Sun City, established by developer Del Webb and opened in 1960 was one of the first such communities.
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