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International Airfield & Highway Pavements Conference

Glendale, Arizona | –

In partnership with Arizona Department of Transportation

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ICTD 2025 and Pavements 2025 will be co-locating in Glendale, Arizona!

Conferences should never be all work and no play, so here's a list of some of the area's most fascinating, enriching, and intriguing attractions. 

Glendale

  • Westgate Entertainment District: Arizona’s premier entertainment destination offering a vibrant outdoor setting with unique water features and an interactive shopping, dining, and entertainment experience.
  • Cerreta Candy Company: A local chocolate wonderland.
  • Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve: Escape the city on a self-guided quarter-mile nature trail featuring petroglyphs, native desert plants, and animals in their natural habitat. 
  • Glendale Historic District: Named one of the country’s 10 best places for shopping, Glendale Historic District has over 80 antique shops, has received national accolades for dining, and is home to the Peacock Passport scavenger hunt. 
  • Martin Auto Museum & Event Center: A personal automobile collection that owner Mel Martin has shared with the Glendale community since 2005, this museum houses important automobiles throughout the history of transportation. 
  • Thunderbird Conservation Park: Thunderbird Conservation Park, 1,185-acres in the Hedgpeth Hills, is dedicated to preserving the desert environment.

Phoenix

  • The Heard Museum: With an impressive collection of more than 40,000 objects, this comprehensive museum includes intricate Navajo textiles, Zuni jewelry, Hopi Katsina dolls, prehistoric ceramics, and contemporary art.
  • Papago Park: A literal desert oasis.
  • Phoenix Zoo: The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States.

Scottsdale

  • Taliesin West: Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home, studio, and world headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. (Scottsdale) 

One-of-a-kind adventures a little further away

  • Tombstone, AZ and the OK Corral: Home of the infamous gunfight and the world's largest rosebush. (About 3 hours from Glendale)
  • Bisbee, AZ: One of the richest mineral sites in the world, Bisbee is an old mining town known for its European-style houses, stunning architecture, and thriving arts community. (About 3.5 hours from Glendale)
  • Sedona, AZ: Known as a prime destination for spiritual healing, Sedona also offers majestic views of red rock buttes, small town charm, and new age shops. (About 2 hours from Glendale)
  • Grand Canyon National Park: One of America's best known and loved national parks and one of the seven wonders of the natural world. (About 3.5 hours from Glendale)

Discover more fun things to do at Visit Glendale.

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