The world witnessed the ceremonial groundbreaking for the University of Phoenix Stadium on April 12, 2003. The University of Phoenix Stadium is by far the biggest and grandest adaptable sports arena in the world. Glendale, Arizona serves as its home, right across the Jobing.com Arena which is the official residence of the NHL Phoenix Coyotes. The NFL Arizona Cardinals along with the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl are its principal leaseholders. The University of Phoenix which is a for-profit institution dedicated to the sphere of mature studies legally attained the naming privileges by September last year. Originally the stadium was called the "Cardinals Stadium".
             The magnificence and artistic beauty of the University of Phoenix Stadium is such that the Business Week magazine in one of the February 2006 editions honored it as one of the ten most extraordinary sports arenas in the world. There is truly nothing like it in terms of its visual presentation, its design, engineering and high-fi equipment. Its magnificence is not only in visual terms, the technology and equipment used in the structure of this arena cost to a total of $455 million. The financial distributions were as follows:
             $41.7 million for location developments and maintenance, and
             The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority who have contributed a hefty total of $302.3 million to date,
             The Arizona Cardinals who have contributed a total of $143.2 million to date, and
             The City of Glendale who have contributed a total of $9.5 million to date.
             The features that this stadium has are, by far, some of the most amazing and certainly do the owners of the stadium, namely the Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority, proud. It has a high-tech and updated naturally compressed grass outfield with a ceiling that can be drawn back. It has a permanent air-conditioned capacity for 63,000 people which can be extended by 10,000 to encompass a total of 73,000 people if the need arises li...