Poised on the northwestern edge of the thriving Valley of the Sun, Surprise is one of Arizona's fastest growing cities, Surprise Arizona - and for good reason. Against the backdrop of pristine desert and stately Saguaros, Surprise is building a City beyond expectations - a well-rounded community where residents love to live, work and play.

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Arts: The well-respected West Valley Art Museum delivers a wide variety of art to Surprise's doorstep, while a satellite location of the world-renowned Heard Museum celebrates the culture of Arizona's Native people.

Activities: From a par-three chip and putt to championship courses designed by golf legends, test your skills on one or all eight of Surprise's public/private courses. Cool your heels in the Surprise Aquatic Center, tour Luke Air Force Base or head up the road to historic Wickenburg.
Baseball: Surprise's award-winning stadium is the Spring Training home of the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers, and host to a charter Golden Baseball League team: the Surprise Fightin' Falcons

Community: The Surprise Recreation Campus, home of big-league baseball, a dynamic recreation program and special events roster, is at the center of the activity.  Buoyed by a regional library, aquatic center, recreation center, community park featuring a five-acre fishing lake, giant playground and doggie park - and soon - a 25-court championship tennis complex with center court seating for 5,000.

City-sponsored events such as Surprise Party, Fourth of July, Movies in the Stadium, Performances in the Park foster fun and family, while clubs and churches provide a place to belong.

Renowned retirement communities and award-winning master-planned family neighborhoods are filled with parks, walking paths and plenty of front-porch attitudes. Commerce. New stores and restaurants are opening almost daily and more than a million-square-feet of retail and office space is master-planned. An upscale regional mall, auto mall and two power centers are scheduled to break ground in 2007.

Besides year round sunshine and new, clean, safe neighborhoods, bustling Surprise offers excellent opportunities to share our great southwestern lifestyle. 

Check out awesome White Tank Mountain Regional Park, where you can puzzle over ancient petroglyphs and hike to a seasonal waterfall, or camp out under twinkling desert stars. Enjoy Spring Training in Surprise, when major leaguers for many of the 12 Cactus League teams visit beautiful Surprise Stadium, home to the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. Play tennis at the Tennis and Racquet Complex featuring 25 tennis courts, racquetball and table tennis. Surprise Aquatic Center is the perfect place to cool off in the one of the pools featuring 2 slides and a zero depth play area for children.

Enjoy the Heard Museum West, a prestigious name in historic and modern Native American art, or the West Valley Art Museum where new exhibits and programs are always on display. Enjoy our eight open to the public golf courses, the region's finest fully accessible community park, and year round events from our fabulous 4th July fireworks to our December community wide Surprise Party, all within an easy drive of the amenities of the Phoenix metro area. Enjoy the links above, or find out more about our community by visiting www.surpriseaz.com or www.surpriseregionalchamber.com