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The NHL's Phoenix Coyotes and NLL's Arizona Sting began playing here when
Glendale Arena opened
in December 2003. The NFL's Arizona Cardinals are building a new stadium here,
and will move to the
new facility in the fall of 2006. Both venues are part of the Westgate
development plan, meant to spur
growth in the sparsely habitated Yucca district.
Glendale is also home to the popular Arrowhead mall in the north-west part of
the city.
There are 75,700 households out of which 39.9% have children under the age of
18 living with them,
53.5% are married couples living together, 12.8% have a female householder with
no husband present,
and 28.2% are non-families. 21.3% of all households are made up of individuals
and 5.8% have
someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size
is 2.85 and the
average family size is 3.33.
In the city the population is spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 10.8%
from 18 to 24, 31.9%
from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median age is 31
years. For every 100 females there are 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18
and over, there are 97.1
males.
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