PHOENIX — It's fiesta time!
Fiesta Bowl Parade time, that is.
The annual parade – ahead of the Fiesta Bowl game – will wind through central Phoenix starting at 10 a.m. Saturday with more than 3,000 people and animals participating.
It starts at Central Avenue and Bethany Home Road, cuts over to 7th Street on Camelback Road and then continues south on 7th street ending at Minnezona Avenue.
Admission is free to the public, with optional reserved seating for $30. The parade will be broadcast live on Arizona's Family 3TV.
The theme of this year's parade is Spirit of Competition. Former NFL and Arizona State University quarterback Jake Plummer and former NBA and University of Arizona player Richard Jefferson will be the Grand Marshals in the parade.
Fiesta Bowl
The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl will take place on Jan. 1 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. This year's matchup: Liberty v. Oregon.
Arizona sports
The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.
The Cardinals have made the State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers also play at the Footprint. Phoenix has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall; and Cactus League Spring Training.
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