Tempe Beach Park

Tempe Beach Park is a multi purpose park located in downtown Tempe, Arizona. The park was built in 1931; it underwent a complete renovation in 1999 and has had several upgrades since then.

Located on the south bank of the park is an amphitheatre where many events and festivals and trade shows are held, the amphitheatre can accommodate up to 5,000 people. Each Fourth of July the park hosts a fireworks display that features the Mill Avenue Bridges in the background. Other events include the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, a New Year's Eve Block Party and Oktoberfest.

If visitors wish to launch a boat they should go to the North Bank where the Marina is located, there is also five miles of pedestrian, biking and skating pathways on this side which circle Town Lake along with the operations center.

Also featured at the park is the historical baseball field where many carnival games are played along with baseball and softball games.

One of the newer attractions at the park is the Splash Playground which was opened in 2002. This is a one acre water playground for visitors of all ages to play and learn about the water cycle. The water flows across the playground, where it will be collected, filtered, cleaned then re-circulated by using a state of the art system.

The lake at the park is used by Arizona State University Sailing Club and the Arizona Yacht Club. The lake is also used for rowing clubs to practice along with Dragon Boat teams and Outrigger Clubs.