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Jobing.com Arena (previously Glendale Arena) is adjacent to University of Phoenix Stadium, and is the home of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Glendale is the home to the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football Conference (NFL). The team previously played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in nearby Tempe, and in 2006 began playing at University of Phoenix Stadium. The stadium was featured on The History Channel TV series, Modern Marvels because of its roll-out natural grass field. The stadium is scheduled to host Super Bowl XLII in 2008.

There are a number of higher education campuses in Glendale. Glendale Community College is a member of the Maricopa County Community College District, while Arizona State University has its West campus in Glendale. Midwestern University is a graduate college of medicine located in Glendale. Thunderbird School of Global Management is a graduate school specializing in international management located in Glendale.

According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.8 sq miles (144.4 km²), of which, 55.7 sq miles (144.2 km²) of it is land and 0.1 sq miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.13%) is water.

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles Nwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the populus of the city is 246,531. The NHL`s Phoenix Coyotes and NLL`s Arizona Sting began playing in Glendale when Jobing.com Arena (previously the Glendale Arena) opened in December 2003. Also in Glendale is the new University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL`s Arizona Cardinals and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which opened in August 2006. In 2008, Super Bowl XLII is scheduled to be played there. Both venues are part of the Westgate City Center development plan, meant to spur growth in the sparsely inhabited Yucca district.Glendale bills itself as “Arizona’s Antique Capital,” with support for its claim from both Sunset Magazine (2004) and a 1998 article in USA Today. Glendale is home to the popular Arrowhead Towne Center mall in the Nwest part of the city. Glendale also is home to the metro Phoenix area`s first medical school, Midwestern, as well as a major post-graduate international business school, the Thunderbird School of Global Management.The city will host an extension of the Valley Metro light rail transit line by perhaps 2011. Glendale, along with other West Valley cities such as Peoria and Avondale, has had a long standing rivalry with cities in the East Valley.[citation needed] With the addition of the stadiums and Westgate development, as well as the Cibola Vista resort and other upscale developments, Glendale and Peoria are quickly gaining a reputation as representing the future of the Phoenix area.[citation needed]