As Glendale prepares to host its third Super Bowl on Sunday, the rapid evolution of the city, especially around the stadium, has taken center stage.
“Would we have thought in our wildest dreams it would turn out to be the way that it is?” Elaine Scruggs, former mayor of Glendale, said. “No, because there was never anything like it. We would have been unrealistic to even try to envision anything like that.”
Scruggs, who served as mayor of Glendale from 1993 to 2013, presided over the city as the Westgate Entertainment District was developed, and saw the Coyotes and Cardinals relocate to Glendale.