“It’s that place where you go where you don’t know what’s going on, but you know it’s going to be fun,” said Xandon Keating, Phoenix Deputy Director of Community and Economic Development.
As the city rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic that kept people home, city officials are considering marketing a downtown entertainment district that would be a nightlife hub.
During Wednesday’s Economic Development and Equity Subcommittee meeting, city staff presented the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, and Honky Tonk Highway in Nashville, Tennessee as inspiration toward what could be created in Phoenix.
