Exactly the East Valley suburbs alone have 1.2 million people the West Valley suburbs have 687,000 with the city of Phoenix splitting the valley. They should have built that arena where they bulit the new Salt River Fields near the 202/101 interchange in South Scottsdale. During rush hour traffic it takes 1 hour to go from Mesa (largest suburb) to Glendale, add a 30 minute drive back after the game it gets to be a pretty long day. Plus AZ's strict DUI laws it just isn't worth it. Glendale sold there soul to sports and are paying for it today.