As thousands of visitors venture to Downtown Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII, it’s primetime to shop like a local.
Downtown Phoenix Inc. has partnered with Arizona Center and City of Phoenix to activate five vacant retail suites with hyper-local, Arizona-centric vendors.
From February 4-12 shop amongst 15 local retailers—Clothing, Jewelry, Art, Souvenirs, Fashion Accessories, Books and More—while you take in all the Super Bowl fun in Downtown Phoenix.
Fourteen of the retailers will be co-mingled mercantile-style in four suites at Arizona Center while State Forty-Eight apparel will be located at the corner of 2nd and Adams Streets just west of Phoenix Convention Center (40 N 2nd St).
Hours of operation:
Monday-Saturday: 10 am-8 pm
Sun Feb. 5: 11 am-5 pm
Sun Feb. 12: 11 am- 3 pm
Business owners like Monyea Gandy of CreatedByDVO are excited to meet the incoming crowds and showcase their products.
“We are ready and extremely excited to participate in the Super Bowl festivities in this capacity. It will lengthen our reach and grow our customer base. Also, it’s fun,” Gandy said. “I am looking forward to the diversity, excitement and customer engagement that is on the way. Valuable business connections, great memories and history is going to be made. We are a part of history- Phoenix history, Arizona history, Super Bowl history!”
Below is a list of the businesses you can shop with.
From February 4-12 shop amongst 15 local retailers—Clothing, Jewelry, Art, Souvenirs, Fashion Accessories, Books and More—while you take in all the Super Bowl fun in Downtown Phoenix. (Photo: Taylor Costello).
Businesses at Arizona Center
Torn Paper Creations
Aileen Frick is interested in the way collage can be integrated into paintings so that one is not conscious of the boundary between the printed image and paint. She uses mixed media landscapes organically formed with recycled magazines, paint, and traces of your surroundings. Instagram: @aileenfrick_art
Beautiful Dresses in Arizona
Allona Morris offers a beautiful selection of festival and boutique dresses. Instagram: @beautifuldressesinbranson
Ben’s Bells
In 2022, Jeannette Maré’s life changed forever when her son, Ben, died suddenly just before his third birthday. In the months following his death, Jeannette and her friends and family began making ceramic wind chimes- the first Ben’s Bells- in her backyard studio. Ben’s Bells teaches communities about the positive impacts of international kindness and inspires people to practice kindness as a way of life. Instagram: @bensbells
The Diaspora Collective
The Diaspora Collective is a place for the collective to celebrate, connect, discover, experience, and honor the food, art, culture, music, and people of Africa and the African diaspora. The reason why is simple: to empower people to be passionate ambassadors for Africa and African diaspora so that we shape the narrative.
Instagram: @the_diasporacollective
Hazel & Violet
Hazel & Violet is an open-to-the-public letterpress studio, teaching facility, and commercial print shop on Historic Grand Avenue in Downtown Phoenix. They print custom wedding invitations, stationery, business cards, coasters, and broadsides. They even have a retail line of cards, stationery, calendars, coasters, and art prints. Instagram: @hazelandviolet
Hauspanther
Hauspanther loves cats! They also love design, of all kinds- interior design, architecture, product design, graphic design, art, fashion-all of it. Hauspanther features the latest design finds, tailored specifically for those who share our love of cats. Instagram: @hauspanther
HILÁI Jewelry
Hila is an emerging jewelry designer and metalsmith, specializing in one-of-a-kind and bespoken jewelry. She works mostly in sterling silver, brass, and recently added some gold. Every piece is hand fabricated, each stone is hand-selected. Instagram: @hilalijewelry
Look See Draw
Aileen Martinez is a Phoenix-based, Chicana artist who creates colorful drawings of places around the Valley and the City of Phoenix. Instagram: @look.see.draw
Love Glasses Revolution
Love Glasses are amazing, stylish, and FUN to wear but they are more than that they are a symbol and statement that you are choosing to SEE the good and BE the good in the world. It’s a message to the world that you live on your own terms and you write your own narrative. Instagram: @loveglassesrevolution
Straw and Wool Hat Store
Straw & Wool was established in 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona with the goal of providing a sense of style and confidence that only a classic hat can provide! Instagram: @straw_and_wool
Strawberry Hedgehog
Proudly and mindfully handcrafting vegan, safe, healthy, clean products for you and your family for more than a decade! Instagram: @strawberryhedgehodsoap
Sun Above
Sun Above is on a mission to get people outdoors. They believe freeing fitness from performance starts with having fun and generating
endorphins. That’s why they create high-quality products for recreation that make you feel strong & confident. Instagram: @sunabovelife
Grassrootz Bookstore
Arizona’s only Black-owned bookstore. Showcasing books and apparel that help educate and celebrate Black culture. Instagram: @grassrootzbookstore
CreatedByDVO
Timeless handmade works of art created with handcrafted beads and copper jewelry. Instagram: @createdbydvo_llc
State Forty-Eight apparel will be located at the corner of 2nd and Adams Streets just west of Phoenix Convention Center (40 N 2nd St). (Photo Taylor Costello).
Regency Garage
State Forty Eight
Founded in 2013 by local entrepreneurs, Michael, Stephen and Nicholas, State Forty Eight was born out of a shared passion and appreciation for the
great state of Arizona. Carrying an array of uniquely designed shirts, hats, accessories and other products, the homegrown stays true to its tagline:
clothing for all, inspired by Arizona. Instagram: @statefortyeight
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