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Scottsdale getting its own Monopoly game BY J. GRABER AND ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writers
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Scottsdale City Council candidates address the issues.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
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nstead of Boardwalk and Park Place, Silverleaf and DC Ranch might be available for purchase when an official Scottsdale version of the Monopoly hits the shelves next January. Top Trumps USA and Hasbro announced last week that Scottsdale will be the next
city to receive its own iteration of the classic board game. To ensure the board captures the most essential elements of Scottsdale, Top Trumps USA is soliciting recommendations from the public about which locations should be included as squares on the board. It also is soliciting well-established Scottsdale businesses and nonprofits to be part of this historic way to honor Scottsdale.
“Since this is the one and only time we’re coming to Scottsdale, I want to make it right and I want this to be a board that the people of Scottsdale are excited to play,” said Top Trumps USA spokeswoman Katie Hubbard. One of the first organizations that Top Trumps USA met with for ideas of places to include was Experience Scottsdale, which
see MONOPOLY page 6
Dilapidated fire training facility slated for rebirth
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ARTS................................ 28 Authors to flock to big Scottsdale book fair.
NEIGHBORS...........................................22 BUSINESS............................................... 23 OPINION......................................26 ARTS............................................28 CLASSIFIEDS.............................. 30
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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he Scottsdale Fire Department training facility consists mainly of two portable trailers and a three-story burn tower that can only actually catch on fire on the first floor. After that, firefighters who want to practice fighting fires on the second or third floor must use smoke machines attached to extension cords that somebody jimmy-rigged to run upstairs A make-shift classroom seats maybe 12 people with rebar poking through the floor, one computer for training purposes and a black-and-white copier that doesn’t work for large projects.
see SAFETY page 8
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Scottsdale Fire Deputy Chief Danny Ables stands inside the antiquated three-story burn building at the department’s Thomas Hontz Training Facility. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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