Enjoying Spring Training here in AZ - the Diamondback's have a brand new stadium that is two miles down Indian Bend Road from the new Talking Stick Resort (read: a new casino). The old casino was housed in two tents. The new casino is really quite nice. The poker room is 55 tables and non-smoking.

The rest of the casino has 900 slots, keno, five restaurants and 54 table games. Arizona does not allow craps or roulette. The hotel is 497 rooms in a 15-story tower. No penthouse because the top floor is the Orange Sky restaurant - great 270 degree view of the valley.

The link is a quick report on the Peoria Sports Complex because I am (sigh) a Mariner's fan - please take a look, it's my first piece for Yahoo! but you'll have to ignore my editing. Weather here is 88 degrees and really nice!