Many of you in the Phoenix area may already know, but for those of you that don’t: Each year in December and the beginning of January the Phoenix Zoo puts on their ZooLights display. With more than 3.5 million lights and 600 animal light sculptures, it is the biggest display of holiday lights in the Southwest.
The tradition began about 20 years ago and is a must for those in the valley. It’s great for everyone, families, couples, they even have a single’s night.
The Phoenix ZooLights team works hard all year round to design and build new features to keep the audience coming back and the excitement alive. It takes a crew of 4 people a total of over 12 weeks to instal the entire display. Exciting displays this year include a 24 foot lighted sphere floating on the lake, a life size lion display, the Music in Motion dancing tree show, horse-drawn wagon rides and camel rides, as well as a 180 foot long polar slide for simulated snow tubing in the Southwest!
This year ZooLights has put in the extra effort to go green. They are using LED (light-emitting diode) lights that consume far less energy than the standard light bulbs. This decreases energy costs and reduces their environmental impact since the LEDs take less energy to manufacture as well.
This year the ZooLights display will end on January 9th. It’s not too late to get your tickets, which cost between $8 (for zoo members and children) to $12 (at the door). Discounted tickets are available at Fry’s grocery stores. So what are you waiting for? Pick up your tickets and enjoy the zoo by night today!
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I love zoo lights. It is one of my favorite holiday activities. I highly recommend it for anyone in Phoenix during the holidays.
They have one of those at Point Defiance Zoo and Acquarium in Tacoma. We take the kids every year and they love it, even when it’s cold and rainy, which is often the case in these parts. I have to admit, ZL in Tempe would be a much more comforttable place to be in mid-December!
Zoo Lights is awesome! I think its one of the things that atracts people to Phoenix during the holidays. I will definitely spend sometime this year to visit again.