I noticed that it looked like a cool area for the finish as well. They kept showing the neon signs of the hard rock cafe and bowling alley. It seemed a lot like Tempe (IMAZ).
The finish at IMAZ is very near Mill Ave which has a ton of little shops and restaurants.

Silver do you know how the hills are on that course? I had heard that they had some pretty good hills. I might consider this race at some point in the future, but hills always scare this flatlander.

I also heard that people were coming out of the swim covered in a brownish green sludge. It wasn't wetsuit legal apparently.

I'm glad they had a good first time race. I was at IMAZ the first year, and it went pretty good as well. But hard to pull off as they had last minute course changes as well. I do remember the local law enforcement calling Huddle (the race director) and telling him they needed him to stop the race because they were having traffic control issues! This was of course after all the pro's had already gotten out on the bike course.
Uhh yeah sure. I'll just tell them to STOP until you guys get your act together.... Right.....