 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Phoenix yakachengetedza kukura kwakasimba mumakore achangopfuura, ichikura ne24.2 pamberi pa2007. Ikoku kwakariita nzvimbo huru yechipiri inokurumidza kukura muUnited States, ichipfuurwa bedzi neLas Vegas. Muna 2008, Squaw Peak, gomo rechipiri rakakwirira muguta, rakatumidzwa zita rekuti Piestewa Peak mushure meArmy Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa, muArizona uye mukadzi wekutanga wekuAmerica wekuAmerica akafa muhondo achishandira muchiuto cheU.S., pamwe nekuve mukadzi wekutanga wekuAmerica akafa muhondo yeIraq ya2003.. Muna 2008 Phoenix yakavawo rimwe remaguta akarohwa zvakanyanya nedambudziko rechikwereti chechimbichimbi, uye kutanga kwa2009 mutengo wepakati wepamba waive 150,000, pasi kubva pa 262,000 yainge yakanyanya muna 2007. Mwero woutsotsi muPhoenix wakaderera mumakore achangobva kupfuura, uye nharaunda dzaichimbova dzinonetsa, dzinoparara dzakadai seSouth Mountain, Alhambra, uye Maryvale dzakapora ndokugadzikana. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, pakati peguta rePhoenix nepakati penzvimbo yakawana kufarira uye kukura, zvichikonzera maresitorendi mazhinji, zvitoro, uye mabhizinesi kuvhura kana kutamira kune yepakati Phoenix. 