Football is back this week, which in Scottsdale means one thing: pick your bar wisely or spend three quarters standing behind someone's shoulder trying to see the screen. We've spent a lot of Sundays, and Thursdays, and the occasional Monday night, in these places while building guys trips and watch parties around town, so we know which ones actually deliver. Here are the best sports bars in Scottsdale this season, ranked on the stuff that matters: screens you can actually see, seats you can...

Picking the dates is the hardest part of planning a bachelorette. Everyone has a different schedule, half the group wants to "just figure it out later," and you are the one stuck holding the group chat together. Here is a trick that takes the guesswork out of it: pick a weekend when Scottsdale already has something going on, and let the city do half the planning for you. The best Scottsdale bachelorette weekends are almost always the ones built around an event. Anchoring your trip to a big...

You're planning a guys trip to Scottsdale. Maybe it's a bachelor party, a guys' weekend with the crew, or just an excuse to escape. The internet's full of generic "10 things to do" lists that miss the point: you want an itinerary that actually flows, venues that won't bore you, and a plan that doesn't fall apart by Friday night. We've planned hundreds of guys trips in Scottsdale (and New Orleans). Here's what we've learned works, what doesn't, and how to actually pull off a weekend worth...