While much of the country is still in winter, Phoenix fills its calendar. The WM Phoenix Open runs Feb. 8 to 14, 2027 at TPC Scottsdale, the Cactus League opens its 2027 season on Feb. 19, and the Heard Museum's Indian Fair and Market takes over the museum's Phoenix campus on March 6 and 7. A store that sells caps, tees, prints or gifts has three dated reasons to schedule an offer before spring. In the city itself, the retail rate is made of three parts: the City of Phoenix's chart lists 2.8 percent for the city, 5.6 percent for the state and 0.7 percent for the county, 9.1 percent combined, on the first part of a single item's price. This page lays out the events, the rate and a buy X, get Y plan for the weeks they cover.
Pick one of the three events and one pairing, for example a shirt and a cap. The Cactus League opens Feb. 19, 2027 and the Heard Indian Fair is March 6 and 7, so a store with a baseball product should have stock settled well before Opening Day.
Start the offer on the event's first day and end it on its last, so the banner can name both. The WM Phoenix Open week is Feb. 8 to 14, 2027, so a golf offer can run exactly those seven days. Name Scottsdale in the copy because that is where the course is.
Use the free item's landed cost, not its retail price, in the margin check, and cap the free items to the stock you hold. A buy X, get Y offer gives away Y each time it fires, so a stock cap is the control. The free gift margin math post gives the formula.
Place a test order for a Phoenix address and read the tax line. The City of Phoenix chart lists internet sales at the same two levels as store sales, 9.1 percent combined on the first 14,338 dollars of a single item, so most of your items fall in the first level.
Source: City of Phoenix: Combined Tax Rate Chart (rates effective Jan. 1, 2026)
Compare units for the offer weeks with the weeks before and after. MLB's traditional Opening Day is March 25, 2027, so the weeks around it are a second window to compare. Keep the offer log so next year's dates are easy to plan.
Source: MLB: All 30 teams set to open Spring Training 2027 on same day (Sept. 4, 2026)
Build it with the Buy X, get Y template.
The WM Phoenix Open is a week-long event, Feb. 8 to 14, 2027, but it is played in Scottsdale, so a Phoenix-based store should say so and write for the whole Valley. A buy a tee, get a cap offer fits the week: start it on Monday, Feb. 8, end it on Sunday, Feb. 14 and cap the free caps.
The Cactus League plays 229 games at ten ballparks from Feb. 19, so the audience is spread across weeks, not one weekend. Use generic product types in the copy, for example a shirt and a cap, and avoid team names and logos. An offer that runs from Opening Day to the traditional regular season Opening Day on March 25 gives it a natural end.
The Heard Museum's Indian Fair and Market on March 6 and 7 shows how much buyers will travel for handmade goods. A store that sells prints, ceramics or jewelry can run a weekend offer that pairs a main piece with a smaller one, and note that the museum's event is a separate sale, not a partner of the store.
Phoenix packs a golf week, a baseball season and a Native art market into six weeks from February to early March, so a store can pick the one that matches its product and run a single dated offer instead of a long sale.
The Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for the city of Phoenix is 1,665,481 people, the fifth largest of the incorporated places in its city and town file.
U.S. Census Bureau: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places (Vintage 2025, SUB-EST2025) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The City of Phoenix combined tax rate chart effective Jan. 1, 2026 lists retail sales at 2.8 percent city, 5.6 percent state and 0.7 percent county, 9.1 percent combined, for the first 14,338 dollars of a single item, with the amount above that at 2.0 percent city and 8.3 percent combined.
City of Phoenix: Combined Tax Rate Chart (rates effective Jan. 1, 2026) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The same chart lists marketplace facilitated or remote retail sales, described as internet sales, with the same two levels as in-store retail: 9.1 percent combined on the first 14,338 dollars of a single item and 8.3 percent above it.
City of Phoenix: Combined Tax Rate Chart (rates effective Jan. 1, 2026) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The WM Phoenix Open site lists the 92nd edition of The People's Open for Feb. 8 to 14, 2027 at TPC Scottsdale, which is in Scottsdale, not in the city of Phoenix.
WM Phoenix Open: official site (2027 tournament) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The Cactus League's site lists Opening Day for Feb. 19, 2027 and describes a 229-game schedule across February and March 2027.
Cactus League: official site (2027 season) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The Cactus League describes its 2027 season as fifteen Major League teams playing at ten ballparks across the Valley of the Sun.
Cactus League: official site (2027 season) (accessed October 10, 2026)
Major League Baseball's Sept. 4, 2026 release says all 30 teams open spring training on Feb. 19, 2027, and that the regular season's traditional Opening Day follows on March 25, 2027.
MLB: All 30 teams set to open Spring Training 2027 on same day (Sept. 4, 2026) (accessed October 10, 2026)
The Heard Museum lists the 69th Annual Indian Fair + Market for March 6 and 7, 2027 at 2301 N Central Ave in Phoenix, and describes more than 600 Native artists from 100 or more Tribes and First Nations.
Heard Museum: 69th Annual Indian Fair + Market (accessed October 10, 2026)
Not tax advice. Confirm current rules with the state revenue department before you rely on a date or an exemption.
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