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Urban chase is a scavenger hunt with a modern twist



  June 10, 2011

  Contact: Kelly Corsette, Communications & Public Affairs Officer
  Office: 480-312-2336, Mobile: 602-359-5965

  Urban chase is a scavenger hunt with a modern twist

The Scottsdale Urban Chase, one of the final events of the city’s 60th anniversary celebration, is not your father’s scavenger hunt.

Teams will receive hints via Facebook and Twitter and use their digital cameras and phones to document and share their successes as they decode clues to find an array of Scottsdale landmarks and historic sites.

“In the end, it’s all about having fun and getting to know Scottsdale a little better,” says Todd Davis, a lifetime Scottsdale resident and member of the city’s 60th anniversary planning committee.

The Scottsdale Urban Chase kicks off at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 18 when clues will be posted on the city’s website and shared via social networks.

Davis, who came up with the original idea, emphasizes that it is not a race.

“Yes, there are more than 100 clues but we’re giving folks all day to find them, so teams can take their time and enjoy the experience.”

The Scottsdale Urban Chase is a free event. Teams can pre-register online at Scottsdale60.com – those who register in advance will receive hints during the days leading up to the chase.

Advance hints also will be posted on the city's Facebook and Twitter pages.

Teams will earn points for deciphering the clues and finding the locations, and more difficult clues will be worth more points. The day of treasure hunting will culminate with prize drawings at the final mystery location: a restaurant with a no-necktie policy that has been a north Scottsdale landmark since 1957.

Teams that earn the minimum 60 points will qualify for the drawing that features a night at W Scottsdale for “The Grand Soiree for Scottsdale's 60th Birthday”.  Other prizes include tickets to the 2012 Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction and collector bottles of Scottsdale Sixty Sarsaparilla.

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