[citation needed] The city is home to the Goodyear Ballpark, where the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball hold spring training.

In 2008, Goodyear won the All-America City Award, sponsored by the National Civic League.

It served as a satellite airfield for Luke Army Air Field (AAF).

[6] In January 1965, the Phoenix Trotting Park, a harness racing track, opened.

As the region lacked major roads from Phoenix to Goodyear, there was not enough business and the track closed two years later.

In the same decade, the remaining 10,000 acres (40 km2) of the original farmland was sold for future development.

22 communities that are completed and under construction have a total area of approximately 20,000 acres (31 sq mi).

[8] Goodyear was affected by the 2000s American housing bubble, reducing home values.

As the population in Goodyear grows faster than ever, home builders and community developers are working quickly to keep up with the demand.

Palm Valley, located north of Interstate 10, is 9,000 acres (14 sq mi), with variously sized homes.

PebbleCreek is a community for active adult living, with 54 holes of championship golf, fitness centers, and restaurants.

Nearby cities include Avondale, Litchfield Park, Tolleson and Buckeye.

From the original town center, the Goodyear city limits extend north 5 miles (8 km) to a border with Glendale and south-southeast into the Rainbow Valley 30 miles (48 km) to an area south of Arizona State Route 238.

Summers are very hot, with daily high temperatures at or above 100 °F (38 °C) for the entirety of June, July, and August, as well as many days in May and September.

Lows in the winter occasionally dip below freezing, which may damage some desert plants such as saguaros and other cacti.

In the summer (mainly July, August and early September), the North American Monsoon can hit the Phoenix area in the afternoon and evening (possibly continuing overnight), causing thunderstorms and heavy rain even from a sunny morning.

Opening in August 2022, Goodyear City Hall was relocated from its previous location on Litchfield Road.

The new city hall complex also houses a new two-story library (Georgia T. Lord Library, named after the late Mayor Lord), two-acre park, office space, as well as space for new restaurants, retail and entertainment.

[29] Goodyear is known as a site for professional baseball teams' spring training sessions.

On April 7, 2008, Goodyear's city council unanimously approved a memorandum to fund a new $33 million baseball spring training complex for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians.

The Guardians had held their spring training in Tucson for many years until moving to Winter Haven in 1993.

This airport, used by many international airlines for aircraft maintenance and storage, has no active commercial air service.

Interstate 10 passes through Goodyear, heading west to Buckeye and Los Angeles.

They operate the Avondale ZOOM neighborhood circulator, the 562 Goodyear Express during weekday rush hours, which connects Goodyear Park and Ride to Downtown Phoenix, and the 17 McDowell bus on Monday thru Saturday (Sunday service ends at 99th Avenue on the Avondale/Tolleson border).

South of Interstate 10, Loop 303 is being planned to extend to a future State Route 30.

Loop 303 will go south of future State Route 30 to Estrella Mountain Ranch and to Interstate 8 near Mobile, Arizona.