What's Open/Closed In Phoenix On Indigenous People's Day 2019

PHOENIX – The Washington Post reported Thursday that Washington, D.C. Council member David Grosso this week initiated “emergency legislation” to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous People's Day. The bill was signed in time. Likewise, ABC News reported that more than 100 cities have already renamed the holiday as Indigenous People's Day. Phoenix is one of those cities.

The holiday hits this Monday, Oct. 14, and with it, questions about what we can do and where we can go for entertainment, banking, pet adoptions and more in Phoenix that day. Though most of the museums and places of business we contacted will be open on Indigenous People's Day, a few won’t. Here’s what we found out about what’s opened and closed that day.

Museums:

• Phoenix Art Museum – OPEN (tribal members get in free Oct. 14)
• Musical Instrument Museum – OPEN
• Heard Museum – OPEN
• Children’s Museum of Phoenix – OPEN
• Arizona Science Center – OPEN
• Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park – OPEN
• Wells Fargo Museum – CLOSED

Banks:

• Chase Bank – OPEN
• Bank of America – CLOSED
• BMO Harris Bank – CLOSED
• Wells Fargo – CLOSED

Government offices/services/facilities:

• City of Phoenix government administrative offices – OPEN
• City of Phoenix parks, recreation centers – OPEN

Home stores:

• Home Depot – OPEN
• Lowe’s Home Improvement – OPEN

Grocery, etc. stores:

• Safeway – OPEN
• Costco – OPEN
• Walmart – OPEN
• Fry’s – OPEN

Malls:

• Biltmore Fashion Park – OPEN
• Paradise Valley Mall – OPEN
• Desert Sky Mall – OPEN
• Metrocenter – OPEN
• Christown Spectrum – OPEN
• Desert Ridge Marketplace – OPEN

Pet adoptions:

• Arizona Humane Society Sunnyslope Campus, 9226 N. 13th Ave. – OPEN
• Arizona Humane Society Campus for Compassion, 1521 W. Dobbins Road – OPEN
• Maricopa County Animal Care and Control – CLOSED