Mortgage Matchup Center Entry Rules: Bags, Water and Food

For Suns and Mercury home games each guest may bring one sealed plastic water bottle. Other bottles, cans and coolers are not permitted, and sealed water may be restricted at some events. Baby bottles and formula are allowed. Outside food and beverages, including coolers, bottles and cans, are not permitted. Items for the care of children, such as baby bottles and formula, are permitted. Coolers are not permitted inside the arena.

Professional camera equipment is not permitted at any event. For sporting events, flash photography and extended recording or livestreaming are prohibited, but guests may take photos and brief clips from their seat if they do not disturb others. Selfie sticks are prohibited, and professional camera equipment is not permitted. Drones are on the prohibited items list. Computers and laptops are prohibited. Tablets 8 inches or smaller are permitted for sporting events and prohibited during concerts and certain events. The pages do not mention camera lenses and power banks.

Strollers are permitted, and guests are asked to check them at the Guest Services Office in the pavilion at the northwest corner. Suite guests can keep a stroller with them. Medical bags and diaper bags are allowed within 14 x 14 x 6 inches and get additional screening.

The pages do not mention umbrellas, blankets and seat cushions.

Signs must be flame-retardant, hand-held and not displayed during play. For Suns and Mercury games they cannot exceed 18 x 24 inches, and for concerts 8.5 x 11 inches, and not all concerts allow signs. They cannot be commercial, obscene or political. Flags must be flame-retardant and hand-held, not displayed during play, and not on any pole or stick of hard material. Not all concerts allow flags. The pages do not mention binoculars.

Medical bags and diaper bags are allowed within 14 x 14 x 6 inches and get additional screening. Items for the care of children, such as baby bottles and formula, are permitted. The page describes no separate medical bag process.

The arena uses Evolv express entry lanes for guests with no bag or a clutch under 4 x 6 inches, and other bags get additional screening. Re-entry is not permitted for any game, concert or event.

Guests can check items that do not fit under a seat, such as strollers and wheelchairs, at the Guest Services Office in the pavilion at the northwest corner and receive a claim tag. Guest Services can decline an item or ask you to return it to your vehicle.

The page says certain concerts and special events may operate under modified item restrictions, and that sign, camera and tablet rules depend on the event. The arena was formerly named Footprint Center.