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Phoenix Zoo offers three nights of Dino Trick or Treat before Halloween

Oct 17, 2022, 4:15 AM | Updated: 9:08 am

PHOENIX — To celebrate Halloween, the Phoenix Zoo will host three nights of trick-or-treating alongside animatronic dinosaurs this month.

Dino Trick or Treat is scheduled to run Oct. 26-28 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Kids can wear their costumes while collecting candy along a trail lined with two dozen dinosaurs and ancient beasts from the zoo’s ongoing Dinosaurs in the Desert exhibit.

Halloween-themed games, activities and face-painting will also be offered.

With Dino Trick or Treat capped at 2,000 guests per night, tickets must be purchased online in advance.

Admission is $15 per person. Kids 2 and younger get in free.

The Phoenix Zoo is located at 455 N. Galvin Parkway.

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Phoenix Zoo offers three nights of Dino Trick or Treat before Halloween