Plan, buy, and measure every form of outdoor advertising in Tempe - billboards, digital billboards, transit, posters, bus shelters, and ASU-area OOH - through one platform with access to inventory from every major Tempe operator in one place.
Bulletins on I-10 and SR-202, digital boards along US-60, Valley Metro light rail wraps through ASU, and Phoenix Sky Harbor airport displays - search live availability, compare CPMs side-by-side, run the campaign, and track impressions and lift in one place.
AdQuick is the marketplace where brands and agencies book outdoor advertising in Tempe and across the Phoenix DMA without calling six different sales reps. Search live availability, compare CPMs side-by-side, run the campaign, and track impressions and lift in one place.
Outdoor advertising in Tempe works for DTC and QSR brands targeting ASU students, B2B and tech recruiters targeting the corporate corridor, travel and hospitality brands reaching Sky Harbor commuters, sports and entertainment marketers around Mountain America Stadium and Mullett Arena, and regulated categories that benefit from Arizona's relatively permissive OOH content rules.
Large-format static and digital billboards along I-10, SR-202, US-60, and SR-143 - the workhorses of the Tempe market with the lowest CPM and longest dwell time at congested interchanges near Sky Harbor.
Valley Metro light rail wraps, station ads, bus kings/queens/tails, and fully wrapped buses moving ASU students between Tempe, downtown Phoenix, and Mesa.
30-sheet roadside posters, junior posters, and bus shelter ads in downtown Tempe, along Mill Avenue, around ASU, and at Tempe Marketplace for QSR, retail, and DTC.
Wildposting on plywood corridors near ASU construction, place-based screens inside Mill Ave bars and restaurants, and Sky Harbor airport displays reaching captive, higher-income travelers.
Tempe offers the full mix of OOH formats. Most competitor pages focus only on billboards; this one covers everything actually bookable in the market.
Large-format static billboards along Tempe's freeway and major arterial network - primarily I-10, SR-202 (Red Mountain Loop), US-60 (Superstition Freeway), SR-143, and major streets like Apache Boulevard, Broadway, Baseline, and Rural Road. Bulletins are the workhorse of the Tempe market: high reach, long dwell time at congested interchanges (especially the I-10/SR-202 stack near Sky Harbor), and the lowest CPM of any format. Standard sizes are 14' x 48' (bulletin) and 10'6" x 36' (30-sheet poster).
Digital billboards (DOOH) rotate creative every 8 seconds across LED faces at high-traffic Tempe intersections and along the I-10, SR-202, and US-60 corridors. Digital OOH in Tempe lets you change creative in hours instead of weeks - useful for ASU game-day creative, time-of-day messaging, weather triggers, dayparted offers, or programmatic OOH buys.
Valley Metro operates Tempe's transit system - including the Valley Metro Rail (light rail) which runs through downtown Tempe with stations at Mill Ave / 3rd St, University Drive, Veterans Way / College Ave, and Smith-Martin / Apache. Transit OOH in Tempe includes light rail train wraps, station platform ads, bus kings/queens/tails, fully wrapped buses, and bus shelter ads. Light rail in particular is high-impact because it carries ASU students between Tempe, downtown Phoenix, and Mesa.
Bus shelter ads and street-level posters in downtown Tempe, along Mill Avenue, around the ASU campus, in Tempe Marketplace, and along major arterials like Rural Road, Baseline, and Southern. Pedestrian-eye-level placements that work for QSR, retail, healthcare, entertainment, and DTC brands targeting students and young professionals.
Wildposting on plywood corridors near construction zones around ASU, Mill Avenue, and the Tempe Town Lake redevelopment areas. This is one of the best wildposting markets in Arizona thanks to constant student-housing and mixed-use development. Place-based screens and posters inside gyms, bars, restaurants, and venues across the city - especially the Mill Ave nightlife corridor and Tempe Marketplace.
Smaller-format roadside posters on secondary streets and neighborhood arterials. Lower cost per face than bulletins - useful for saturation across South Tempe, North Tempe, and the surrounding cities of Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport sits on Tempe's northern border and serves the entire Phoenix DMA with roughly 48 million annual passengers - one of the busiest airports in the United States. Airport OOH includes baggage claim displays, concourse dioramas, jet bridge wraps, digital screens, and rental car center placements at the airport's massive rental facility. High dwell time with a captive, higher-income audience.
Tempe pricing runs slightly above the Phoenix DMA average because of ASU foot traffic and Sky Harbor adjacency - but it's still 30–50% cheaper than comparable LA or San Diego inventory.
| Format | Typical 4-Week Range | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Static bulletin (14×48) | $1,500 – $4,500 | Freeway reach |
| Digital billboard | $1,800 – $5,000 | Dynamic creative |
| 30-sheet poster | $600 – $1,800 | Neighborhood saturation |
| Bus king / queen | $450 – $1,400 | Urban density |
| Light rail train wrap | $4,000 – $12,000+ | ASU / downtown corridor |
| Bus shelter | $700 – $1,800 | Pedestrian / ASU foot traffic |
| Bus wrap (full) | $3,000 – $7,500 | High-impact mobile |
| Sky Harbor (PHX) display | $2,500 – $10,000+ | Premium / B2B |
| Wildposting (50–100 posters) | $2,000 – $6,000 | ASU, Mill Ave saturation |
You can launch a Tempe OOH campaign on AdQuick starting around $600 for a single poster flight, build a multi-format Tempe / Phoenix DMA campaign in the $10K–$60K range, or run flagship Phoenix-metro flights anchored on Tempe inventory at six and seven figures.
Tempe runs slightly above Phoenix DMA average per face - but still 30–50% below comparable LA or San Diego inventory. Best buys combine I-10 / SR-202 bulletins for reach with Mill Avenue / light rail units for ASU-specific targeting and Mill Ave place-based screens for nightlife.
Tempe's OOH inventory is split across national operators, Arizona-focused independents, transit, and the airport authority. AdQuick aggregates inventory from every major operator below.
The largest U.S. outdoor advertising operator, with significant Phoenix DMA coverage including Tempe. Bulletins, digital, posters, transit, and airport inventory across the metro.
National operator with bulletins, digital billboards, transit, and airport inventory across the Phoenix DMA including Tempe. Strong digital network on I-10, SR-202, and US-60.
National operator with bulletins, digital billboards, and transit inventory across the Phoenix DMA. Significant transit footprint paired with freeway bulletins.
Arizona-focused independent operating in Tempe and across the Phoenix metro. Static bulletins and digital inventory.
Phoenix-metro independent with bulletin and digital billboard inventory across the East Valley.
Operator of Tempe's transit system - light rail, buses, and bus shelters. Light rail train wraps, station platform ads, bus kings/queens/tails, full wraps, and shelter inventory across the city, with significant ASU ridership.
The airport authority sells baggage claim displays, concourse dioramas, jet bridge wraps, digital screens, and rental car center placements across one of the busiest U.S. airports - roughly 48 million annual passengers.
AdQuick is the only marketplace that lets you compare, plan, and buy across every Tempe media owner - Lamar, Clear Channel Outdoor, Outfront, Verde Outdoor, Becker Boards, Valley Metro, and Phoenix Sky Harbor - in one search. There's no single dominant operator in Tempe, which is why most modern buyers use a marketplace to compare CPMs across operators rather than running four to six parallel sales conversations.
This is the question most Tempe OOH buyer guides skip - and the one most first-time buyers ask. Here's what you actually need to know.
Outdoor advertising in the City of Tempe is governed by the Tempe Zoning and Development Code (TZDC), Part 4, Chapter 7 ("Signs"), administered by the City of Tempe Community Development Department. Tempe has historically had one of the more restrictive sign codes in the Phoenix metro - billboard caps, strict size limits, and limited digital conversion approvals. Outside city limits, neighboring Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, and Scottsdale each have their own sign codes. Highway-adjacent signs are also regulated by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) under the Arizona Outdoor Advertising Act, which implements the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965.
No. If you're buying space on an existing, permitted billboard - which is what you're doing on AdQuick - the operator already holds the structural and zoning permits. You only need to ensure your creative complies with content rules (no tobacco near schools, no obscene content, accurate disclosures for regulated categories like alcohol, cannabis, gaming, and political advertising).
You need a sign permit if you want to:
Standard sign permits in Tempe typically take 3–6 weeks through Community Development. New billboard structures and digital conversions take longer and may require Development Review Commission or Board of Adjustment review. Tempe is more conservative than neighboring Phoenix on digital approvals - plan accordingly.
City of Tempe Community Development Department
31 East 5th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 350-4311
For state highway-adjacent signage on interstates and primary routes, contact ADOT's Outdoor Advertising Control office.
This isn't legal advice - confirm specifics with the city and ADOT before installing anything new. For buying space on existing inventory, permitting is already handled.
Most national operators sell Tempe as part of a Phoenix DMA buy rather than a standalone market - which is why search results for "outdoor advertising Tempe" often surface Phoenix-wide pages. That's fine for big-budget reach campaigns, but it loses the precision of Tempe's specific value.
See Phoenix, Scottsdale, or Mesa for adjacent markets.
You can book Tempe OOH three ways.
Search Tempe inventory, filter by format, budget, and audience, and request available faces. Useful for flights under $20K and brands that want to move fast.
For larger campaigns or multi-market buys across the Phoenix DMA, an AdQuick planner builds the media plan, negotiates with operators, and runs measurement. No agency fee - AdQuick is paid by the operators.
You can call Lamar, Clear Channel, Outfront, Verde, or any other Tempe operator directly. Expect to make 4–6 calls, get inconsistent pricing, and lose the ability to compare CPMs across operators. Most modern buyers don't do this anymore.
Digital boards can compress this to as little as 48 hours from contract to live creative, and programmatic DOOH can launch in even tighter windows.
Every Tempe campaign on AdQuick includes verified impressions data, and most campaigns can add foot-traffic attribution, brand-lift studies, or sales-lift measurement.
Face-level impression measurement uses industry-standard methodology (Geopath) with demographic composition built from mobile-device panels and U.S. Census overlays.
Match device IDs of people exposed to your boards against store visits, app installs, or web conversions for a full post-campaign view of measured lift.
Brand-lift surveys and sales / footfall lift via panel match-back complete the picture - useful for measuring awareness, consideration, and conversion against a control market.
AdQuick provides full spec sheets and a free creative review before you submit final files. The most-asked-about specs across Tempe formats:
Three reference budgets for Tempe campaigns - from a single-format local test through a full Phoenix-DMA flight anchored on Tempe inventory.
Single-market test for a small business, DTC launch, or DTC retest. ASU- or neighborhood-targeted.
Multi-format Tempe / Phoenix DMA campaign mixing freeway reach with ASU-targeted units.
Flagship Phoenix-metro flight anchored on Tempe inventory, with full-DMA reach across Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, and Chandler.
Common questions from buyers running their first Tempe campaign - ASU targeting, Sky Harbor adjacency, light rail inventory, permits, and how AdQuick measures lift.
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