Phoenix Suns to Host 9th Annual Arizona Lottery Fiesta Night

(Phoenix, AZ)  —  The Phoenix Suns and Arizona Lottery will host the ninth annual Arizona Lottery Fiesta Night on Wednesday, March 23 when the team hosts the Los Angeles Lakers at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., with doors set to open at 5:30 p.m.

To celebrate Arizona Lottery Fiesta Night, the first 5,000 fans in attendance (ages 21 and older) will receive an Arizona Lottery Los Suns t-shirt. Six lucky fans will take home an autographed Los Suns jersey, courtesy of Arizona Lottery, and one lucky Arizona Lottery player will also leave the Fiesta Night game with $1,000 cash as part of an in-game promotion.

Prior to tip-off, fans can enjoy the sounds of “Mexico Nuevo”, a strolling mariachi band that will be performing throughout the main concourse. Fiesta Night will also feature a special halftime performance by SambAZ and Grupo Liberdade, and fans will have the opportunity to take photos with the dancers before the game next to the Suns Team Shop.

As part of the Fiesta Night festivities, Levy Restaurants will offer specialty drinks throughout Talking Stick Resort Arena and all clubs will have fiesta-themed menus. Additionally, Sir Veza’s and El Charro will feature specialty menu items and there will be a nacho bar in the Coors Light Cold Zone.

The Arizona Lottery operates entirely from the revenue it generates through the sale of its products; it receives no General Fund dollars from the State. Proceeds from sales of Lottery tickets – nearly $3.4 million per week – fund a variety of state programs. Since July 1981, the Arizona Lottery has paid out more than $5.4 billion in prizes to players, more than $3 billion in net funding to the state and more than $638 million in commissions to retailers. Scratchers^® is a registered service mark of the California Lottery.