Welcome to the state of Arizona, home of the Phoenix Suns. It does have a ring to it doesn’t it? If you are looking for a great night of entertainment than you need to buy some Suns tickets for US Airways Center. The Suns are the true heroes of this great state and will surprise many with their great skill and powerhouse game play. The Suns have entertained us since 1968 and will keep entertaining us for many more years to come. So come and see them this season, buying Suns tickets will be the best thing you’ve ever done.

Few know that the Phoenix Suns almost didn’t get to sell any Suns tickets, the NBA felt that Arizona was simply to hot and to small and it was even said that it was to far away to become a successful NBA market. But after many hours days and months of lobbying the NBA finally gave in and the first Suns tickets became available. The team started by playing in the first 24 seasons in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in downtown Phoenix. For many years the Suns where the only professional sports team that could call this beautiful state their home. Only after 20 years did the Cardinals relocate to Arizona.

But how did the Suns become the Suns? Well after the many months of lobbying and paying a 2 million dollar fee to join the NBA, they needed a name. A big contest was organized and after 28.000 names where entered into the contest the name the Phoenix Suns was chosen. The price for the winning name was 1000 dollars and Suns tickets for the first season. It is surprising to know that the logo for the Suns was developed for a meager 200 dollars in contrast with the price money that one could win for the new name. But here we are the name and logo’s where ready so it was time to start printing those Suns tickets.

In the year 1992 the Phoenix Suns moved to the America West Arena (the new name for this arena is now Us Airways Center) this was also the year that the Suns ticket sale went sky-high after a new star was brought in thanks to a lopsided blockbuster trade. That star’s name was Charles Barkley and he came fresh out of the Sixers stable. Barkley helped lead the Suns to the best record in the NBA, won his only MVP award, and reach the NBA finals in 1993. This was the year that the Suns won 62 games and were on their way to the playoffs. Suns tickets for this playoffs game where in high demand and everything seemed to fall into place for this hard working team. But sadly they didn’t win it all in the playoffs that year although they could almost smell the victory. After that the Suns deep playoff run in 1993 they were unable to recreate the sort of cohesion that got them there. The team would eventually threaten again in the 21st century with Steve Nash and a high powered offense, but would always seem to fall just short of the NBA Finals.

For the new season we will have to miss O’Neal, he ended up getting traded to the Cavaliers, and in turn the Suns ticket buyers will see a more athletic center in the line up. He will be accompanied by Sasha Pavlovic. The Suns announced that they signed free agent Channing Frye, this will cost the team 4.07 million dollars over a two year period. With many new players for the new season the Suns tickets sales will surely increase and we hope to see much improvement in the overall game play. Will this be the year that the Suns win the playoffs? Who is to say let’s just enjoy the game and see which net the ball lands in.