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PHOENIX SUNS STARS DEVIN BOOKER AND CHRIS PAUL TO HEADLINE WM PHOENIX OPEN TEE-OFF LUNCHEON AT CHASE FIELD

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The Thunderbirds announced today Phoenix Suns superstars Devin Booker and Chris Paul will be the featured guests for the WM Phoenix Open Presented by Taylor Morrison Tee-Off Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 1, on the diamond at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix.

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“The Tee-Off Luncheon is an extremely popular event in which we get to kick off Open season and tell the community what’s in store for the upcoming tournament,” said 2023 WM Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Pat Williams. “We’re especially excited to be joined by two of the Valley’s best athletes and hear their thoughts on not only their incredible NBA careers, but also how they feel about ‘The People’s Open’.”

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Booker and Paul are influential athletes in the Valley, helping the Suns win a franchise-record 65 wins last year. Paul is widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, granting him another nickname as “The Point God.” Currently in his 18th season, Paul has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and led the NBA in assists five times and steals a record six times. Paul also has been selected to 12 NBA All-Star teams, 11 All-NBA teams, and nine NBA All-Defensive teams. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Paul just recently became the third NBA player to surpass 11,000 career assists, and now trails only John Stockton (15,806) and Jason Kidd (12,091).  

Booker has risen to fame quickly in the league after becoming the youngest player to score 60 points in a game and just one of six NBA players to score 70 points when he dropped 70 on the Boston Celtics in 2017. Just last season Booker earned his first All-NBA First Team selection and was an MVP candidate. Other notable accolades include three NBA All-Star Game appearances, All-NBA First Team (2022), NBA All-Rookie First Team (2016), NBA Three Point Contest Champion (2018), and member of the USA Basketball team that took Gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.  

Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. and the program will run from 12 – 1:30 p.m. Arizona Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall will once again act as emcee for the event.  

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GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING MAROON 5 TO TAKE THE STAGE AT THE ICONIC 16TH HOLE FOR YEAR TWO OF CONCERT IN THE COLISEUM PRESENTED BY SWIRE COCA-COLA

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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_button dimension=”flat” size=”large” url=”https://www.axs.com/festivals/457760″ align=”center” fullwidth=”true”]Get Tickets Now![/mk_button][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1668807151557{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Thunderbirds – hosts of the [geoswitch][geoswitch_case country_code=”US” state_code=”AZ”]WM Phoenix Open Presented by Taylor Morrison[/geoswitch_case][geoswitch_case]WM Phoenix Open[/geoswitch_case][/geoswitch] – announced the return of the Concert in the Coliseum presented by Swire Coca- Cola as GRAMMY award winning rock/pop band Maroon 5 and popular singer/songwriter Walker Hayes are set to perform live from the iconic 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale on Saturday, Feb. 4, prior to WM Phoenix Open week, which will take place Feb. 6-12.  This is the second year The Thunderbirds have hosted this unique concert inside one of sport’s most famous settings; last year Thomas Rhett and Old Dominion performed at the first ever Concert in the Coliseum.

General admission tickets for this special kickoff to WM Phoenix Open week will go on sale Friday, December 2nd at 10 a.m. at www.WMPhoenixOpen.com.  The Concert in the Coliseum presented by Swire Coca-Cola is a 21-and-over event.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”35299″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1668708031116{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Walker Hayes will get the show rolling at approximately 5 p.m., while Maroon 5 will take the stage at approximately 7 p.m.  The concert will once again take place on a massive stage that will be built in the middle of the 16th hole strictly for this special Saturday night show.  Doors for this concert will open at 3:30 p.m.

“Last year’s inaugural Concert in the Coliseum was a huge success, so of course we are thrilled to run it back again for 2023,” said WM Phoenix Open Tournament Chairman Pat Williams.  “We are excited to host Maroon 5 and Walker Hayes this year as we kick off tournament week in style, with a great show at the iconic 16th hole.”

Maroon 5 stands out as not only one of pop music’s most enduring artists, but also one of the 21st century’s biggest acts. Since they released their debut album, Songs About Jane, to date, the universally renowned Los Angeles band have achieved three GRAMMY® Awards and sold over 90 million in album sales and 550 million singles worldwide. Maroon 5 currently has the most Billion plus streamed songs by a group on Spotify, with 7, and have achieved 3 Diamond RIAA Certified records. They have sold over 7,500,000 tickets worldwide and next up, the band will close out their massive 2022 World Tour in Asia, notably selling out all three of their Dome Tour dates in Japan, totaling 120,000 tickets sold.

Walker Hayes is an American country singer and songwriter who has released three studio albums as an artist – “Reason to Rhyme” in 2011, “Boom” in 2017, and “Country Stuff The Album” earlier this year. The musician hits the country genre having multiple singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. His highest-peaking single “Fancy Like” reached the No. 1 spot on both charts between late 2021 and early 2022. Riding off his recent success, Hayes released the EP “Country Stuff”. One of the tracks, “Fancy Like”, became a viral a hit thanks to TikTok and reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, solidifying himself in the country music industry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]