Free the gorilla
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PHOENIX—The Phoenix Suns will host a 24 hour All-Star Balloting Party on Monday, December 17 at the all new Tempe Marketplace (2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy). Beginning at 6 AM, The Suns Gorilla will be high in the sky on the District Tower, 100 feet from the ground and will not be let down until the 100,000th ballot is cast.
Fans are encouraged to come out and show their support by voting their favorite Suns stars; Steve Nash, Amaré Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Grant Hill, Raja Bell, and Leandro Barbosa into the 2008 NBA All-Star Game.
Members of the Suns Dancers and Adio Sol Patrol will also be on hand to greet fans. For more information, please log on to Suns.com.
13 Responses to “Free the gorilla”
Dec.14 at 12:31 pm
Mo Charlo says:
Vote for Alando Tucker!
Dec.14 at 12:33 pm
Jared says:
thats awesome…the knicks should do the same with isiah
Dec.14 at 12:48 pm
Sesa says:
I still don’t understand why the Suns uses Gorilla for mascot.
Dec.14 at 12:49 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
hahahaha - Jared, that was great
Dec.14 at 1:43 pm
coach says:
I will vote for the gorilla to be an All Star !
Dec.14 at 2:07 pm
mike says:
Sesa– From Wiki: For the first eleven seasons of their existence in the NBA, the Suns had no official mascot. An early attempt was made involving a sunflower costume, but it never caught on. From the Suns website: For the record, this mischievous mascot was born quite by accident. A messenger for Eastern Onion, a singing telegram service, came to the Coliseum during a home game dressed as a gorilla. As he left, Coliseum security suggested he do a few dances underneath the basket during a timeout and the fans loved it. So did the messenger, who kept coming to games until he was officially invited to be part of the team. The messenger, a quiet young man named Henry Rojas, was anything but quiet in his costume. Given a Suns warm-up jacket, Rojas shed his shyness, and turned into an entertainment beast, dancing, joking with fans and, in general, enjoying himself to the fullest.
Dec.14 at 2:44 pm
JohnnyRebel says:
They use the gorrila because they wanted the name of the team to be “apefaces”. Stern turned them down.
Dec.14 at 3:35 pm
J-22 says:
This is news
Dec.14 at 5:11 pm
Jukai says:
Jared, I love you!
Dec.14 at 5:14 pm
lawrence moten says:
When it said “FREE THE GORILLA” I thought that Patrick Ewing was stuck.
Dec.14 at 5:25 pm
JackBrown says:
I thought this was going to be about Joel Pryzbilla.
Dec.14 at 8:33 pm
Mayor Adam West says:
anucha is in jail? FREE THE GORILLA!
Feb.11 at 11:09 pm
peter lopez, paranaque city says:
mike-appreciate the info on the History of the gorilla, you are heavensent