It’s the morning of Tuesday, February 1.
A crowd is gathering out front of Footprint Center, but patrons are not early arrivers for that night’s game between the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets.
These are guests who have gathered to witness the dedication of a new mural on the west side of the recently transformed downtown Phoenix venue. Students, community leaders and Suns and Mercury front office employees joined for the debut of the “I am Black History” mural, designed in-house by the franchise’s Centercourt Studios creative department and one of 28 installations in the Valley a part of the Black History Mural Project.