WHAT: For the 17th consecutive year, Outlets at Anthem is launching the holiday season as it welcomes the state’s largest fresh-cut Christmas tree!
The visually exciting event includes delivery of the 80-foot tree on an enormous flatbed trailer followed by its placement with a heavy-duty construction crane into a base where it will be on display for the holiday season. The arrival is a fantastic spectacle anticipated by television audiences across the Valley year after year.
The tree’s projected arrival time is 6:30 a.m.
WHO: Outlets at Anthem
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 25
6:30 a.m. – Tree arrival
7:45 a.m. – Tree lifted into place (subject to weather)
WHERE: Outlets at Anthem is in North Phoenix off the I-17, just 15 minutes north of the Loop 101.
ADDITIONAL INFO & TREE FACTS:
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This year’s tree is 80 feet tall topped with a 3-foot copper star (a nod to the state’s official metal)
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The tree’s width is approximately 22-feet across
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More than 1.5 miles of LED lights (approximately 10,000 bulbs) are used to illuminate the tree
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More than 5,000 ornaments and bows decorate the tree
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To secure the tree, it is lowered into a specially designed, permanent 3-foot-wide by 7-foot-deep well.
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Six guy-wires are attached to the top portion of the tree to keep it steady and secure throughout the holiday season.
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Nearly 120 gallons of fire retardant is sprayed on the tree for safety.
