With an eye at breaking the FIBA all-time attendance record, all roads will lead to the massive Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan on August 25 when Gilas Pilipinas makes its first appearance in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup against Dominican Republic.

While a huge hometown crowd is a sure bet, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, led by its president Al Panlilio, is nonetheless calling on all basketball-loving Filipinos to arrive in droves and try and fill up the mammoth 55,000-capacity venue with the goal of setting a new FIBA gate record, a historic milestone the Philippines, as lead co-host of FIBA's pinnacle event, has only one shot at achieving.