WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:03.839 All right, let's go Fred Rogan and Rodney Peak on 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:06.120 a five to seventy LA Sports. We've got a full 3 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:08.919 three hour show for you today because the Dodgers home 4 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:09.919 against the A's. 5 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:18.399 That'll work that, uh, Fred? Treating them like the damn 6 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:27.199 Colorado Rockies. You're the Athletics a chance? No, No, you 7 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:29.280 know it's sad. I think the Athletics are actually better 8 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.920 than the Angels. 9 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:33.359 They are, they are worlds better than the Angels. They're 10 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:34.960 five hundred am I having the game over? 11 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:39.799 Yes? Yeah, they got a good young players. Actually, they're 12 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:40.759 not that bad. 13 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:42.359 I don't know why you got it into your mind 14 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.640 because they playing Sacramento, Fred, is that why you think 15 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.159 they're the minor league team or something? 16 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.200 Okay, so I've done this. Tell me if you've done 17 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:51.479 it or not, you're not the MLB package. So I 18 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:55.320 watch games all the time. I specifically watch the games 19 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.759 in Tampa, where they play in a minor league stadium, 20 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:01.640 and Sacramento, where they play in a minor league stadium. 21 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:02.399 Have you done that? 22 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:05.439 I have? 23 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.920 I have watched Yes, I have watched the Tampa Bay 24 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.200 Rays play and I've watched the A's play up in Sacramento. 25 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:17.159 It's it's kind of disheartened me a little bit. 26 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:18.159 Isn't it really? 27 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:22.159 It is it is you feel bad for him. You 28 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.400 feel bad for him that you know, this is a 29 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:26.560 major league club and then you look up and you're 30 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.599 like we were talking about yesterday with the Dodgers, new clubhouse, 31 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.480 new visiting clubhouse, new you know, everything beautiful and plush 32 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.319 when you come into the Blue Heaven. And then these 33 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.920 guys got to go. I mean they just played the Yankees. 34 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.040 I ain't there, right, And so the Yankees went to Sacramento. 35 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.040 Imagine yank go from Yankee Stadium and then you're going 36 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.640 to play the A's out there in Sacramento at a 37 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.359 minor league park. 38 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.560 They have people sitting on the grass in the outfield. 39 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:52.760 Yes, do you. 40 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.959 Believe that about a major league stadium. 41 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.280 I thought it was a college World Series or something. 42 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.200 It was. Yeah, it was ridiculous. 43 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:05.000 It is so bad for baseball. It is just so 44 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.000 bad for baseball, and both the A's and Ray's our 45 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.520 teams that don't spend a lot of money. Now, of course, 46 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.800 the A's had a real problem with the storm in 47 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:15.719 Tampa that destroyed their stadium, and now they're still trying 48 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.080 to figure out if they're going to build a new 49 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.360 one in Saint Pete, because they were going to build 50 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.840 a brand new one, right, and then the city said, 51 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:22.800 I don't think we're going to do that. 52 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:26.280 Yeah we don't. Yeah, there's not we don't drawing up anyway. 53 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:27.199 Why are we going to do that. 54 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:29.560 We're not going to give you the kind of deal 55 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.120 we thought we would. So the owner of the rains says, well, 56 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:37.360 then you suit yourself. We won't do it. They have 57 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.960 nowhere to play, they have no where to play. And 58 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.759 the a's is that thing has just been trashed and 59 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.639 run into the ground. And now they're going to move 60 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:50.120 to Oakland, where, of course the mayor of are they're 61 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.479 going to move to Las Vegas, Vegas, And of course 62 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.400 the mayor of Las Vegas said, you know, you really 63 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:58.840 don't need to come. You really don't need to come. 64 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.319 If you want to go back, feel free because in 65 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.879 Vegas there's a mayor of the Strip and the Mayor 66 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:09.520 of Vegas and the mayor of Vegas, and then you know, 67 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.960 don't rush, there's no need for you to rush up. 68 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.479 Oh no, don't rush, don't ruh. The stadium is they're 69 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:18.159 building it though, aren't they? Yeah, I three years, I 70 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:19.199 guess they play it three years. 71 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.639 It has not broken ground quite yet. By the way, 72 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.919 Brown breaking ceremony is schedule for next month, so technically 73 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:26.719 they have not started. 74 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.280 They have not done anything yet. So I mean, and 75 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.039 technically they're were two years away at least. 76 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.840 I think three, right, I think twenty eight. I think 77 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.479 twenty twenty eight is when they're Wow, they're gonna thinking 78 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:38.439 tentatively to start? 79 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:40.759 Are they going to continue to play in Sacramento for 80 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:42.120 the next two years? Three years? 81 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:43.800 Yeah, that's right to play. 82 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:49.840 Wow, almost you know, almost prefer them to go to Arizona, 83 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.800 play one of those parks. 84 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.039 What do you mean, well, not Chase Field. What do 85 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:56.199 you mean, who whole kind of party? 86 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:56.680 Yeah? 87 00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:00.280 Ho ho com talking stick, you know, talking stick, you know, 88 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.719 Camelback Ranch, one of those fields and play there. 89 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:04.800 Why not? 90 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.240 Why not go to Tucson and play? Well, wait a minute, 91 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.360 the A's had their spring training there. Why don't they 92 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:13.919 just play there? 93 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:18.360 Why wouldn't they Why wouldn't they? 94 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:21.879 Well, I assume they're a Cactus League team. I know 95 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:23.639 for a fact that they are. So if you're a 96 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.279 Sacramento you're you're not really closer down the street from Oakland, 97 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.000 but you're a close ish closer there than you would be. 98 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:31.439 For your fans. 99 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.879 For your fans, yeah, your fan base can drive up 100 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.079 the rusts like an hour from Oakland Sacramento. 101 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.279 So it's not that bad. But they weren't getting a 102 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:39.199 whole lot of fans anyway. 103 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:40.959 I was gonna say both fans and actually went to 104 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.279 their games in Oakland anyway, can also just make the 105 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:44.319 Sacramento Uh. 106 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.600 That is sorry watching those guys play in minor league 107 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:49.560 stadium though, I have to tell you, and that's why 108 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.120 I specifically wanted to see. Okay, I'm gonna sit there 109 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.839 and watch. Can you see a difference? Yes, when you 110 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.480 watch it, does it feel different? Yes, it just doesn't 111 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:00.959 look like the big time. 112 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.439 No, it doesn't. It doesn't. 113 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.600 And it feels like the lighting's not that great. I mean, 114 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.399 it's all these little things that just you can tell 115 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.000 where this is like an off brand game? 116 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.680 Where are they playing? This is an exhibition somewhere? Yeah? 117 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.720 You know you you turn on your watching the you 118 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.120 know you watch the Guardians, you watch even the White Sox. 119 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.000 Are you watching Boston? Are you watching anyway? Kansas City? 120 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:26.879 You just as soon as you flip. 121 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:30.199 It on, it's right, it's clear, it's clean, it's you know, 122 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.000 you're watching a game at a big league park, whereas 123 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:34.040 those two places. 124 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:40.399 Man Man, Yeah, Baseball has not done a good job 125 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:43.680 with that. I mean, rob Manfred has has innovated a 126 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:45.759 number of things. He also called I think the World 127 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:48.000 Series Trophy a piece of junk at one point when 128 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:51.519 he was drunk. But they have not handled this kind 129 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.000 of thing well at all. Then why didn't they? 130 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:58.079 Yeah, they didn't, and and it was it. The mayor 131 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.160 of Oakland, Alameda County is screwed up anyway. I know, 132 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.199 I'm dealing with them. So they just decided that they 133 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:07.639 were not going to allow them to play at the 134 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:12.120 coliseum anymore. Right, so they said they were moving to Vegas. 135 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.079 They said, okay, you can't play here anymore, but you 136 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.800 can't renew, can't renew your lease, or can't do that. 137 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:22.079 So they probably said, thank god, thank god, we can't renew. 138 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:22.839 Thank god. 139 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.720 You know, there's still a preferred playing there than the 140 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:28.639 minor league stadium. Fred, when you think, well, I gotta 141 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.079 tell you to be honest with Rodney, to be honest, 142 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:37.040 if it's the Oakland Coliseum or Sacramento. In that one situation, 143 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.399 I might pick Sacramento. That's how bad the coliseum was. 144 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:43.360 That was all it is, just off, it really was, 145 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:44.439 it really was. 146 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.519 I mean, you were part of a group that tried 147 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.720 to keep the Raiders there. You know how bad everything is. 148 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:54.920 That thing was terrible. Hey, nobody cared. 149 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:55.959 Nobody cared. 150 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:58.199 And when you deal with but you felt like you 151 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.639 were at a big league park though, Fred, you felt 152 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.439 like you were in head dump, a dump. 153 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.639 But a big league park nonetheless. 154 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:07.639 Right, you felt like you were a dump. That's what 155 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.560 you felt like. It was awful, awful, And when you 156 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.160 leel with Oakland, you don't deal with Oakland. That's what 157 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:19.199 people don't understand. Right, There's three municipalities that count, and 158 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:22.639 everybody gets a vote and gets to extract their pound 159 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.040 of flesh. That's why nothing gets. 160 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.279 Done up and they're never on the same page, no, 161 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.720 because their egos are so involved up there. It's it's 162 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:34.639 so ridiculous. It's why you know all the teams left. 163 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.319 I mean, you imagine at one point they had the A's, 164 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.519 the Raiders, and the Golden State Warriors playing that same facility, 165 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.879 that the same complex area right there, and all they 166 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:43.959 gotta do is renovate it. 167 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:45.079 Renovated. 168 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.240 There's enough space to renovate it, build new new stadiums, 169 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.920 new things there. It would have been it been like 170 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:55.720 you know, almost like you know, so far right with football. 171 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.600 Now you got into a dome and just all around 172 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.519 that and just build around it. Yet again, they can 173 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:06.040 get together and even when certain boat, you know, certain 174 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:09.839 teams say we'll pitch in too. So there's no taxpayer dollars. 175 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:14.160 California doesn't do that right like other states. So even 176 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:16.839 with that, the county and the city and like you said, 177 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.160 the three municipalities could not get together because too many 178 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:20.959 Eagles are involved. 179 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:22.959 So they lost all three teams. And now look at 180 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.199 the city of Oakland, by the way, Yeah, look at Oakland. 181 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.560 Look at San Francisco. Yeah, they're separated by the bridge. 182 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:30.839 That's it. 183 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.399 Yeah, so they're basically in the same place. It's like 184 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:39.519 Dallas Fort Worth, right, San Francisco Oakland. Look at what 185 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.720 has happened with the way that city has been operated. 186 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.960 They've lost their professional teams. I'm sure property values have decreased. 187 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:55.600 Anything that's worth anything is in San Francisco. So you're 188 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:59.159 kind of an outlier up there because of the decisions 189 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:04.279 they've made, their inability to look forward, their refusal to 190 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.960 work together. And now you see what Oakland has become. 191 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:11.159 So and now the Oakland A's are no longer the 192 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:14.320 Oakland A's, nor are they the Sacramento as. They are 193 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.799 simply the athletics. They have no home. They are the athletics. 194 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.360 If they were in your heart, then they play in 195 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.000 your city. They are the athletics that will be playing 196 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:23.840 the Dodgers tonight. 197 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:26.519 And the thing about it is crazy. 198 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:30.919 When I used to really like the Oakland A's growing 199 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.440 up a little bit, I thought they're you know, especially 200 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.440 because during the time I started to get into sports 201 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.960 in the early seventies, they were winning championships. 202 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:41.200 Reddy Jackson and Sally. 203 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.279 They had the big names, right, Riley Fingers in sal Bando, 204 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.559 and it was the owner was that Charlie Finley was 205 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:50.600 the owner, and he was a flashy guy, right, And 206 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:53.320 they were the first, I think, to start wearing white. 207 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:56.639 Shoes, you know, And so they were cool. They were cool. 208 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.399 Oakland A's were cool. And look where the are now. 209 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:01.759 Look with it. 210 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:03.480 Do you think they can survive? I mean, do you 211 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.679 think they survived night, But do you think they thrive 212 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:11.240 or do much better in Vegas given that it's a 213 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.799 summertime sport and Vegas is one hundred and ten in 214 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:14.279 the summer. 215 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:16.840 Do I think they'll draw better? 216 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:21.480 Yeah, they'll draw better than Oakland, for sure, they have it. 217 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.080 But do you think that they do well in Vegas? 218 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.919 You think baseball does well? I mean people said hockey 219 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.600 couldn't survive in Vegas and it's gone through the roof. 220 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.879 And Hockey's killed it. Yeah, and I'm sure the NBA 221 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.399 went against there will do that as well. 222 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.159 Yeah, the NBA will kill it in Vegas. 223 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.320 Sure, and certainly Mark Davis has pleased and he moved 224 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.000 the Raiders there. 225 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.200 Oh yeah. 226 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.799 But baseball's a different animal. There are so many games, 227 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.960 that's the problem. I mean, there's too many games in 228 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.240 every sport quite honestly. Oh you're not a sports fan, 229 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.360 Yes I am, And as a sports fan, I'm telling 230 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.639 you there are too many games. True, But that will 231 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:02.559 never change in baseball. I mean, the Dodgers are an anomaly. 232 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:06.240 It doesn't matter what game you go to. It's hard 233 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.039 to get a ticket. It's hard to get a ticket. 234 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.559 It's gonna be at least forty five fifty thousand people 235 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.799 in stands on a regular basis on a Tuesday night 236 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:17.600 at Dodger Stadium playing the Athletics. I mean, there's gonna 237 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.159 be that many people there. You can't get there anywhere else. 238 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:25.159 But I just don't know Vegas. You know, seven o'clock 239 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.600 game on a Tuesday in Las Vegas, where it's still 240 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.559 at seven o'clock, it is still one hundred and five. 241 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:32.480 Are you gonna get people to go out? 242 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:32.879 Now? 243 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:35.279 I know it's domed and it's gonna be covered, and 244 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.840 you know, we talked about the problems that Arizona Diamondbacks 245 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.759 have had. I mean, thank God that they've won lately, 246 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.519 so they get some crowds there. A lot of those 247 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.200 crowds come from the teams that they're playing. They had 248 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.440 many Dodger fans at that stadium at Chased, then they 249 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:50.919 had Diamondback fans. 250 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:53.559 So I just don't know. 251 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.960 I don't know if baseball survives or at least thrives 252 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.200 in Las Vegas. 253 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.600 The only way for it to do that. And I 254 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.120 have no idea what ticket prices and other markets are. 255 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.799 I know they're probably less, except if you're dealing with 256 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:10.799 the Yankees. But uh, they need to make those tickets 257 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:15.759 ultra affordable. Whatever the definition of that is ultra affordable. 258 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:20.639 They need people in the building, so whatever that means, 259 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:24.559 whatever that costs, that's what they need to do. Don't 260 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.440 come in there with prices like you're in New York 261 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.559 or LA. Yeah, make it up some other way, right, 262 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.960 make it up. You have some incredible restaurants concessions in there. 263 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.000 You know, maybe add an extra dollar to the dog. 264 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.360 But let people get into the building because once you 265 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.440 get them into building, they're gonna spend money on food 266 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.799 and beer and everything else. But if you're you know, 267 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:45.879 like you said, if they've got the second highest ticket 268 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:47.720 prices in the league, people are gonna. 269 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.120 I ain't going, as a family of four gonna go. 270 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.840 Remember Vegas, Vegas is not stripped. You know, the Strip 271 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.039 is one percent of Vegas. There's a whole community to 272 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.519 people that live in Vegas that have nothing to do, well, 273 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.600 let's say nothing, but they don't. They don't hang out 274 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.919 on the Strip where it's glitzy and glamour. It's big, 275 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.759 big time whales spending all kinds of money. It's the 276 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.840 people that live there, the residents are the ones that 277 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:15.159 you're counting on not going to spend that kind of money. 278 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:17.639 And here's the other thing. And I've learned that from 279 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.320 working in the desert when I do covering things here 280 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.679 of course in la as well. You know where they 281 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:27.399 get you, you know where everybody gets you. It's not 282 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.639 necessarily you know, you said, let's make these tickets affordable, 283 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:32.440 and maybe they make it up a buck moore a 284 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:36.200 dog or something like that. You know where they really 285 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:41.799 get you parking. Yeah, they get you in parking everywhere. 286 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:47.000 That's where they make their money. Parking. So the tickets, 287 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:52.320 for example, a hockey ticket out here could be thirty bucks. 288 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.519 You go, okay, that's fine, right, little small market. Yeah, 289 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:03.799 parking is forty Yeah, think about that question. More a 290 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.480 park and go to the game. That's where they make 291 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:08.919 their money. Always in parking. 292 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.279 Yeah they do, Yeah they do. 293 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.840 And you know, you know most places now they have 294 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.320 a special area for rides here now and now you're 295 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:24.440 sure they're charging those rights. Her companies of fortune to 296 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.279 be able to pull in and drop off and pick 297 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:26.759 up there. 298 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.559 I think, Kevin, what they're doing down in Orange County, 299 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.360 the Sam Welli's with the Ducks correct me if I'm wrong. 300 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.320 They're starting a new program there where when you buy 301 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:40.399 a ticket, the cost of parking is already figured in. 302 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.320 That is true. You pay for PID, your ticket and 303 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:45.519 your parking, and basically you drive up to the parking 304 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.000 garage or whatever it is, you scan your ticket, it 305 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.080 lets you in. You don't have to pay for parking. 306 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.639 In addition, it's all included. 307 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:56.320 Now, I'm sure that they've increased the price, sure, right, Yeah, 308 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.720 they figured it in, right, Yeah, they figured it in. 309 00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:59.799 But I think that's a much. 310 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.639 Better psychologically too. It probably tells the fan like, oh, 311 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.600 I'm not paying for parking. They kind of are, but 312 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:06.799 you don't realize that you are. So I'm sure that 313 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.080 that kind of plays into it too. 314 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.000 Yeah. 315 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.120 So that that's where they always get you though. Parking 316 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:14.600 and sure, ride shares are more available now, but in 317 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:17.039 some places they're very difficult to get to. Yeah, okay, 318 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.279 you want to take rideshair, sure, just walk about a 319 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.919 half mile to the right and that's the ride share area. 320 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:29.279 So go ahead. Some places do that too to make 321 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:31.039 it more difficult for you to get the ride shair 322 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:37.039 Yeah yeah, yeah, go to lot h yeah to walk 323 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:44.080 a mile leave now and by eleven forty five you'll 324 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:47.120 be there. Hell, you'll be home by one. Now, that's 325 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:55.320 a night on the town. Anybody can appreciate you believe 326 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:59.200 in conspiracy theories. I'm not a guy that does that personally. 327 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.799 I think if you do, you have too much time 328 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:10.200 on your hands. Nonetheless, are we dealing with one that's next? 329 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:18.360 Yes, Oh yeah, Ronnie, Happy birthday to my man Stevie Wonder, 330 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:24.159 seventy five years young today, Stevie Wonder, the musical genius 331 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.879 that is Stevie Wonder, Lobby Stevie. 332 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.000 Happy birthday, Roddie Pete, Fred Rogan on a Tuesday. 333 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:34.559 Come on, all right, I don't know if you believe 334 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:38.840 in conspiracy theories. I'm not that guy. I've never been 335 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.919 the guy that sits in the basement with the lights 336 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:46.240 dimly lit, stared at the wall and tried to decide 337 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:50.679 if something wasn't real, Did man walk on the moon? 338 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:54.519 That kind of stuff. I'm not a conspiracy guy, never 339 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:58.519 have been. And every time something in the world of 340 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:03.279 sports happens that seems bit odd or unusual, there's an 341 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:08.480 immediately there's an immediate suspicion of conspiracy. If something was rigged. 342 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.440 If something wasn't right, Well, if you were ever going 343 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.920 to say that, I would think given what happened in 344 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:19.240 the NBA Draft lottery last night, you you might start 345 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:30.359 considering it. The Dow's Mavericks had a one point eight 346 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:36.680 chance to finish in the top spot. One point eight 347 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:46.039 basically negligible, and somehow, some way the balls bounced in 348 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:53.319 their favoryikes and they ended up with a number one pick. Now, 349 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:59.839 if you look at things to the conspiracy eyeglass, if 350 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:04.279 they well, they just got torched in that city. I 351 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:11.000 mean they traded Luca. They got Anthony Davis. Lucas a 352 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.200 top five player in the league. His jersey is top 353 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:17.920 three in sales. And I got Anthony Davis, who's a 354 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:21.440 hell of a player, but he's not Luca. The fans 355 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:25.079 were upset, holding up signs to fire the general manager. 356 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.119 The general manager really couldn't even show his face in 357 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.599 the arena. 358 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.960 It was so bad. 359 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:35.039 People were losing faith in a team in a top 360 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:40.920 ten market. Dallas is important to the league, So lo 361 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.519 and behold the team with probably the worst chance to 362 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.599 win the lottery and get Cooper Flag wins the lottery 363 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.559 and they get the number one pick in the draft. 364 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:56.000 All right, Rodney, Now when you hear that, do you 365 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.759 think there was any funny business here? 366 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.000 What do you say? 367 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:05.240 The percentage was one eight, So you're saying there's a 368 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.559 chance there you. 369 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:13.240 Go, there you go? Uh, No, I don't, I don't. 370 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.160 I don't believe that. 371 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:17.599 I don't believe that there was a there's a conspiracy 372 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:20.240 theory when you when you do those things and those lotteries, 373 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.839 it can go any any kind of way. If you 374 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.680 believe in that, then you got to believe that all 375 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:27.440 the state lotteries are rigged and fixed. Although I do 376 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:31.680 know someone that's wonted three times. No, you don't weird. Yeah, 377 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.640 you know who won it three times? Who for a 378 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:38.599 different amount is Hollywood Henderson used to play the linebacker 379 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.920 for the calib for the Cowboys back. Yes, he won 380 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.920 the lottery three times, and one of them was a 381 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:48.000 big one. It's okay, bit we wanted and it's it 382 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:50.759 was the quick picks. Yeah, it was one of those 383 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:53.279 quick picks or state. I've figures which one it was 384 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:56.279 that he won, But it was the state lottery that 385 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:01.039 he won in Texas and uh three times, three times, 386 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:03.839 three times in the span of like ten years. How 387 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:06.759 much money did he win? One was a big one. 388 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.400 One was like I think it was was a over 389 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.119 one hundred million dollars something to stop it. Yeah, yeah, 390 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:16.880 one was a big one. Yeah, one was a big one. 391 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:21.359 The other one, we're not too shabby either. So I uh, no, 392 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.599 I do I do not think so. I mean it 393 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.240 sounds that way because they maybe the league feels bad 394 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:31.039 for Dallas and losing Luca, and they need to reward 395 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:35.440 the Mavericks because they, you know, they liked the market 396 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:38.480 of Dallas and and it's a shame that they lost 397 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.359 the superstars. 398 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.920 So let's bring him another one. 399 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:43.839 I get where people can see that and think, oh man, 400 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.799 this is no way. 401 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.400