WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.399 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on 2 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:08.080 Fox Sports fourteenth fIF day, powered by Nova Insurance Services 3 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:11.480 insure your most Prized POSSESSIONETS. 4 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.679 And everybody. Welcome to Eye on the Ball here from 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:18.399 Steve Rivera. 6 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:28.480 I'm jagings out. I'm here, I'm here. I don't know. 7 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.239 I don't hear you in my thing, but I could. 8 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:30.399 Gay. 9 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.280 That's fine, that's fine, Edgar, Edgar, we want to congratulate you. 10 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:37.679 What a fantastic guy. I think you guys have pulled off. Uh, 11 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:38.960 you're at the Southern Arizona. 12 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:41.079 Oh, it's exciting, it's exciting. 13 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:44.359 I mean, you know, Jan Lesher was asking me, and 14 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.520 she's our county administrator, asking me, Hey, are you ready 15 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:49.399 for this? I said, I've been ready for this since 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.600 two thousand and nine, when you know baseball left, because 17 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:56.200 you know we all felt the loss when spring training left, right. 18 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:58.920 Well, everybody. The funny thing about it, Edgar, is some 19 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:00.679 and I don't know if it's you. I'm sure you've 20 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.640 heard this too, and Jay has two that every place 21 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.239 I go every now and again, when's baseball coming back? 22 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.640 When's baseball coming back? Are we ever going to get 23 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:09.280 baseball back? 24 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:09.519 Now? 25 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.640 Whether it's on the south side, the northwest side, or 26 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.159 wherever in Boila. 27 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:17.079 You guys were able to pull it off. 28 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:22.000 Yeah, you know, go ahead, here, go ahead, hold on. 29 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.040 Well, I know you know, and I don't know how 30 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.079 much time we have on this show, but can I 31 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:28.519 give you a little bit of history? 32 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.120 Why is that happen? Edgar? 33 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.040 You can spend an hour here, you can spend two 34 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.359 hours here. You're buying dinner, doesn't really matter. 35 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:34.799 Okay. 36 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.159 So back in two thousand and eight, I don't know 37 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:38.840 if you remember, we had a group called the Pima 38 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.079 County Sports and Authority, and you know, we're tasked with 39 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.519 youth and amateur sports, but also trying to keep Major 40 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.040 League Baseball here. And in two thousand and eight, Stevement, 41 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.239 we had the Diamondbacks and the Rockies had agreed to 42 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:54.799 state and we were negotiating with the Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles. 43 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.480 There you go, now it's where Oh no, then it went. 44 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:03.239 Away, the watching Nationals, Baltimore's Milwaukee Brewers right there you go. Yeah, 45 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:06.159 And so we had plans for a three team stadium 46 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.800 Marana mayor ed Honey, I mean, I think he probably 47 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.199 still has the plans and and and so we had 48 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:14.879 a bill that was at the legislative level that was 49 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:16.159 going to give us sustainable fund. 50 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:18.919 He was going to allow us to go out for 51 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.840 a vote right to. 52 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:24.319 Ask Pema County if they're willing to receive a one 53 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:28.439 tenth of one percent sales tax. But it was on hotels, restaurants, 54 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.639 rental cars, you know things that so so in one 55 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:34.360 tenth of one percent is like a nickel on one 56 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.319 hundred dollars, you know, food bill. 57 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:38.960 So we had that. 58 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.919 Bill he was going through the legislator. Uh, there was 59 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.280 a senator had about two weeks before held on to 60 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.280 the last day, last day of session. There was some 61 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.080 controversial bill going on and a group of legislators walked 62 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:51.400 out so never got to vote. 63 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.680 So had that not happened, think of this Gonza. 64 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.879 So we would have had five teams here in southern 65 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:59.960 Arizona and that I quardor going from Tucson to Fee 66 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.560 would have been filled a business and industry. So that's 67 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:06.319 how important these things happen, and why this legislation stuff 68 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:10.639 is so important because one little vote here there could 69 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.000 make the difference in communities in county. 70 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:15.159 So so that that's what happened. 71 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:17.280 And that and that's what does happen, right, It can 72 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.680 be you know, something as simple as that, because and 73 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.479 then not getting those two teams, not getting those additional 74 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.919 teams meant we lost the ones that we had because 75 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:26.759 they got tired of coming down here and just playing 76 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:27.599 these two teams. 77 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.240 You know, if you get a large group, you know, 78 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:32.319 some group of. 79 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:34.960 Teams down here, yeah, you know, more people because you know, 80 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.960 for from my standpoint as a fan, you know, it 81 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.960 was getting tough that. You know, you'd go see a 82 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:46.280 Diamondbacks Giants game right at at at at Tusson Electric Park, 83 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.919 and it was it was like the Giants second team 84 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.360 because because the guys didn't want to come down. But 85 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.080 now if you've got five teams down here, you're having 86 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:54.400 to come down here, You're going to come down. You know, 87 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:55.719 those teams are going to want to come and play 88 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.360 the other guys. And so that's disappointing. That's it is 89 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.280 unfortunate how something like that can and just derail anything. 90 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:07.479 And it impacted our community with her jobs, with livable wages. 91 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.479 You know, the same thing that happened in film a 92 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.439 long time ago. We lost our tax credits. We had 93 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.759 a robust film industry at one time as well. 94 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:17.079 So Edgar, sixteen years later, right, you said two thousand 95 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:17.879 and eight, this happened right. 96 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.439 Well, two thousand and nine I think was the last 97 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:21.240 time we had a spring training game here. 98 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:24.759 So fourteen fifteen years ago. So how come it took 99 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:28.480 so long? Or did did you guys wait or whoever 100 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:29.360 waited this long? 101 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.560 So the reason this even started to be discussed again. 102 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.959 So back in twenty eighteen, I became the dean of 103 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:37.519 Arts and Humanities at Pemic Community College, and one of 104 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.199 my roles was to create a summon to invite business 105 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:42.079 and industry to come in and to see what we're 106 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:45.279 teaching our students is applicable to real world stuff. Right, 107 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:50.279 So I invited a gentleman from the director of film 108 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.240 from Arizona, Matthew Earl Jones. He's our director of film, 109 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.879 appointed by the governor to come down and let me 110 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.040 know that if what we're teaching our students of film, 111 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.720 if they can go out there and get jobs. So 112 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:02.920 he came down to Tucson, fell in love with Tucson. 113 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.079 First of all, Matthew or Jones is a brother James 114 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:09.319 Earl Jones, who so he ended up loving Tucson, and 115 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.000 he's like, you know, Edgar, there's really a niche here 116 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.040 for ten million dollar films or less. You're not going 117 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.759 to get the big one hundred dollars films because those 118 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:19.879 are all going to go to New Mexico, Georgia, California, 119 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:21.839 because they got the tax credits right, they're going to get, 120 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:24.480 you know, a certain percentage back of whatever they spend there. 121 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:29.160 He said, but you know, reality shows, documentaries, commercials, all 122 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.040 these food shows. You know, we can we have what's 123 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.959 called here in southern Arizona a three hundred mile zone, 124 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:36.879 and what that means is that you could get all 125 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:40.399 these different types of terrain from mountains to desert to forest. 126 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:42.439 We could even work with Mexico and go into Rocky 127 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.160 Point and get beaches. So we started to talk about this. 128 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.319 I said, you know what, I went to a film 129 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.079 festival over on. 130 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:50.920 What's it called. It's not the Loft? Is that the 131 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:51.600 one on Speedway? 132 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:52.480 Yeah? Yeah, the Loft? 133 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:54.199 And he asked me to go to the panel discussion. 134 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:57.800 Huge film community here in Tucson. There is there, always 135 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.360 has been. I ran into a friend of mine that 136 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.439 was on the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority, and 137 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:04.120 I said, hey, you know what if we got the 138 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.800 Pima County Sports and Tourism and instead of Major League Baseball, 139 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.639 why don't we think about film, you know, doing some 140 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.399 things to bring incentives so films can come back. And 141 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.480 so Tom Moult and I we started talking about that. 142 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.279 I started to try to get a group together, the 143 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.319 old group back, and really nobody was listening to me. 144 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.120 And luckily I got in charge in contact with a 145 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:24.720 guy named Tom Tracy, who was our chair of the 146 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:26.959 Pema County and we started to talk. So we started 147 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.560 to get this bill that was going to be passed 148 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.639 before it's sunset going again. And so we did this. 149 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.079 And during this time, this is how crazy baseball is. 150 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:38.560 I was giving lessons to a kid and Nick, from 151 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:41.839 Patagona High School, and we were giving baseball lessons and 152 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:43.959 I'm there hitting with him, start talking to his mom. 153 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:45.720 His mom tell him she's. 154 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.680 Involved at the K twelve at Bayle School District and 155 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:51.560 how we you know, how she does some lobbying and 156 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:53.079 all this, and so I started to share with her 157 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.079 stuff and at the college, you know, doing rollm and 158 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.600 then I started to share with her this this Pema 159 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.360 County Sports and Tourism Hall of Fame. She said, hey, 160 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.759 let me introduce you to Somebody introduced me to David 161 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:07.279 gow David Gallen's our state Senator, Sierra Vista, co Chiese County, right, 162 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:09.800 And he said, at the time he was the chair 163 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.279 of the Appropriations Community. He said, let me introduce you 164 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.720 to him. Now, you know, he's a Republican. I'm a Democrat. 165 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.680 But we connected on baseball. He's a from La Dodgers. 166 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:18.920 Man. 167 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:20.959 There you go. 168 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:23.879 Good guy already, good guy already already. 169 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:25.600 And he uh he. 170 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:27.480 I showed him pictures because I had pictures with Fernando 171 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:29.879 von Sela at Pima because he's a team's practiced there. 172 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.439 In twenty twelve, a USA Baseball coach got to hang 173 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.240 out with Tom and Lasorda said, tell of these stories. 174 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.839 So we connected on baseball, and he said, you know Edgar, 175 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:40.519 he says, I'll sponsor your bill, but it can't just 176 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.759 be Pema County. He wasn't a fan of Pema County. 177 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:45.600 He said, let's include six counties. So we included the 178 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:48.839 six counties Pema, banw Graham, Greenley, co Chie, Santa Cruz 179 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:53.040 and three tribal nations, Apache, ton Otum and impossible, yucky. 180 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.040 Right, And we tried to get this bill passed for 181 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:56.600 like three years. 182 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.639 So the lobbyist, Darcy Mintone, she she she was working 183 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:01.839 on this three years. We had an ad hoc committee, 184 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.199 we were meeting with legislators, COVID happened, and so finally 185 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:09.160 about a couple of years ago it got passed and 186 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.079 now it's a statue. So now we're a political sub 187 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.360 body of the state, which means we can go out there, 188 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.160 you know, representing these six counties and try to attract 189 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.279 events from film, tu dynamic, sports tourism, baseball. 190 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:22.959 And now we have baseball. 191 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:28.839 So we're talking at Garsoto from the UH Southern Arizona 192 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:31.160 Sports Tourism and Film Authority. 193 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.159 Right, did I get it off? I got it off? 194 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.320 Done that before. 195 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:37.679 And we're here at the We're here at Soul Sports, 196 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.799 the sports book at the Casino del So also we 197 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:43.000 hope that if you're in the neighborhood, which we know 198 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.919 it's a neighborhood that far from a lot of things, 199 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:46.960 but a lot of stuff going on here. So we're 200 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.639 going to be here till five o'clock, so hopefully you 201 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.840 come buy, take in some of the drink specials. 202 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:52.240 We'll go over some of those in a minute. 203 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.120 So now I've got the World Baseball Classic, which you 204 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.600 know I'm going to say as a fan, you know 205 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.600 the way it ended last year with Shohe up against 206 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:05.919 up against Mike Trout and all. You know, that brought 207 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.080 so much attention to it, right, So now we get 208 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.480 a piece of that here. Tell us a little bit 209 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:12.720 about what we're going to get here. 210 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.919 So you know, Pema County had negotiated back in twenty 211 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.279 twenty we were going to get the World Baseball Classic here, 212 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.759 and then you know, fast forward twenty twenty four, we 213 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.240 start working on this stuff and we're out there and 214 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.440 it's a different time. We have eight cities bidding against us, 215 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.440 right We're trying to show them that Tucson is a 216 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.200 place to do this. But we ended up getting the 217 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.120 contract signed last week finally, And I know Steve and 218 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.159 we were I had to keep things hush hushed. 219 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.720 We didn't want to apologize. 220 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.000 You know, I was pressed through you and I know I. 221 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.519 Felt bad about it too, because you're my guy, man. 222 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:46.480 I didn't want to let you down. But now we 223 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:52.440 got some good news So what this means is that China, Germany, Columbia, 224 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.279 which has like eight big leaders, eight big leaders right now, 225 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.240 and Brazil and there eight. 226 00:09:58.360 --> 00:09:59.840 Brazil has some big leaders too, I think. 227 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:04.240 Yeah, you know, so they're all going to be coming 228 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.360 to play for the qualifiers. So the top two teams 229 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.360 get to play in the World Baseball Classic, right, So 230 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.840 these these games are a big deal for the country. 231 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:16.159 But here's what it brings. It brings people staying at 232 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.639 these hotels. It brings people renting cars, shopping in our 233 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.080 you know, in our stores, eating in our restaurants. 234 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:24.519 It brings economics. 235 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.399 Do you know what that economic impact is? 236 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.039 Because I was I went to one of those in Miami, 237 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.080 and there was when I played out there, and it 238 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.480 was it was Bonker's fun. Yeah, you know, Mike Vader 239 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.559 has his Mexican Baseball League and that's crazy, crazy fun too. 240 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.120 But this was different because you had all the nationalities. 241 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:42.279 You brought out their flags, you brought up their drums, 242 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.360 we brought out a bunch of stuff. Do you anticipate 243 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:44.919 that happening here? 244 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:45.159 Yeah? 245 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.279 Oh yeah, no, We're going all out with this, you know. 246 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.440 And Mike Vader, I just got to give Mike Vader 247 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.960 and Francisco Gammez some some kudos because they've done some 248 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:55.840 amazing things with the Mexican baseball and there's a lot 249 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:56.919 to come with that as well. 250 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.399 I mean, they're working on some stuff. We're working together 251 00:10:59.440 --> 00:10:59.759 with them. 252 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.600 You know, Mike Fader has been the baseball guy here forever, 253 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.240 so leaned on him for for you know, for wisdom 254 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:06.960 and all that stuff. 255 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.559 So no, I anticipate all of the above. 256 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.799 The key is is we're going to have to make 257 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.159 sure that we come out, we show up, and we 258 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.000 and we're there at the games because we got to 259 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.000 show major League Baseball that that we're going to do this. 260 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:21.639 I got to play golf with Jim Small's and one 261 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:27.519 of his employees, Nelson. Jim Small he's the the president 262 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:30.159 of the World Baseball Classic. Okay, so he's all over 263 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.879 the world doing this stuff and he loves Tucson. 264 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:36.320 So real quick, because we're gonna be here for two hours. 265 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:37.879 I don't know how long you could be here, hope 266 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.480 maybe for at least an hour, and we will talk 267 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.519 more than just this with you. We're going to talk 268 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:44.799 you a football and you could be as critical as 269 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.320 you want. 270 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.360 To because we are careful. 271 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.440 Before you guys start talking about that. 272 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.559 And basketball, we talk about it all edwards. So you're 273 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.240 you've been involved in sports here for. 274 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:59.679 You know, because you guys are gonna ask me he 275 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.559 used to young, right, Yeah, I used to be young. 276 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:04.440 You know what's really interesting is November tenth, I just 277 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.600 turned fifty five, right, which means I get all like 278 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:12.159 the discounts at I hop and I'm excited. 279 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.600 About how to do that. Man, I need to do that. 280 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.759 No, no, no, me and my fiance that we're like going 281 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.039 through the through the list of where I can get discounts. 282 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.679 Yeah, kid prices at the movies, all right, I got 283 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.440 kid prices at the movies Wednesdays. It's safe way all right. 284 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.039 I got all this stuff going on. A funny a 285 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.039 little funny story. So the first when I was just 286 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:34.840 getting to that, and I think at the U of 287 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.440 A it's fifty five fifty five for U of A 288 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.240 sports like softball and stuff like that, I think it's 289 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.159 a fifty five. So my daughter and I are walking 290 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.120 up and I'm like, oh wow, I get a discount 291 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.399 and she's like, no, Dad, don't get the discount. She 292 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.279 didn't want me. She don't want people to know that 293 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.080 I was old enough to get that. Anyway, are you 294 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.879 with your grandfather? 295 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:55.679 Exactly? Exactly? 296 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.399 So anyway, we're here at the Soul Sports that consumer 297 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:00.600 does a whole sports book with Edgar Soda from this. 298 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.960 I'm going to say it again, Southern Arizona Sports Tourism 299 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.120 and Film Authority is amazing. 300 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.360 You got it two times in a row. 301 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.600 Nay, yeah, we do this real quick. We're going to 302 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.519 break here in about a minute. 303 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.000 So, okay, I don't didn't recall that the PEAMA Authority 304 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.080 had just just disbanded with. 305 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.519 Sunsets sunset, So what was the time for you? 306 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.720 I mean, the the statute is in place for X 307 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.960 amount of time, then when that day passes, it just 308 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.399 goes away. 309 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.720 Right then, you guys came onboard. 310 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.320 We came on board. 311 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.080 Nobody years after that. 312 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.320 I think it's like, no, I mean, how long does 313 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.440 this statue go for? 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But 318 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.080 the goal is to go out to the voters and 319 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.799 try to get that one tenth of one percent so 320 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.080 we could bond and build stadiums and do bigger and 321 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.720 better things. 322 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.320 I mean again, and you know, for people to understand 323 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.240 how this works, you know, it's the Arizona Sports and 324 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.360 Tourism Authority that's you know, got the stadium h you know, 325 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:57.360 the state the Cardinal Stadium and those things like that. 326 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:59.279 Up in Phoenix. 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