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Speaker 1: One of our favorite segments we do on this show

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Speaker 1: is Melbourne Whispers. This is where the good people listen

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Speaker 1: to this show. If they hear a rumor floating around

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Speaker 1: about Melbourne, you give us a ring, let us know

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Speaker 1: about it. This one that came through. We've been late

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Speaker 1: late last year. We got there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning, We're good. What do you go for us?

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Speaker 2: I've had a little whisper of the NFL playing a

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Speaker 2: proper game at the MCGFL.

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Speaker 3: NFL y, do we know what teams it has been.

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Speaker 4: I haven't heard that.

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Speaker 2: But what'ster going through? Yeah, they come in to play

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Speaker 2: at the MCG Now, how.

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Speaker 3: Did Ben know that he's got someone on the inside.

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Speaker 2: He's got his ear to the ground, Lauren.

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Speaker 3: And this week it was in the news that it

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Speaker 3: was happening, but there was no confirmation. You couldn't get

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Speaker 3: any confirmation from the government, from the MCG until now.

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Speaker 2: Hello and over exclusive we've gone straight to the top

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Speaker 2: of the premiere of Victoria. Just center, Allen joins us.

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Speaker 4: Good morning, Premier morning, j Good morning, Lauren.

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Speaker 2: Hello, the one person you've got history with.

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Speaker 4: Sorry, my love, I didn't realize you were there. I'm

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Speaker 4: so sorry. Look, can I just say, I'm pretty excited.

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Speaker 4: Can you forgive me We've got huge news?

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Speaker 2: Okay, this is an over exclusive or are we wrong?

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Speaker 4: You sang on? This is a touchdown for Melbourne and Victoria,

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Speaker 4: the n r L, the NFL this morning, the NFL,

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Speaker 4: as I said, we are so excited. The biggest America's biggest,

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Speaker 4: biggest sports is coming to Melbourne. It's coming to the

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Speaker 4: g It's coming to Victoria. And I can give you

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Speaker 4: another exclusion one of the teams that's playing.

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Speaker 3: Oh yes, who have we got?

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Speaker 4: The l A Ran coming to town?

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Speaker 1: Now? Can I confirm is this actually going to be

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Speaker 1: a game in their draw? Is this an exhibition game

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Speaker 1: or an in season game?

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Speaker 4: Like it is for the first time, for the first

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Speaker 4: time in this country. This is going to be a

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Speaker 4: regular season game. Do you want to be in the

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Speaker 4: super Bowl? If you want to be in the super Bowl,

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Speaker 4: you've got to win your games here in Melbourne.

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Speaker 3: Now, just center, can you go back to the negotiating table,

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Speaker 3: please try and get the Chiefs here. We want Travis

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Speaker 3: and we want I.

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Speaker 4: Was going to say, Lauren, do we want Travis or

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Speaker 4: we want.

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Speaker 2: Column They're package deal now and the catering premiere. What

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Speaker 2: can you tell us about the catering?

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Speaker 3: Is there going to be hot dogs?

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Speaker 4: Hot dogs? Look, well, this is look what you're talking

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Speaker 4: about here is all the opportunities that are before us

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Speaker 4: between now and next year when we have the Rams.

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Speaker 4: We've got to confirm the other team. We're working with

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Speaker 4: the team at the NFL on this. But this is

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Speaker 4: this is bloody brilliant.

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Speaker 3: We're going to need a bigger We're going to need

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Speaker 3: a bigger airport for all the private jets as.

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Speaker 2: The Eagles are tip to be playing well there in

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, so it would be great to see.

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Speaker 1: That's huge.

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Speaker 4: And I can also just make the point this makes

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Speaker 4: Melbourne the only sitting in the world to have a

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Speaker 4: Tennis Grand Slam, a Formula One Grand Prix, and now

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Speaker 4: and NFL regular season game.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty good.

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Speaker 4: That means so much for you know, you think of

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Speaker 4: all of our hostile venues, the restaurants, the bars, the hotels,

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Speaker 4: the joint's going to be packed out. It's a big win.

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Speaker 3: Well, we're going to need to get all the roadworks

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Speaker 3: and stuff fixed and get everything out of the way

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Speaker 3: because the traffic's going to be insane. Oh my Gos,

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Speaker 3: the West.

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Speaker 4: Gate well, our west Gate Tunnel, our Metro Tunnel are

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Speaker 4: opening this year. Lawrence so ready to.

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Speaker 2: Go, so premire. In summary, Melbourne whispers, we got it right, and.

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Speaker 4: You got it right, and you've got the RAM.

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Speaker 2: We know? Do we know the date.

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Speaker 4: That's that's going to be concerned by the NFL as

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Speaker 4: they and their regular season four next year? Of course

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Speaker 4: they've got the Super Bowl this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Have we got a rough like I'm just on the

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Speaker 1: online booking system now for the G it'd.

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Speaker 3: Be after Grand five, it'd be like it'd be like

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Speaker 3: October November.

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Speaker 4: The scheduling will be worked through because of course the

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Speaker 4: play at the G, including the la Rams and those.

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Speaker 4: Those arrangements are being worked and this has been a

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Speaker 4: lot of work, a great partnership that the Victorian government

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Speaker 4: visit Victoria. The MCG has with the biggest stuff sporting out,

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Speaker 4: the biggest sporting coming out.

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Speaker 3: The truth hand on heart. How many games of NFL

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Speaker 3: have you watched in your time?

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Speaker 4: Oh? Well, I've had glimpses. Well, I know that the

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Speaker 4: Kansas City, the Kansas City Chiefs are actually based in Missouri,

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Speaker 4: so you know a little bit of.

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Speaker 3: A little bit of I didn't know what about getting.

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Speaker 4: Here.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you on the phone this morning. That is

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Speaker 1: bloody exciting news to Melbourne.

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Speaker 4: The Rams are coming, guys.

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Speaker 3: I don't know anything about the Rams, but I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: The Premier Center, Allen joining us on the bat phone.

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Speaker 2: There, what about that?

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Speaker 3: A little exclusive?

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you I'm an exclusive.

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Speaker 1: That's cool. That'll sell out like your reckon? Oh, here

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Speaker 1: we go.

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Speaker 2: Do you know what I'm gonna put my like.

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Speaker 3: Taylor swis coming, She'll sell out your record.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, but it's a big stadium. Okay, it's a.

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Speaker 3: Big sport, Clint, do you think it will sell out

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Speaker 3: or do you think that would be a.

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Speaker 2: Few general admissions. Lauren's feeling good on No.

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Speaker 3: One hundred l on Socials