1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WVZ, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Dan Watkins, bad news and the Bruins, 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: but they got a little pad there, so I think 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,079 Speaker 2: they should make the playoffs. The Red Sox, on the 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: other hand, got to get together beginning tomorrow against the 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 2: San Diego Padres. Tell you what other sports group I 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: think is having some trouble, and that is Boston Soccer 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: or World Cup Boston twenty twenty six. Headline in the 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: Globe today Boston Soccer twenty six. The chief acknowledges fundraising woes. 10 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: Now the chief is a fellow named Mike loin the 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 2: loy and the chief executive of Boston Soccer twenty six, 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: the local organizing committee. Now, I've never heard of Mike Loined. 13 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: Maybe we'll try to get him on the show. If 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: not tomorrow, maybe we'll try to get him on next week. 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: But there was an interesting event yesterday which was covered 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: by The Globe. Michael Silverman and Chris Series wrote, after 17 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: weeks of nervous speculation, organizers for this summer's World Cup 18 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: in Boston unveiled new details Wednesday, that's yesterday about their preparations. 19 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: While acknowledging the fundraising challenges that have cast out over 20 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: their readiness to host the massive spectacle in just seventy 21 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: days now. Apparently the fellow who's the CEO of Boston 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: Soccer twenty six, and I do not know him. I 23 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: tried to do some background on him a little bit, 24 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: and apparently he had done some work with the Patriots. 25 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: He's also reportedly close to Bob Kraft. But he apparently 26 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: told the Globe that the committee's budget may wind up 27 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: dipping below one hundred million dollars, which is a far 28 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: cry from the one hundred and seventy million dollars the 29 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 2: committee projected in twenty twenty three. So when the World 30 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: Cup was awarded, you know, to the three countries, Canada, Mexico, 31 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: and the US, and there were locations in the US 32 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 2: which would host the games. We will have I think 33 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: it's seven matches out at Chillette Stadium. So when we 34 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: talk about Boston Soccer twenty six, we're talking really about 35 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: Foxboro Soccer twenty twenty six. They were in a big 36 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 2: fight with the organizing group. Boston Soccer twenty twenty six 37 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: was in a big fight with the town of Foxborough. 38 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: You may remember that just a few weeks ago, the 39 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: Town of Foxborough was saying, we're not going to give 40 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: an entertainment license. Okay, we're not going to give an 41 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 2: entertainment license to run the seven matches at Gillette because 42 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 2: the estimates are it's going to take seven point eight 43 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 2: million dollars for security. Now I know nothing about what 44 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: it costs for security, but someone came up with that figure, 45 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: and the Board of Selectmen in Foxborough said, until you 46 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: promise us that you will give us the money that 47 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: you're asking us to spend for public safety at Jillette, 48 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: we're not going to issue your entertainment license for these 49 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: seven matches. That seven point eight million dollars, I guess 50 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: is ten percent of the Town of Foxborough's annual budget. 51 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 2: Now Bob Craft stepped in, and I guess Bob Craft 52 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: and his organization said, we're going to put the matches 53 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 2: on and we will guarantee you security. So the license 54 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: were issued. But Boston Soccer twenty twenty six is more 55 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: than those matches, because apparently there's a lot of events 56 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: that they're going to do downtown in downtown Boston which 57 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: will not only benefit obviously the communities surrounding Foxborough, but 58 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 2: also downtown Boston, and they were thinking that they were 59 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: going to get somewhere around well, they thought that in 60 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, they said that they thought they would 61 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: need one hundred and seventy million dollars, but apparently some 62 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 2: money came from the FEDS, from FEMA. FEMA, which is 63 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 2: a good injection of money. However, the host committee here 64 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: in Boston, which is what we're talking about, they've announced 65 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: just three local sponsors for the event. State Street Corp. 66 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: A financial services company, Meet Boston, which promotes tourism. I've 67 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: never heard of Meet Boston, have no idea how much 68 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: they have contributed to this, and also a French drug 69 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: maker seeing offee a centa fee. Now they first of all, 70 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 2: apparently under the agreement with the World Cup, they cannot 71 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: poach any money from groups that are already sponsoring the 72 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: World Cup, so much of the event apparently has Much 73 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: of the event focused less on Boston's preps and more 74 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: on how local businesses could capitalize on the spectacle. Businesses 75 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: were encouraged to prepare for the influx of visitors through 76 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 2: special events and tournament specific promotion. Organizers noted the MBTA 77 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: is prepared to transport twenty thousand pass to and from 78 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: each of the seven matches. And by the way, apparently 79 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 2: those tickets are going up. Okay, they are going up, 80 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 2: and they're saying it might be seventy five dollars to 81 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: pay for your ticket now compared to what they're paying 82 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 2: for the games. To attend the games, that's not a 83 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 2: lot of money. If you can afford to buy tickets 84 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: to the games, I guarantee you I will not be 85 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: at the game. The soccer games now again, reading from 86 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: the Globe article, top executives of Boston's organizing committee This 87 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 2: is Boston Soccer twenty six offered few specifics at this 88 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: event yesterday, while acknowledging the pressures of finding corporate sponsors 89 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: amid a busy summer events schedule that includes festivities surrounding 90 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 2: America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, and apparently this gentleman 91 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 2: also hinted that, like other host cities, Boston may have 92 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 2: to scale its earlier plans for an extravagant the infest 93 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 2: at Boston City Hall Plaza. This again, Mike Lloyin, the 94 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: chief executive of Boston Soccer twenty six. Yes, fundraising has 95 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: been a challenge, which is stacked with members close to 96 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 2: Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Jillette Stadium, which Craft owns, is 97 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: hosting seven World Cup games. We mentioned that and Kraft 98 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: was a key proponent in bringing the games here. But 99 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 2: apparently apparently if you have already committed to FIFA sponsorship 100 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: of the games, then they can't be touched. So my 101 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: question is this. Remember a few years ago we were 102 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 2: going to we had grand plans to host I think 103 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 2: the Olympics in twenty twenty four, which eventually went to Paris, France, 104 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 2: and that was Mayor Walsh, and he had a committee 105 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: of people who were going to come up with you know, 106 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: I don't know what they were going to do. I 107 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 2: was kidding at the time and I was saying, oh, 108 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: they can do. You know, we were picking some of 109 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: the venues. But my question is it's now April. How 110 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: excited are you about the World Cup SoC are coming? 111 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: You know, it's not the final games are going to 112 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 2: be played here. No, I think the finals are played 113 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles or something. But you're gonna have some 114 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: preliminary games. I think the first game. Again, I wish 115 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: I had all this at my fingertips, but I don't. 116 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: But the FIFA World Cup, which worldwide, is huge. There's 117 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: no question about it. It is huge, and it's great 118 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 2: that I guess Boston would have some some piece of 119 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: the action. World Cup games are scheduled across the US, 120 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 2: Canada and Mexico over five weeks, beginning in June, So 121 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: they're gonna go June and wrap up in July or 122 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: early August. The first official World Cup match, they had 123 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: a so called friendly match here a week ago. The 124 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 2: first official World Cup match between the national teams of 125 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: Haiti and Scotland is scheduled for June thirteenth at Chillette Stadium. 126 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 2: Now my question is who cares? I mean, I'm really serious. 127 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: I'm very interested in if the Red Sox are gonna 128 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: get off the schneid, as Bob Newmeyer used to say, 129 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: the late great Bob Newmyer and get the season going 130 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 2: this weekend against the Padres. I could care less Haiti 131 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 2: or Scotland playing at Chilette Stadium. Now my question is 132 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: is this whole event overrated? And if you're a soccer fan, 133 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 2: I'd love to hear from you and tell me that no, 134 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: I'm missing I'm missing the boat. It's no interest to me. 135 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: There's a lot going on, and I know that this 136 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 2: summer I'm going to be interested in the fourth of July. 137 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 2: I'm going to be interested in the two hundred and 138 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: fiftieth celebration of the birth of this country. I'm going 139 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 2: to be interested in the tall ships. I'm going to 140 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 2: be interested in lots of stuff going on and around 141 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 2: Boston in addition to the Red Sox and all of that. 142 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: But I want to talk about this World Cup. Is 143 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: this overrated? Did we make a mistake and is this 144 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 2: one of those things that at the end of the day, 145 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 2: Boston is going to be on the hook for more 146 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 2: money than it's worth to us? Again? Foxborough great venue, 147 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: great venue for any athletic event. It's a great venue. 148 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: How do you get people out there? How do you 149 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 2: get people back? Are they willing to pay seventy five 150 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: dollars round trip to get out for everybody who's got 151 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: a ticket, I don't know. Are you going? Do you 152 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: have tickets? I want to talk about this because this 153 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 2: is going to be something that we will be talking 154 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 2: about in the months, in the weeks ahead. I mean, 155 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 2: this is coming at us a lot more quickly than 156 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 2: we realize six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty 157 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 2: six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. This is 158 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: a topic that we have never talked about. I joked 159 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 2: about it last Friday night in the twentieth hour and 160 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: asked people if they were more excited about the World 161 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 2: Cup coming to Boston or the Red Sox upcoming season. Well, 162 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: people did say the upcoming season, although clearly it's been 163 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 2: a disappointing season so far. I just, are you going 164 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 2: to attend a World Cup game? Do you have any interest? 165 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 2: Do you do you care whether Haiti is going to 166 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: play Scotland. I'm picking Haiti in that match right now. 167 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: I'll give you the points and I'll take Haiti. It's 168 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 2: I mean Scotland. I didn't even know Scotland had a 169 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: soccer team. I just saw something that said that Italy 170 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 2: did not make some qualifying round. Look, I know that 171 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 2: soccer is a world sport. I could care less about it. 172 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: I really could, and I suspect a lot of you, 173 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: some of them might be great soccer World Cup Boston, 174 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 2: are you going? Are you excited? And will World Cup 175 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: Boston turn out to be a real flop because if 176 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 2: you read this article in the Globe on Metro to 177 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 2: the Metro today on Metro page one, they got problems. 178 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: They got real problems. And I don't know that Massachusetts 179 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 2: or Boston, the City of Boston has any extra cash 180 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: to give them. Six one, seven, two, five, four ten 181 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty soccer 182 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 2: fans tell me I'm wrong. If you agree with me, 183 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 2: I'd love to hear from you on this one. This 184 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: is a topic we really haven't done seriously before. We're 185 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 2: going to do it tonight up until eleven o'clock. I'm 186 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 2: even willing to go a couple of hours on this, 187 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: but you will decide. You the listeners of Nightside, I'm 188 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,239 Speaker 2: simply Dan Ray. You were Nightside. The listeners of Nightside 189 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 2: are the people who make this program go. And to 190 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 2: do that, you got to give me a call coming 191 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 2: back on Nightside. 192 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: It's night Side with Dan Ray, Boston's news radio. 193 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: All right, we're going to go to the phones. By 194 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 2: the way, the paragraph of the Global article which I 195 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: wanted to mention that they're having trouble raising money. They 196 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 2: have now lowered their expectation. They thought they were going 197 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 2: to get one hundred and seventy million. Now I guess 198 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: they're hoping for one hundred million. They only have three 199 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 2: local sponsors, and in addition to Globe rights, a major 200 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 2: fundraising obstacle for the local group here in Boston has 201 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: been FIFA's strict exclusivity rules, which prevent host committees from 202 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 2: signing sponsors from the same business sectors as FIFA's partners. FIFA, 203 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 2: the sport's global governing body, has already locked in sponsorship 204 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: with major banks, fast food chains, beer companies, and other 205 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 2: global brands, significantly limiting opportunities available to local organizers. So 206 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 2: what that says is that not only can't you go 207 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: to local Boston area bank, say because I guess they 208 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: went to State Street Corporate Financial Services Company, which isn't 209 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: technically a bank. Okay, fine, but you can't even go 210 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 2: to if they have a bank. If FIFA has a bank, 211 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: major bank, fast food change, if they have Popeye's Chicken, 212 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 2: you can't go to McDonald's. They probably have McDonald's, I 213 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: would assume, which means you can't go to Popeye's Chicken, 214 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: you can't go to the Taco Bell, you can't go 215 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: to other fast food change boy, that is an exclusivity agreement. 216 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 2: It's not just that you can't go back to the 217 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: same company that's sponsoring. You can't even go to their competitors. 218 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 2: So when they lock up, that's pretty good for FIFA. 219 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 2: And when you think about it, the only lines available 220 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 2: right now sixty let me go to Louri. Hey, Laurie, welcome, 221 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: welcome back. How are you tonight? 222 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 3: Thank you? To answer your question. I was excited when 223 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 3: I first heard about it the World Cup because a 224 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 3: family and you know abroad yep, and you know, they're 225 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 3: so excited about it. 226 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 4: But I have. 227 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 3: A friend that lives in Foxborough and they were very 228 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 3: support They were very happy with their selectmens. Because people 229 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 3: think that people live in Foxboro with the students Stadium, 230 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 3: that they get all this money on their taxes. You know, 231 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 3: they don't get they don't get money. They might get 232 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 3: a little bit of here and there for the schools, 233 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 3: but they don't get you know, they don't they're not 234 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 3: benefiting from this. 235 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, they were on the hook, Glorie for seven point 236 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 2: eight million dollars and you got to kind of say 237 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 2: to the to the aldermen or selectmen whatever they call 238 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: them out there that they stood up and they forced 239 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: the big folks who were coming in to pull me 240 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 2: up a commitment and the money. So they protected their taxpayers. 241 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 2: If most most politicians. 242 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 3: In Massachusetts are very happy with them. 243 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: Well yeah, I mean you'd like to have all politicians 244 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: protect tax buyers payers in Massachusetts. But that's that is 245 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 2: not what we have seen over the years. So yeah. 246 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 3: Another fact, couple of facts you might be interested in 247 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 3: is and you probably know that the stadium is being 248 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,479 Speaker 3: called Boston Stadium that Foxboro. 249 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that, which well it should be called 250 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 2: Gillette Stadium because that's Gillette. 251 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, they're not there, has nothing to do 252 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 3: with Foxboro. And the other thing is that the people, 253 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 3: the residents are not allowed to rent their houses. 254 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: Well, that's probably a town rule. I would assume you're right. 255 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 3: Oh I know that, but I'm just saying there's no benefit. 256 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 5: Is a benefit park, Well. 257 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 2: It's only going to be an inconvenience because I know, 258 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 2: having gone to you know, a few Patriots games in 259 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: my life, that there's a lot of the roads that 260 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 2: have to get blocked off because the stadium is in 261 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 2: an area which backs up against residential community as well 262 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: as route one, and Route one is not a great road. 263 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 2: I mean, it's never been a great road out there. 264 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 2: I remember one time, oh, this got to be fifteen 265 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 2: years ago. I was with some friends. We were coming 266 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: back from New York and we had gone on we 267 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 2: had gone down to see the Army Navy game in Philadelphia, 268 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: and we were coming back from New York on Sunday, 269 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 2: and we had tickets to the Patriots game. And as 270 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 2: we were it was a blizzard, a snowstorm going on, and 271 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: all of a sudden we realized that coming up behind 272 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 2: us was the police State Police escort for the bus 273 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: of the Miami Dolphins. Most of the teams playing against 274 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 2: the Patriots stay in Providence, not in Boston, because Providence 275 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 2: is closer easier access to Foxboro than Boston would be. Anyway, 276 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 2: we just there were no other cars in the road, 277 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: so we just we had one car there, a bunch 278 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 2: of us in a van and I said, slide in here. 279 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: So we basically were in the convoy with the the 280 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins football team, which is on like three or 281 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 2: four buses. We got a beautiful escort right into the 282 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 2: back of the stadium. Of course, it was a couple 283 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 2: of hours before the game. And when we got once 284 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: we were in the back parking lot of the stadium. 285 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 2: They went one way, we went another. We were in 286 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 2: the stadium in our seats like two hours before the game. 287 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: It was it was the easiest commute ever to to 288 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 2: Gillette Stadium. 289 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 3: Well that's that's wonderful. Well, the only one of ones 290 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 3: on the comment would be they better. I wouldn't think 291 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 3: they need to lower a shirt, a lower of their 292 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: their projective price of the train to come into Foxboro. 293 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 3: They want any hope of of keeping them people going 294 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 3: by train, not trying to drive or get you get 295 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: ubers to lists. 296 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, well the train would be great. Now, most 297 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 2: of these people are going to pay top dollar for tickets, 298 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: so I'm not going to cry for most of them. 299 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: They can they can afford this seventy five round trip. 300 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: And I'm sure the MBTA is looking at this as 301 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 2: a binanza that they never would have expected two or 302 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: three years ago, because it's this. They think they're going 303 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: to transport twenty thousand people for each of these seven matches. 304 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 2: So if you're talking about now, you talk about one 305 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 2: hundred and forty thousand people times seventy five round trip. 306 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 2: That's that's gonna be seven million dollars or something like that. 307 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: That that is going to be fall into the top. 308 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 3: Fine, I just think of the traffic, you know, situation. 309 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 3: Hopefully they take them up on it. 310 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 2: Well, I hope they do because that's going to ease 311 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 2: the traffic. But guess what it could be. It could 312 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: be a nightmare. And also the thing about games in July. 313 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 2: You know, you do have the concerts out there in 314 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 2: July a lot. You know, obviously before the football season, 315 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 2: fall of a sudden on Route one, you get a 316 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 2: couple of cars that overheat. Now you get people backed up. 317 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: Could be a nightmare. Laurie Le love you, thanks much. 318 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 2: I'm counting on you not going to any of the 319 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 2: games because. 320 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: You know I'm not going. 321 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: Good for you. Well, I will join you in not going. 322 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 2: Thanks thanks story. I wouldn't even go if I got 323 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 2: an invitation. I mean gonna go to the Haiti Scotland game. 324 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 2: I don't feel I have a team in that fight 325 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 2: in any way, shape or form. I don't think I 326 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 2: have a team in any of the fights. I haven't 327 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 2: seen the schedule in Chilette yet, but you know, I mean, 328 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 2: I'm not a soccer guy. Well, take a break. Here's 329 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 2: the news. Phil in Boston, you're gonna be up next. 330 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 2: I got Tony in Los Angeles, Canada is now calling 331 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 2: online one and the only line we have opened is 332 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 2: one line at six one, seven ninety coming right back 333 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 2: after the news. 334 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: It's night Side Boston's news radio. 335 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 2: So I mentioned here are some of the exciting countries 336 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 2: that are going to be playing at Chillette Stadium. Now, 337 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 2: I guess if you're a real soccer fan, Haiti versus Scotland, Okay, 338 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: you know that's fine. Then Iraq versus Norway. I'm rooting 339 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 2: for Norway there. Okay, let me go. I'll go for 340 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 2: Norway there. But I mean Iraq. Okay. Then you get 341 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: Scotland a second time playing Morocco. That's on June nineteenth. 342 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 2: That's the third game that's at Chillette Stadium. And what 343 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: else we got here? Just I mean it's and where 344 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 2: we going? 345 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 6: You know? 346 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 2: Then we get oh, here's a good one on the 347 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 2: twenty third of June. England versus Ghana. I don't know. 348 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: I mean maybe we have a big Ghana community here, 349 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 2: I guess. I don't know. That's the fourth game and 350 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: then there's a fifth. Yeah, Norway versus France. Again, I 351 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 2: don't have I don't have a dog in that fight. 352 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: Pick who you want. That's the sixth game, and then 353 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: I think they have some game where they still have 354 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: to Yeah, there's another game of the twenty ninth. I 355 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 2: think I've got I've hit them all. They're gonna get 356 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 2: then into the quarter finals. I guess whatever, But I mean, 357 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 2: you know, look, I'm not excited about it. Maybe you are. 358 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: Let's go next to Phil. Phil is a huge soccer 359 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 2: fee and I'm sure Phil, Yeah, thank you. 360 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 6: Very much for cheering me up. This is good. This 361 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 6: is gonna be unbelievable. They're gonna be languages, language issues. 362 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 6: And you mentioned there's a food thing. With the interview 363 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 6: some guy on a radio show. They and the guys, 364 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 6: the guy gentlemen said, well, I don't know if they're 365 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 6: gonna have enough food types and this and that they're 366 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 6: gonna people. We the people who are the fox Brows 367 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 6: generally live with them tops of behindred miles away and 368 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 6: maybe you know a best from bat Buffo. Maybe, but 369 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 6: these people who live in different countries with a different 370 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 6: linuages and different money stages, you can't get on a 371 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 6: play to get the way they want to go. It's 372 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 6: gonna I mean, I predicted this be crazy. I mean 373 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 6: I don't want to get sorry. Remember it was not 374 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 6: too negative. But it's bad enough. What's the concert there? 375 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 6: If they hadn't have a concert in the other place 376 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 6: there Manfield, I haven't had that up there in there somewhere. 377 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 6: It's gonna be crazy. 378 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 2: Now wait a s that? Phil? Are you telling me 379 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: that if I gave you a couple of tickets to 380 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 2: go to Jillette Stadium on Friday night, June nineteenth to 381 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 2: watch Scotland play Morocco, you wouldn't be You wouldn't love 382 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: to be there at that game. 383 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 6: No, if I had them, I wish I knew how 384 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 6: to do it. I put it on eBay or something. 385 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 6: If I saw a thing. I mean, the lady said 386 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 6: they're not gonna let people live and fought for at 387 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 6: the houses. Are you kidding me? You gotta be a 388 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 6: knit with you gonna let people come into your house. 389 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 6: You don't know when they come back the sense of 390 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 6: the house. It's gonna be ruined. It's unbelieved this. You 391 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 6: can't make the stuff up. It's gonna be rule one. 392 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 6: Like you said, it's crazy. Oh, it's good. And they 393 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 6: can't read they can't read the signs if the. 394 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 2: Well are you talking about the fans. Oh yeah, that's 395 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 2: that's gonna be interesting too. 396 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 6: They're gonna sleep little sleeping bags. There's a great dead 397 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 6: concert or whatever. Plus these gentlemen. I understand that soccer 398 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 6: gets a little more violent sometimes. I don't know why. 399 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, they like, yeah, they could be kind of rowdy. 400 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 6: Then you mentioned you mentioned the Olympics, and then there 401 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 6: was something else, and then they were gonna have some. 402 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 2: Kind of well they were they were trying to bring 403 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 2: the Olympics here. 404 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, you're right, and they we're gonna have some kind 405 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 6: of a racing speed thing that will. 406 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 2: Through the streets, through the streets of Boston. Yeah, there 407 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 2: was like yeah that that fell through. Thank god. 408 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 6: Luckily. I'm gonna enough problems. You can't go to the 409 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 6: square and I'll get the ticket. I mean. 410 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 2: Anyway, but I forgot to mention that on July ninth, 411 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 2: they got the quarterfinals here and that will be them. 412 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 2: That's the last game they're gonna play Thursday, July ninth. 413 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 2: I'll miss that game too. By the way, and then 414 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 2: I was wrong. I thought that the final game was 415 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 2: gonna be played in Los Angeles. It will be played 416 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 2: in East Rutherford, New Jersey at MetLife Stadium down in Jersey, 417 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 2: which is fine with me, won't That won't impact us? Thanks, 418 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 2: you're I'm putting you down. As as buying tickets for 419 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 2: all seven games. 420 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 6: I mean, you can't make me a kick. People could 421 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 6: go wrong, and you mentioned you rang with a different foodsponders. 422 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 2: Well, there'll be hopefully there'll be a lot of action 423 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 2: in the district courts. A lot of people will end up. 424 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 6: Well, you'll read. 425 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 2: Thanks Phil, talk to you soon. Let me go to 426 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 2: Tony in Los Angeles. Tony, I know that Los Angeles 427 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: loves at soccer. Are you a big soccer fan out there? 428 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 4: No, Dana, there are four sports we have in this country, football. 429 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 2: Hockey, and basketball. 430 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 4: Basketball. Yeah, that's it. And and people who can't even 431 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 4: speak the language, and we're going to be here. It's 432 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 4: it's it's out of control. How did this happen? Someone? 433 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 4: Please tell me, Dan, can you help me? Can you 434 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 4: tell me how this got going? 435 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 2: I'm sure that someone said it would be great if 436 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 2: we had the World Cup in America, and someone said, 437 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 2: how about twenty twenty six, and they said that sounds 438 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: good to me. 439 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 4: All rights, it's uh And. 440 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 2: Of course it will coincide with the two hundred and 441 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 2: fiftieth birthday of Bash here in Boston, you know, Fourth 442 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 2: of July weekend. It's all around that. 443 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 4: Oh god, yes, yeah, it's it's out of control. And 444 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 4: one more time, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, this other crap 445 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 4: shouldn't even be thought of, Dan, Please erase it. Maybe 446 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 4: I'm dreaming. 447 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 2: No, no, no, what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna put 448 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 2: you in charge. We will we will have a croquet 449 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 2: international croquet tournament and we'll have games. You can be 450 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 2: in charge of the West Coast. It'll we can come 451 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 2: up with something. Don't worry. Okay, we'll make some money. 452 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thanks Tony, Thanks, thank you. 453 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 2: Night. Take a break six seven two five four ten 454 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 2: thirty the only line that has opened six one seven 455 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: five four to ten thirty. Look, I'm not here to 456 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 2: denigratee soccer as a sport. I don't understand that they 457 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,479 Speaker 2: should have I think bigger nets or some thing, and 458 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 2: I think they should give him sticks like a hockey game. 459 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 2: That would be that would make it more exciting. Everybody 460 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 2: called soccer the beautiful game, and I'm sure it's great, 461 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 2: but I'm not a soccer Officinado. I'm like Tony Baseball, football, hockey, 462 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 2: and basketball. Those are the four sports that I grew 463 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 2: up with. Those are the four sports I'll die with. 464 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 2: But this would be big. There'll be a lot of people. 465 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: I can remember. I guess it was ninety four when 466 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 2: we had the World Cup here. I can remember that. 467 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,479 Speaker 2: At that point it was called Foxborough Stadium, and I 468 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 2: remember going to a game that I think was Italy 469 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: now again. I brought my kids and my son and 470 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 2: a friend of him of his. It was Italy playing. 471 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 2: It was Nigeria, I believe Super Eagles. I have no 472 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 2: idea who won the game, but it was nice today. 473 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 2: If you're a big soccer fan and you think this 474 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 2: is a great thing for Boston, particularly jamming it in 475 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 2: here in the summer of twenty twenty six sixty, we'll 476 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 2: try to get you in coming back on Nightside. 477 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 478 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: news radio. 479 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 2: All right, let's keep rolling here. We're gonna go next 480 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 2: to eight Greg and Ontario. Greg, you got a lot 481 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 2: of games. A soccer game's up there as well, right, 482 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 2: Canada is in on this, Yeah, Dan. 483 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 7: There's a I know there's four games in Toronto. I 484 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 7: think the first game is June seventeenth, and then go 485 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 7: to the twenty six and I think there's some in 486 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 7: British Columbia as well. Yeah, I'm not mistaken. So uh yeah, 487 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 7: you know, we got to tell you I had nothing 488 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 7: to do with soccer. And the thing that changed turn 489 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 7: kind of turned me into a soccer fan is in 490 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 7: twenty eighteen, during the World World Cup. Uh, our family 491 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 7: went for a trip to our homeland in Croatia and 492 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 7: we caught the fever. It was absolutely incredible, how intense 493 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 7: it was with the people, the Europeans and how much 494 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 7: they're in the soccer. It's like us getting ramped up 495 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 7: for you know, the NHL playoffs or something like that. 496 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 7: So yeah, we got there and we just started partaking 497 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 7: in the activities. You know. We we went down to 498 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 7: the some of the local bars and that and watched 499 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 7: some of the games and it was absolutely just fantastic. 500 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,959 Speaker 7: And that was it, and that's when I got the bugs. 501 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 7: So I was rooting on our country of Croatia, you know, 502 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 7: or what kind of our homeland there and uh so 503 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 7: even now like this year, i won't be curing for 504 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 7: Canada and I'll be cheering for Croatia. 505 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: Now is Croatia if Croatia was playing and you know 506 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 2: near where you are in Ontario, is Croatia in it 507 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 2: this year or. 508 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 7: Right they're in Actually they are playing in Toronto. They're 509 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 7: playing I think I've seen the schedule. It was June 510 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 7: twenty third in Toronto, so that's two and a half 511 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 7: hours from where I am right now. And you know, 512 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 7: you know, yeah, I've entertained the thought again tickets and 513 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 7: know it all depends on what they're going to charge 514 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 7: for these take a trade. I'm not gonna good. 515 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 2: They're gonna be expensive. They will be expensive, and a 516 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: lot of people are coming here from different parts of 517 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: the world, and it's there's a lot of countries that yeah, 518 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 2: I'm looking at right now. You Panama plays Croatia on 519 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 2: June twenty third World Cup match forty six. Yeah, I'll 520 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 2: pick Croatian that game, okay. 521 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, Well, you know in twenty and eighteen they made 522 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 7: the finals against France and they lost. Yeah, they lost 523 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 7: it for two and you start learning about the players, 524 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 7: and they have this iconic player. His name is Luka 525 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 7: Modrich and this guy now is forty years old Dan 526 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 7: and he's playing this year again. He's kind of there 527 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 7: for support, but he got the in twenty eighteen. Uh 528 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 7: in the tournament, he got the they called the golden 529 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 7: ball or is the best player in the tournament. 530 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 2: Okay, he's sort of like the Gordy Howe of Croatia 531 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 2: hockey or the brad marshand maybe or whatever. 532 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, so, I mean, you know, it's a big 533 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 7: accomplishment for that, but yeah, that's all. We got the 534 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 7: bug and now you know we suit up in our 535 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 7: Croatian jerseys. 536 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 2: All right, Well so, so the first caller tonight, who 537 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 2: who's up for this is Mike pal greg And and Taro. Great. 538 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 2: Great to hear your voices always. Thanks so much for 539 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 2: listening to them. It's always interesting what prompts people to 540 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 2: call in. And this is this is a perfect example. 541 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 2: I never knew you were Croatian and never knew you 542 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 2: were Croatian hockey. A soccer fan. I always thought of 543 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 2: he as a hockey guy. So I'm learning something about 544 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 2: my collars. Okay, thanks man. 545 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 7: I'm still a number one hockey guy. You can you 546 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 7: can believe that I got you. 547 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 2: I no doubt hockey all the way. 548 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 7: Boston gets in there and holds that spot. 549 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 2: Right, Oh, they're going to hold that spot. Yeah, even 550 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 2: with the loss of the Night down in Tampa or 551 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 2: other and against the Panthers, they'll be fine. They'll be fine. 552 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 2: Panthers aren't going to make the playoffs, so you know 553 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 2: they're they're done. I think, thanks great, talk to you soon. 554 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 2: Let me get real quickly. Tom and Lancaster, Massachusetts. Hey, Tom, 555 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 2: you are next all night side. What do you think? 556 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 5: Uh, well, I'm gonna give you a clue. My wife 557 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 5: is Brazilian. Well in that case, but it's think, what 558 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 5: do you think I'm gonna say. 559 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 2: Well, okay, you got to say they're true in favor. 560 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 2: Now is Brazil making an appearance in Massachusetts? 561 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 5: No, not necessarily unless they get into the certain uh 562 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 5: you know, uh the quarterfinals and something like that. 563 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 2: But I see Brazil. I see Brazil is in Philadelphia. 564 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 2: Your team, your wife's team is in Philadelphia. 565 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 5: And the met Life I believe, yeah, they got a 566 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 5: met Life game too. 567 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: That'll bet life. 568 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 5: I might actually go down there just to see that. 569 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 5: But I went to see them play against France a 570 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 5: week and a half ago at Gillette and all I 571 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 5: got to tell you, the atmosphere is electric. Really Okay, Yeah, 572 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 5: it was a complete party. The stadium was virtually sold out. 573 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 5: I just looked it up. 574 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 2: It was about I think. 575 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 5: The attendance was sixty five thousand. And that was the 576 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 5: trial run for Gillette and for the state police and 577 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 5: everything like that, and pretty much at the end of 578 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 5: the game, everyone said it was a failure because my 579 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 5: boss that was on the party bus, we were trapped 580 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 5: in the park a lot for about two hours. 581 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 2: Well, as long as you're not driving and the. 582 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 5: And I wasn't driving. But what I want to know 583 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 5: is I don't follow American football. So what happens to 584 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 5: you people at the end of a big game, you know, 585 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 5: Patriots game at Gillette? Do you have the same problem? 586 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 5: I mean. 587 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 2: It depends. I mean, if it's a close game and 588 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 2: everybody stays to the end, it gets tough. I mean 589 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 2: Route one is not a big road, as you know, 590 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,720 Speaker 2: that's the problem. But if you're in a party bus, 591 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 2: if you're on a party bus and and there's there's 592 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 2: liquid refreshment. Uh, no one is going to be you know, 593 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 2: in any in any threat of dying from thirst. 594 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 5: No, Okay, listen. What I have to say is like, 595 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 5: after meeting my wife twenty years ago and getting converted 596 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 5: into soccer, all the other sports to me are boring 597 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 5: and maybe the closest thing to the action. Yeah, the 598 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 5: closest thing to the action of soccer is hockey, because 599 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 5: if you're talking about NonStop movement and playing, hockey is 600 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 5: the only thing that comes close. 601 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 2: Right, But hockey lack of a lot. Hey, guys, skates 602 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 2: are going thirty miles an hour. I mean, this is 603 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 2: my friend, the former police you're the former police officer 604 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,399 Speaker 2: from New York. Right. Yeah. 605 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 5: I just my wife to one baseball game and she 606 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 5: virtually fell asleep and she told me thank you, but 607 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 5: never again. 608 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 2: Well baseball is my first love, because. 609 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 5: Well, that's good for you. What I have to say 610 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 5: is that I think, you know, in reality, you have 611 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 5: to be uh, you know, expecting that. I think soccer 612 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,320 Speaker 5: is going to become the number one sport in the 613 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 5: United States eventually. 614 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,839 Speaker 2: I've been hearing them say that since Peley came Jill 615 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 2: in the late sixties. 616 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 5: That's based on immigration demographics. 617 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 2: Not I understand that, but exactly. 618 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 5: You know, but just like Spanish is going to be 619 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 5: eventually becomes the number one language, just sport is taking 620 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 5: over the country. The MLSS is exploding. 621 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 2: You might you might be you know, you know what. 622 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 5: Tommy might be right, you know, Leo Messi, Yep, you. 623 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 2: Might be right. You might be right, but we'll see. 624 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 2: I'll fight it to the end for baseball and hockey. Thanks. 625 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 2: I got to get one more in here. Okay, thanks buddy, 626 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 2: hanging there. We're going to talk about immigration next hour, 627 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,799 Speaker 2: birthright immigration as a matter of fact. Thanks to all right, 628 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 2: Thank you, buddy. Let me go to jail when Revere Joe, 629 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 2: you're gonna wrap the hour for us, go right ahead. 630 00:36:58,760 --> 00:36:59,280 Speaker 7: Damn. 631 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 8: I don't always agree with you. I agree on this. 632 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 8: I'm not very excited about it. I do have tickets 633 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 8: for the Scotland game. I ordered a kilt through Amazon. 634 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 8: I just don't know if I'm supposed to wear underwear 635 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 8: under it. 636 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I would definitely touch it. You know something, 637 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 2: you expect the Revere guy to come up with a 638 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 2: joke like that. No, you know as well as I do. 639 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,800 Speaker 2: You you gotta wear some whitey tidies at least. 640 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,479 Speaker 8: But I say, like you're saying, and I've been taking 641 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 8: about a while, make them that bigger play with two balls, 642 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,719 Speaker 8: and instead of one to nothing, two to one, you 643 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,760 Speaker 8: got Berlin beats Man City, you know, fifteen to nine 644 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 8: or something. 645 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 2: Exactly, exactly, sure enough, exactly. 646 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 6: You know. 647 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 2: It's like too much nil mil or whatever they call 648 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 2: it z Z. I don't know. I know. Hey, Joe 649 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 2: love the call man and a great and you got 650 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,320 Speaker 2: to send me a picture of you with the kilts, 651 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 2: but make sure the kilts are down. 652 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 8: No, I'm gonna look pretty good in it, Dan, I'm 653 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 8: telling you, yeah, right. 654 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 2: Right, And don't forget the bagpipes. Okay, that'll make that'll 655 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 2: make the outfit. Okay, tanks, Joe, Thanks buddy. All Right, 656 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 2: we got the eleven o'clock News on the On the 657 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 2: backside of this, we're gonna talk about birthright immigration and 658 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,800 Speaker 2: the argument in front of the US Supreme Court yesterday 659 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 2: coming up at eleven. Stay with us