1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thank you vantage on the day a right will you 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: get opportunity in game they can play by Michael don't 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: touchdown Kansas City the Chiefs all right in the thick 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: of a baby. Hello, Chiefs Kingdom, Welcome once again to 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: another edition of Defending the Kingdom, or podcast that does 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: exactly that. By the way, the Defending Kingdom is brought 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: to you by Defending the Kingdom is brought to you 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: by three sixty Vodka, your hometown vodka and the official 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: vodka of the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm Mitcheld's Voice of 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: the Chiefs along with Chiefs reporter Matt McMullen. This is 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: gonna be a fun episode because it's going to be 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: entitled never Better. We're gonna get into that a second. 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: But we have called out, We've asked you where do 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: you watch and or listen to Defending the Kingdom? And 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: actually the results have been sometimes hilarious, it's been awesome. 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: It's been my favorite part of looking to see where 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: everyone's listening. So I have a whole bunch of written 18 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: down here. We have Sam his flight was canceled in Dallas, 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: so he joined us to pass the time. Pretty cool. 20 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: In the part of anger management with that too. He 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: just calms you down, like Okay, dude, it's okay, we're 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: gonna get you on a plane. Just swimmer down. And 23 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: Sam in football is almost here so we can talk 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: about it helps Sam get to his flight. Michael doing laundry, 25 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: Anthony eating lunch in Oklahoma City. So the Kingdom's bigger 26 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: than just Kansas City obviously goes down to Vicky was 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: working at a Colorado state park. It's the same thing 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: right there out in Broncos Country, Defending the Kingdom Mountain, 29 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: Broncos Country. Matt was walking around a track watching his 30 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: nine year old learned football for the first time. This 31 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: wasn't you, though, this was another Matt. It's the second 32 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: most common name in Americas. Okay, yeah, great. I don't 33 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: know where Mitch is down like four hundred and nine, 34 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: but so walking around the track with a nine year old. Yeah. 35 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: And then one individual I will not say their name 36 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: for secretive purposes, but was using the restroom listening to us. 37 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: So there we go. Okay, I want to ask one 38 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: or two. That's okay. So if you want to listen 39 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: to and watch Defending the Kingdom while you're doing I 40 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: mean it's a biological function here. Yeah, let's go. It's 41 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: not it's this, you know. So yeah, so where are 42 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: you watching and are listening to Defending the Kingdom? I 43 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: got one from Cameron Black, who's famous as the blind quarterback. 44 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: We know him, loves the Chiefs and he works at 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: Alpha Point. If people saw the three sixty NFL three 46 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: sixty feature a couple of years ago on Cameron, but 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: he says, I listen while I work at my desk 48 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: at the call centered Alpha Point, I do paperwork. I'm 49 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: waiting on calls with an earbud sneaked up to under 50 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: my headset and into my ear and with the podcast playing. 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Now that sounds like maybe something you wouldn't want your 52 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: supervisor to see. That's like the old kid in school, 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: you know, listen to the World series back in the 54 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: old days with the teacher thumping you on the head. Yeah, 55 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: but I mean, come on, it's Chiefs Kingdom and it's Cameron. 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: Cameron's like a celebrity. Yeah he's he is the blind quarterback. 57 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: So shout out to Cameron and the folks at Alpha Point. 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: Actually it's an amazing place. We'll get into that sometime, 59 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: all right, let's get into this episode of Defending the Kingdom. 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: Some of you thought you would get fantasy football picks here, 61 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: we'll save that for somebody else. We're going to talk 62 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: about why this week, this week, in this last full 63 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: week of August, is a historic week for many reasons 64 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: in the Chief's Kingdom, but the biggest reason is Geha 65 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: Field at Arrowheads Stadium. This Defending the Kingdom is entitled 66 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: never Better because honestly, Matt, you and I grew up 67 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: with this iconic venue. And when everything's done they're going 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: to get into with this Defending the Kingdom podcast discussion, 69 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: you will know why that Geha Field at Arrowheads Stadium 70 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: has never been better. It's never been better. And first 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: of all, you're right, we're both from this area, so 72 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: we grew up going there and that was our spot 73 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: and it was not just a destination for us. It 74 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: was kind of like home, That's what it was. I mean, 75 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: going to a game was it going home for me. 76 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,839 Speaker 1: And especially when I moved away and after the year 77 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: that we've all had where we couldn't pack it like 78 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: we normally do to go back, and especially after having 79 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: two preseason games where they were both on the Road. 80 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: To have everybody back to go and enjoy Chiefs football again. 81 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: It is going to be special. And just to be 82 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: out there and to feel the true might of Geha Field, 83 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: the Arrowhead is going to be a blast. So it's 84 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. I just can't wait 85 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: to get back there. I mean, it feels like it's 86 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: been forever, isn't it. It's been it seems like forever. Yes, 87 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: And really with this many fans, it hasn't been since 88 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: the AFC Championship Game of the twenty nineteen season. Yeah, 89 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: the first AFC Championship and Lamar Hunt Trophy, because it's 90 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: really been like since then that it's been like this 91 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: the first part of this. You're gonna have some fun, 92 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: so bear with us. We're gonna kind of nerd out 93 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: on history here. But without the Geha Field, that Arrowheads 94 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: Stadium being built, there would be no Kansas City Chiefs. 95 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 1: Here we go, Lamar Hunt, it's been famous. He's gonna 96 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: the Dallas Texans and the AFL and the Dallas Cowboys 97 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: of the NFL. Somebody's got to go, right they made 98 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: So Lamar Hunt is leaving. Where does he go? Well, 99 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: it appears now when you look at the historical account 100 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: ounce of it. He's looking at either Kansas City or 101 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: New Orleans. He decides to come to Kansas City. Actually 102 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: brought him in for a Kansas City A's baseball game 103 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: to do a site visit, and they were playing the Yankees. 104 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 1: Nobody went to the A's games because they were terrible. 105 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: They were now the Oakland As. When the Kansas City 106 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: As were here from nineteen fifty five to nineteen sixty seven, 107 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: they never finished above like next to last, all right. 108 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: But when the Yankees came to town packed so lamars 109 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: saw it and go, wow, this is great. The Chiefs 110 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: became the Chiefs in nineteen sixty three and they played 111 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: an old municipal stadium, old municipal stadium at twenty second 112 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn. If you're in the Chiefs Kingdom, you can 113 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: go by it. I'd love to go by there and 114 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: just stop. It's called Monarch's Plaza now, but it's beautiful. 115 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: Forty nine thousand, zero zero two was the capacity after 116 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Originally when the Chiefs came here, it was thirty five thousand. 117 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: I mean they were putting up bleachers, temporary bleachers, pogo sticks, 118 00:05:54,640 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: and it just wasn't adequate for what the new NFL 119 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: was going to be. And that's the AFL NFL merger 120 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: and nounced in nineteen sixty seven, came into effect in 121 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy season. But there was an edict given if 122 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: you did not have a stadium capacity of fifty thousand fans, 123 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: you're gonzo. New Orleans still did not have a team. 124 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: Then the Saints did not come into existence till nineteen 125 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: sixty seven. So now the heat's on Matt that, I 126 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: mean Lamar Hunt and Kansas City's going to figure this 127 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: out or it's going to be the New Orleans Chiefs 128 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: or Saints. And they couldn't find a place in Kansas 129 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: City to build it. They were talking about building it, 130 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: sol Jackson County came to the forefront and they decided 131 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: on the east end of town. Basically, they're going to 132 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: build a complex with what is now Kaufman Stadium. But 133 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: if gha field, that Arrowheads Stadium was not built, the 134 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs could have left town as soon as nineteen sixty seven. Yeah, 135 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: and it really shows what a visionary Lamar Hunt was 136 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: right because once he had the plot of land to 137 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: build the stadium, think of how revolutionary. The stadium was 138 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: compared to what other venues were like at the time. 139 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: So I wrote some things down here. The whole idea 140 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: of the Truman Sports Complex having both stadiums right next 141 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: to each other, that was no one else had ever 142 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: done that before. That was the first time that had 143 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: ever happened where you had two sports complex with two 144 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: stadiums right next to one another in a city. So 145 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: really cool. The Truman Sports Complex was a first of 146 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: its kind. Also the way people may not realize this 147 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: because we talk about how loud gha field that Arrowhead is, 148 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: but it was designed to keep noise in. I mean 149 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: you look at the stadium. There's no breaks, there's no 150 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: open areas where noise can escape. It was designed so 151 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: noise would swirl around. So we have the loudest fan 152 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: base in the NFL. And when you have a stadium 153 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: that keeps all the noise inside, it keeps it loud. 154 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: If you look at other stadiums around the league right now, 155 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: I can think of a few off the top of 156 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: my head, like that Get Stadium in New England. We 157 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: were just at Levi Stadium in San Francisco. Beautiful stadiums, 158 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: but they have large openings where noise can escape, and 159 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: Geha Field, the Arrowhead wasn't built that way. It was 160 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: built so no sound is escaping. The only way it 161 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: can go is up. So that's something that was really 162 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: interesting about the way where the stadium was designed, and 163 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: also the way that the upper decks, how steep they are. 164 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: You can't build stadiums like that anymore, and it helps 165 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: when you're the opposing team. You feel like the crowd 166 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: was right on top of you and it's a college atmosphere. 167 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: It's one of the things that makes the stadium so exciting, 168 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: so really interesting looking back at it, how what a 169 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: visionary Lamar Hunt was designing the stadium, making sure it 170 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: wasn't just a great place to an enjoy game, but 171 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: it was helping the team win. And we see that 172 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: what all these years later, it was way ahead of 173 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: its time. This is the fiftieth season that football will 174 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: be played at gha Field, that Arrowheads Stadium. It was 175 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,239 Speaker 1: August twelfth, nineteen seventy two when they played the preseason 176 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 1: opening game and it was barely open there. I mean 177 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: it'd been working on it for two years, but barely 178 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: opened the doors to get that game in. But Charles 179 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: Deaton was the architect of GHA Field the Arrowheads Stadium, 180 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: and was brilliant because you talked about the noise. Also, 181 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: the site lines of those upper deck seats are awesome. Yeah, 182 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: it's great, and we know we both know fans and 183 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: we've set there in the three hundred level going well, 184 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: this is a pretty good seat. Yeah, you know, I 185 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: think I got the worst seat in a place. Now 186 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm thirteen stories above the field calling the game, but 187 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: those three hundred level seats are amazing. So Charles Deaton, 188 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: ironically from Denver, was the designer of the stadium, so 189 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: I knew who knew. And then Kevin and Myers, the 190 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: architects were involved in GHA Field the Arrowhead Stadium, and 191 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: they were the precursor a lot of them, a lot 192 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: of the architects at the time then ended up being 193 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: a populus which is now, of course the famous architecture 194 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: firm which is headquartered here but has had impact throughout 195 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 1: the world. So you're right, it's a marvel. And some people, 196 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's the old phrase. It's so old school, 197 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: it's new school. Yeah, because it's people are like, oh, 198 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: why do you get that sound? And how do you 199 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: get the site line so good and get this high 200 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: in the stadium and now we know why. It's just 201 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: brilliant architecture and a brilliant design. And what I love 202 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: about it is it seems like everywhere else stadiums get 203 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: recycled every twenty years. I mean, a stadium is no 204 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: longer state of the art, so you tear it down, 205 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: you boil the brand new stadium, and everyone goes to 206 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: that stadium. The twenty years later, you tear it down. 207 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: It's a cycle that we see across the league. Well, 208 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: Geha Field, that Arrowhead Stadium has been the same for 209 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: the most part this entire time. The thing is we've 210 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: renovated it almost every year, particularly the last couple decades. 211 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: It's had major renovations almost every year. So you can 212 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: maintain the same bones, the structure that's so important and 213 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: special to all of us, the same place where all 214 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: these memories have occurred, where you grew up going to games. 215 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: But with renovations, and what's awesome about it is you 216 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: can keep the mystique of it all why it's a 217 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: destination for people and make it an awesome experience, a 218 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: state of the art with the rest of the league. 219 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: It's amazing is we go to other stadiums in our stadium, 220 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: even though it's fifty years old, feels brand new compared 221 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: to other stadiums around the league. And it has the 222 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: mystique factor, this grand feeling of a landmark destination. And 223 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: that's the amazing blend that we have with GHA Field 224 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: that Arrowhead Stadium is that you can't just create a 225 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: destination venue. It has to have the memories and the 226 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: experiences and the crazy classic games and you go into 227 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: the game with your friends. That's what makes it what 228 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: it is. And then to have all the renovations we've 229 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: had over the last several years, like the press box 230 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: for example, I mean, where you call the game wasn't 231 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: there eleven years ago, So you can keep adding on 232 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: to it and making it such a great venue. And 233 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: we're seeing that over the last couple of years as well. 234 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: We'll get into that a little bit more when we 235 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: close the podcast about where it goes from here in 236 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: its place as an iconic venue. We're talking about GHA 237 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: Field at Arrowheads Stadium, never better, never better with the 238 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,359 Speaker 1: renovations that are in place, and then also the dedication 239 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: this week of Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Now, the 240 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: original capacity of Arrowheads Stadium GHA Field a Erohead Stadium 241 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy two is seventy eight ninety seven. Wow. 242 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: So the capacity of Tangent of Kansas State stadiums went 243 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: from forty nine to seventy eight in a single year. Wow. 244 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: The biggest crowd was against the Raiders in that very 245 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: first year. Of course, it was eighty two thousand, zero 246 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: nine four. That's four thousand more people. Did those four 247 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: thousand people set for that Raiders game on November the 248 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: fifth of that year. They probably didn't sit, they know, 249 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: and they wedged him in there somehow. The fire Marshal 250 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: was given a vacation. Hey, go to the Smithville Lake 251 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: and go fishing. Now, the capacity to your point, with 252 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: all the renovations seventy two thousand and nine thirty six 253 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: so to be ADA compliant, making it a little more 254 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: compatible for the fans. It actually has lost in these 255 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: fifty seasons about six thousand about five thousand capacity, But 256 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: the noise is even more so now I think, yeah 257 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: it is. And that was the thing about last year. Listen, 258 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: it wasn't the same last year. I'll just go out 259 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: and say that, but still even with a limited capacity 260 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: last year, it was still a loud because naturally Chiefs 261 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: fans are a loud. That's just the way it is. 262 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: And it's amazing. That's what makes Chiefs Kingdom so special. 263 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: But yeah, that you can maintain that noise over the 264 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: last fifty years, it's amazing. And you know, so I 265 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: was born in nineteen ninety three, I know an infant here, 266 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: but I could go back and watch footage of like 267 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: when John Elway couldn't hear himself think, and I think 268 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: about the nineties and I go back and watch footage 269 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: of those games, and that's when it really became what 270 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: it was. You know that I mentioned the mystique of 271 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: it all. That's when it became an iconic venue because 272 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: people couldn't hear themselves think, penalties are being called because 273 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: the crowd is too loud. And how it's been able 274 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: to carry that over into generations is something that I 275 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: think is so cool. Because the first game I ever 276 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: went to was in two thousand and five, and I 277 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: didn't go to the John Elway games. I didn't remember 278 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: those games, but I knew growing up it's my job 279 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: to go to a game and be loud because of 280 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: the generations before me that taught me that. And you know, 281 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm married now whenever I have kids, I'll teach them 282 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: the same thing. So I think that's where the important 283 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: part of why it being the same stadium over the 284 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: years is so important, because if the teams that build 285 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: new places every twenty years, you kind of lose that, 286 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: you kind of lose that culture because it's not the same. 287 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: But when you have the same amazing place for fifty 288 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: years and people have lived and died and had kids 289 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: and they've all gone to games together and taught them 290 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: how to be fans, that passes on to generations. And 291 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: that's why I think it's just so special being a 292 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: Chiefs fan because at the center of it all is 293 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: Geha Field Arrowhead Stadium, which we all go to and 294 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: call home. We have to give props to when you're 295 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: in your infancy because Arrowhead Stadium built and opened up 296 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy two. Let's be honest, it was a 297 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: dry time for Chiefs winning. There were some exceptions, the 298 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: Marvel Leavy's team of the early eighties. If they didn't 299 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: have a strike, that team was going to be good. 300 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: Then the loss of Joe Delaney, but no playoff games, 301 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: no playoff wins, not much of anything from seventy two 302 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: to when Marty Schottenheimer showed up in nineteen eighty nine. 303 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: But then the nineties hit. We need to mention the 304 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: nineties and in Gha Field of Arrowheads Stadium, because you're right, 305 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: that Monday night football game is so historic where Jim 306 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: Kelly couldn't hear they're trying to run a no huddle offense, 307 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: and John Elway couldn't hear, and he's begging the raft 308 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: and they're threatening the crowd with a charging the Chiefs timeouts, 309 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: which is like pouring gas on the fire. But those years, 310 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: when you look at there have only been three undefeated 311 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: home seasons by the Chiefs at Gha Field and Arrowheads Stadium. Two. 312 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: We're right there. In the nineties, the ninety five team 313 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: eight no at home, the ninety seven team eight no 314 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: at home, Tony Gonzalez rookie seasons. Now, they also were 315 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: losses at home in the postseason too, excruciating losses to 316 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: the Colts in a divisional playoff game in ninety five 317 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: and then in ninety seven a loss to the Broncos. 318 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: The Bronco team that went on to win the Super 319 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: Bowl with John Elway, but they said that's the game 320 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: that they didn't know if they could get by, but 321 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: they did. But the nineties, we got to give its 322 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: due here to Marty Schottenheimer, to Carl Peterson, people like 323 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: Tim Conley that turned Arrowheads Stadium into what we think 324 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: of it now today and we expect every time and 325 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: you're right, fans, now go going, we've got to get 326 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: some false start penalties or you're telling your kids kids, 327 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: I'll buy you some candy. You've got to get a 328 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: full start penalty on the Browns. But it was really 329 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: the nineties when gha Field, the Arrowheads Stadium really started 330 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: pegging the lights and we're going down to the rabbit 331 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: hole here. But that's the whole point of this podcast, 332 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: right is what I love so much about winning the 333 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl was that those nineties teams they don't get 334 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: the credit they deserve because because of the playoff losses, 335 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: and we know that they're one of the winnings regular 336 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: season teams in the nineties, one of the best teams 337 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: in football in the nineties, didn't get it done in 338 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs. And it's a bummer because we don't remember 339 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: those teams, at least nationally as great teams, even though 340 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: they were at least in the regular season. But when 341 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: we won the Super Bowl, we were able to bring 342 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: all of those teams in and they're all a part 343 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: of it. You could bring them to the game. They 344 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: were able to feel like they were a part of 345 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: that win. And that's why it's so special about this organization. 346 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: It gets back to the whole point about why we 347 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: love Chiefs Kingdom and we love Gha Field the Arrowhead 348 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: Stadium because of that family in that culture. So we're 349 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: going down this rabbit hole, Mitch, but we could do 350 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: this for another three hours if you wanted to. And 351 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: if you want to know who to take on your 352 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: fantasy league, just hit Matt, just hit him on Twitter. 353 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: He'll tell you who to take. But we're having some 354 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: fun with this one because it's a historic week on Thursday. 355 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: This week a dedication with Gha Field at Arrowhead Stadium 356 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: becoming part of it. And also we're going to get 357 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: to the renovations here very shortly of why it's never better, 358 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: this venue is never better, and why it's turning into 359 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: one of the world's most iconic sports venues. Now, let's 360 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: crunch a few more numbers here, which both of us 361 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: like to do in your Matt stat You're the human 362 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: flash drive, all right. Interesting, only one of their undefeated 363 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: season in this time at home we talked about five 364 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: ninety seven. It was that two thousand and three year 365 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: the Chiefs started nine and oh. They ended up eating 366 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: OH at home and lost in the playoffs to the Colts. 367 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: But only three undefeated teams. Coach Read has never been 368 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: undefeated at Arrowheads Stadium, nor has Patrick Mahomes. They do 369 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: have some good numbers, though, so Coach Read at home. 370 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: And this includes the London game, I think, because we 371 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: were at home for that game, right at Castle Games. Okay, 372 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: so taking that game out then one and twenty pretty 373 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: good since two thirteen, seventeen and seven against divisional opponents, 374 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: all right, Only three losses against divisional opponents since twenty fifteen. 375 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: All kind of crazy flu classes too, because one of 376 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: them was the Chargers game on the last play of 377 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: the game, the two point controversional conversion, and then the 378 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: Jamal Charles fumble against the Broncos way back in two 379 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: thousand and fifteen. You mentioned the upper deck. I was 380 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: in Like if you imagine the upper deck, you know, 381 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: in one of the corners, there's like two seats. I 382 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: was in one of those two seats for that game, 383 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: at the very top, the very top. There's no better view. 384 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: You were with your wife, now, no, you were not. Okay, Okay, 385 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: there you go. Yeah that's for John who's still on 386 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: the toilet listening to this and somebody's going, hey, get 387 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,959 Speaker 1: off the toilet. Yeah, this is your wife. Go, well, 388 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: who were you with in those two seats? Yeah, you know, 389 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: we're not gonna talk about that game. Yeah, everybody goes 390 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: you look at the point right, it's up on the 391 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: point of Yeah, there's two two seats in every corner, 392 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: and you were in those seats. Yeah, and you're next 393 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: to the guy that had the controls like the spider cam. Yeah, 394 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: he's right there. He's like, how's it going, and just 395 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: deployed with spider cam. It was a weird experience, but 396 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: you can see everything he plays developed. But that was 397 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: a bummer of a game. But some good news about 398 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs at home. Patrick mahomes is twenty two and five. 399 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: Is that amazing? Twenty two and five and none of 400 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: those losses were by more than eight points, also thirteen 401 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: and one in his last fourteen and he loves playing 402 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: at home. So I after the Arizona game, I asked him, 403 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: I was like, how excited are you just to get 404 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: back home and playing in front of Chiefs Kingdom? And 405 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: like his face just lights up and he's like, I 406 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: cannot wait to play in front of our fans and 407 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: also just more of our fans because you know it 408 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: was limited last year, so you can actually play in 409 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: front of the entire kingdom. The guy can't wait. And 410 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: he actually said that he needs Coach Read to calm 411 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: him down a little bit because it's a preseason game. 412 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: It's preseason game and three. But he's juiced up ready 413 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: to go because he's Patrick Mahomes playing in front of 414 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: his fans. So it's gonna be a lot of fun. 415 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: I know he'll be fired up. Maybe a few deep balls, 416 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 1: will see how it plays out, but he is excited 417 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: to be back home. I was talking with Coach Read 418 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: this week about it in a private conversation and he said, 419 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: I'm getting chills on my back even just talking about it. 420 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 1: And he's think about where he's coached. He coached at 421 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: Green Bay and Lambeau with that great staff of Mike Holmgren. 422 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: Then he was in Philly right from the link and 423 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: then moving on to their new stadium and now with 424 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: being here at Arrowhead Stadium. But he just said, it's 425 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: just a privilege to be standing there on that sideline 426 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: to coach at GHA Field of Arrowhead Stadium. So and 427 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,479 Speaker 1: he just said how an impact it has on the guys. Yeah, 428 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: but there's times I think we've seen the guys get 429 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: a little too amped up. You're talking about Patrick Mahomes. 430 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: Just bring it down a notch because we know what 431 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: he's like when he gets wrapped up. So yeah, but 432 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a privilege for these guys to 433 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: play on that field. Now it is a big week 434 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: and the naming rights with GHA field a Arrowhead Stadium. 435 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the impact of that and why it's important. Now, 436 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: Let's be honest here, there's some coffee shop talk. Not 437 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: everybody liked that. Just leave it Arrowhead Stadium, right, But 438 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: we now know because we've been around GHA the company 439 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: for a couple of years now, that company's awesome. People 440 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: didn't even know about it, least Summit based company worldwide impact. 441 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: But for them to make the commitment to join with 442 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: this franchise is something that has become necessary to win 443 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Yeah. Coach read always asked, one, 444 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: is this going to help us win? In two? What 445 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: does it do to help the resources so we can win? 446 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: And gha Field is on board with both accounts. Yeah, 447 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: And so you're thinking within that realm. So you want 448 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: to find a partner that represents what this team represents 449 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: and what its organization represents, and most importantly understands the organization. 450 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: So what you don't want to happen is you don't 451 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: want to find some big national brand that has their 452 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: headquarters in New York that then slaps their name on 453 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: the stadium because they don't understand who we are. They 454 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 1: don't understand what this team is about, what the players 455 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: stand for and represent, And truthfully, we see that now 456 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: in other places a lot one hundred. So how special 457 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: is it that you find a partner right down the 458 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: road that has its roots in Kansas City, started in 459 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 1: the city. They're Chiefs fans, They grew up Chiefs fans, 460 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: and they love this team. They love what it's all about, 461 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: and they understand what it's all about and when you 462 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,239 Speaker 1: can have a true partnership like that, because that's what 463 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: it is. It's a partnership. You can accomplish amazing things. 464 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 1: And we're going to accomplish amazing things with them over 465 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: the next however many years, and it really began two 466 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: years ago. Like you said, that's the important thing. It's 467 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: finding a partner that gets it. And these guys get it. 468 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: Great point it so well put. They're a great employer. 469 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: They have a big economic impact on the Chiefs Kingdom. 470 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: And now for them to say hey, we are with 471 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: you in this march to move forward into the next 472 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: realm of gha fielded Arrowhead Stadium is huge. It's a 473 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: big deal. Now why is Arrowhead never gha Field? That 474 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: Arrowhead Stadium never better? Because of some big renovations going 475 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: on right now. They'll be ready right now. Let's start 476 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: with the Hall of Honor. It excites me. First of all. 477 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: I love the old Hall of Honor and how they 478 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: did it. It was in the concourse between the upper 479 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: the lower deck and the and the Community America Club level. 480 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't in a freestanding building. Nothing, it's nothing. It's 481 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: the royals. I love the roles. Hall of fame. But 482 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: it's a free standing building. You got to go look 483 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: in a door and out a door. This one you 484 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: just walk through it, and I thought it was brant 485 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: and how they design that. I've been involved with other 486 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: Halls of Fame. There was a national sportscaster in sports 487 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: writer hall of Fame that was involved with the North 488 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: Carolina fantastic facility. It had to shut down nobody it 489 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: wasn't part of a normal flow of people. And this 490 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: is like a museum in the middle of maybe a 491 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: shopping mall. So I mean, it's it's so well done 492 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,719 Speaker 1: and how they did it, and I love now the 493 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: new Hall of Honor and what's it's going to me? 494 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: It's going to be amazing, truth be told. I haven't 495 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 1: seen it yet. Vision rendering, yeah, yeah, so we can 496 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: imagine what it's going to look like. But the fact 497 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: of the matter is, think of all the history on 498 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: this team, all the storied history, first of all creating 499 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: the AFL, all the great players that helped create the 500 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: legendary history that the AFL had and then merge with 501 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: the NFL. Half the NFL's history is because ultimately of 502 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: this franchise on Lamar Hunt. It all started here and 503 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: then the decades and decades of things that have happened. 504 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: Of course, the last couple of years, of course, have 505 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: been super exciting, but it goes all the way back 506 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: to Len Dawson and the Super Bowl year back in 507 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine. So my point is an extraordinary franchise 508 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: deserves an extraordinary Hall of honor. And you're right, what 509 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: we've had for the last however many years has been awesome. 510 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: But to adapt with the times. That gets back to 511 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: my earlier point. To adapt with the times and to 512 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: continue being state of the art and keeping up with 513 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 1: what people want. That's the important thing here. And this 514 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: new Hall of Honor is going to be awesome. I 515 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: cannot wait to see it. And I have a question 516 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: for you in ten years, how many guys on this 517 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: current team are in this upcoming Hall of honor. I 518 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: have to think about that, but it's going to be 519 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: a and think about. And then guys right before this, yeah, 520 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: team you've got the Derek Johnson's and the Tumbahalies and 521 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: the Jamal Charles is like the floodgate's going to open 522 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: here pretty soon. Yeah, and then you throw in the 523 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: Tyree Hills and the Travis Kelsey's. In ten years, it 524 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: won't be Patrick Mahomes. He'll still be playing. Yeah, you've 525 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: got to be out for five years to be eligible 526 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: full to Hall. But there's others I'm leaving out here, 527 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: but many because this we don't. It's easy to take 528 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: for granted the era in which we're living. When you 529 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: look at it, it's the best that's ever been. It's 530 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: the Golden Age thirty It's the golden age of Chiefs football, 531 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: thirty nine and nine. The last three years six five 532 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: straight AFC West titles, three straight AFC Championship games to 533 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: AFC championships, in a super Bowl championship. There have been 534 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: another Super Bowl championship. But it wasn't all that other 535 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: stuff around it. You mentioned something about the Hall of 536 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: Honor that I love that we do, and I tell 537 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: out of town fans and many come now because of 538 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: dynamic pricing. Let's be honest. Think of the thousands of 539 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: fans that we see on the road that are Chiefs fans. Well, 540 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: go back to the Vikings game of twenty nine eighteen 541 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: or the Packers game of twenty nineteen, and they're gonna buy. 542 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: They're gonna buy tickets and they're gonna dynamic pricing there 543 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: they go. They're gonna get it secondary market or otherwise. 544 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: But I tell people that visit from out of town, 545 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: make sure you visit our Hall of Honor. It's not 546 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: just about the Chiefs, because it really is the AFL history. Yeah, 547 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: and how the AFL dramatically changed professional football. In the NFL, 548 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: there were no teams in the South, there were no 549 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: teams south of Washington, d C. And here comes Houston 550 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: in Dallas, and then eventually the NFL put in Atlanta 551 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: and New Orleans, right could have been the Chiefs. But 552 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: the point is, this new Hall of Honor will not 553 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: just be about the Chiefs and all they awesome history 554 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: that's happened since that Hall of Honor was put in 555 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: basically in twenty ten. But it's also about pro football 556 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: in total, and especially the AFLA, and I love it. 557 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: I've got a fan that moved here the Chargers were 558 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 1: taken out from under his feet, and he's like, what, 559 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: we're losing the Chargers. He moved here because he wants 560 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: to be part of the Chief's kingdom. But he loves 561 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: that part of the Hall of Honor because of the 562 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: AFL history. Yeah, and we're both history nerds, so we 563 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: love this stuff. But that's the reality of it. I 564 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: remember being a kid and I grew up in Kansas City, 565 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: so obviously I'm a Chiefs fan. But when I learned 566 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: one day is about all the different things that Lamar 567 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: Hunt did, that this franchise did to impact professional sports 568 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: just in the world. It's crazy and you know, we're 569 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: lucky to be a part of it. So we should 570 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: be telling that story. That's what this new Hall of 571 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: Honor will do. Hopefully. Wherever you're listening or watching Defending 572 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: the Kingdom, you might be sneaking away at work, might 573 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,719 Speaker 1: be on lunch. You might be walking around a National 574 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: park somewhere or in Colorado trying to you know, hit 575 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 1: a scale, a male scale, a mountain, or the dude 576 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: that's on the pot. You know, we're just we're here 577 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: for everybody. But we'll close out this edition of Never 578 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,719 Speaker 1: Better g Eha Field, that Arrowhead Stadium and why this 579 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 1: week in specific is historic in that regard and that 580 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: is and people could go back and find this it's archived. 581 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: You go back. Is I did a podcast from Super 582 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty four saying if the Chiefs went Super Bowl 583 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: fifty four. What could that mean for the brand? Let's 584 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: put Geha Field at Arrowheads Stadium in that vein you 585 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: alluded to it earlier minutes ago, because honestly, whether it's 586 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: Soldier Field in Chicago, which has been renovated and not 587 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: not well done, or Lambeau Field, which is the Smithsonian 588 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: Institution well done, or Wrigley Field or a Fenway Park, yeah, 589 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: there's a charm to it, but there's also you get 590 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: more than just the game to me right now, and 591 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: it's fiftieth going into a sex decade. Geha Field at 592 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: Arrowhead Stadium almost becomes or is becoming that venue. It is, 593 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: and it matches the team that this team is becoming 594 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: a global team. And it's kind of an amazing collision 595 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: because for one thing, think about when you go abroad 596 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: and you see someone wearing a basketball jersey, it's always 597 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: a Bulls jersey, right, so Michael Jordan jersey. And I'm 598 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: not trying to put tom of the expectations on Patrick Mahomes, 599 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: but the yality is he's already a global superstar. People 600 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: know who he is. And if you go somewhere else 601 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: in the world, if you're in China or in Germany 602 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: or wherever you might see a Patrick Mahomes Jersey because 603 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: people know who he is. Because he's not only incredibly successful, 604 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: he's a lot of fun to watch. At the same time, 605 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: when you're the NFL's trying to marketing, trying to market 606 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: a star, he's the perfect guy to do it because, 607 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: like I said, has a ton of success, he's incredibly 608 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: exciting when he does it, and he has a great personality. 609 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: It's perfect combination of things to be a global superstar. 610 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: So you have him, You have these amazing players at 611 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, Tyreek Kiell, Chris Jones, Tyron Matthew. You have 612 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: the storied franchise, which the Chiefs are, Like we've talked 613 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: about for the last half hour or whatever, the Chiefs 614 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: are a storied franchise that helped create what the NFL 615 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: is today. And you add in gej Field, the Arrowhead Stadium, 616 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: which is the loudest stadium in the world, and it's 617 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: had incredible moments and memories happen over the last five 618 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: and a half decades. That doesn't happen. That doesn't happen 619 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: when you have all those things collide, all at once. 620 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: So what it is is a tremendous opportunity for the 621 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: organization to capitalize on that, and you make sure that 622 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: when people come from wherever they come from, halfway around 623 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: the world to go to a Chiefs game. Like I 624 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: said earlier about the mystique, they don't only feel the 625 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: mystique and the ghosts of Arrowhead, they also feel, Wow, 626 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: this is an incredible experience. That's state of the art 627 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: in the league, and it's just so exciting. What an 628 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: awesome time to be a Chiefs fan to not only 629 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: have all those things that I just mentioned, but also 630 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: have all the stuff we're throwing into the stadium to 631 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: make it more exciting, and it's awesome. So you have 632 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: all these amazing things that make that are making Geha 633 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: Field at Arrowhead Stadium such an iconic, incredible place. And 634 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: we're not just you know, saying, hey, it's the loud 635 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: of stadium the world. You should come here. We're making 636 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: it a great place to be in addition to that, 637 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: So it's super exciting time to be a fan. To 638 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: your point, when we went to Wembley Stadium in London 639 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, I had that feeling. Now Wembley's been 640 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: that's a new Wembley, they've redone it, but that it's 641 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: still the key pay Wembley Stadium. Think of all the 642 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: great matches that have happened here, world impact matches, and 643 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: it was awesome because you felt like it was not 644 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: just the game, it was an incredible experience. And people 645 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: now gha field that Arrowhead Stadium becomes that. Now there's 646 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: two things that are going to help this three things. 647 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: One you've already laid out about the team, and we're 648 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: gonna do another podcast maybe later in the year we 649 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: get a chance, maybe the bye week, we'll talk about 650 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: the international influence of the Chiefs and where it goes 651 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: from here. Okay yea, and some of the contrived strategies 652 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: for that. But twenty twenty three, the NFL Draft is 653 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,959 Speaker 1: coming to Kansas City. The anticipation I heard Mark Donovan 654 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: talk the other night about three hundred thousand people. It'll 655 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: be the biggest influx of people to the capital city 656 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: of the Chief's Kingdom ever. Now, a lot of that's 657 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: gonna be most that's gonna be downtown, but you know, 658 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: Arrowheads Stadium for those three hundred thousand fans that are 659 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: going to visit. They're gonna want to see Arrowheads Stadium. Yeah, 660 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: that's the whole point. And they want to like, where 661 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: is it? What is it? Oh my gosh, this is it? 662 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: There it is. And that's one. Two. There's a real 663 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: chance that part of the legs of the World Cup 664 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six will be in Kansas City and 665 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: you know where those will be. Yeah, so you can 666 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: accommodate seventy three thousand fans. So Arrowhead gha Field, the 667 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: Arroowheads Stadium launches this week with its new name and 668 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: these new renovations. But you talk about the next ten 669 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: years of who's going to be in the Hall of Honor. 670 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: The next ten years for the never better stadium could 671 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: be big for the grounds, it could be. And we 672 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: mentioned how this is the golden Major Chiefs football. Right, 673 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: how often do you have the golden age of a 674 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: certain team, But it's because it's a certain team just 675 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: caught lightning at a bottle, or it's a quarterback towards 676 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: the end of his career, and that goldennagu doesn't last 677 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: very long. Because my point, Patrick Mahomes is twenty five. 678 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: Can you imagine the memories and the things that we're 679 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: going to see over the next ten years at GHA 680 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: Field the Arrowhead Stadium. I think about just the last 681 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: couple of years. Honestly, his run against the Titans, the 682 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: twenty eight yard touchdown run. It's one of my favorite 683 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: places of all time. It's not even number one because 684 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: you have of course WASP wasn't actually at the stadium, 685 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: but that's the probably the best play in Chiefs history. 686 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: But then you all so have the Titans play, if 687 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: all the plays against the Texans, you have all these 688 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: different things. This has only been a couple of years. 689 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: Imagine the memories and the things that we're going to 690 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: see over the next five to ten years. In having 691 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: it at a place like GHA Field, the Arrowhead Stadium, 692 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: where we know we've seen so many special things over 693 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: the decades. The things that are going to happen moving 694 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: forward is what I'm excited about. I can still see 695 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: the podium being wheeled out January of twenty twenty, twenty 696 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: nineteen season AFC Championship Kansas City Chiefs. As I mentioned 697 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: the team that Lamar Hunt found, it has just one 698 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: Lamar Hunts Trophy on the stadium. That was Lamar Hunt's 699 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: dream and those moments. That moment I think is just 700 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: the door flying open for many more like it. Yeah, 701 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: it sure is. And we're going to see that over 702 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: the next twelve years hopefully, And I can't wait. Lamar 703 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: Hunts dream continues on heading into a sixth decade and 704 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: new dreams will be made. The stadium has never been better, 705 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: and we can't wait for you to see it all. 706 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: It's the new Geha Yield at Arrowheads Stadium. He's Matt McMullen, 707 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm Mitch Holtis are Defending the Kingdom. 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