WEBVTT - Dan Arnold, SVP of National Operations at Protos Security, Talks World Cup 

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the FIFA twenty twenty six World Cup kicking off

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<v Speaker 2>next week across the county. Tickets I did not. I okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that I could afford them.

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<v Speaker 1>I know somebody who's going to five games. Somebody, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not joking. A friend of mine is going to five games.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been saving up.

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<v Speaker 2>Did they mortgage did he mortgage his.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I remember I was seven years old the

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<v Speaker 1>last time this was in the US, in North America.

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to go. He's going. He's going to

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<v Speaker 1>four games that he paid for and one for work

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<v Speaker 1>that a client has taken him to.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't I get it if you really were to Seattle, La,

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<v Speaker 2>New York all over the country also going to games

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<v Speaker 2>are of course, our our team here at Bloomberg, who

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<v Speaker 2>covers sports. Bloomberg's Vanessa Prodomo Maglione will be at some

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<v Speaker 2>of the games as well, and she's been reporting out

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<v Speaker 2>on what to expect some of the controversy because it's

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<v Speaker 2>not inexpensive to go see some of these games, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of issues at play in including security,

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<v Speaker 2>so Vanessa joins us. Vanessa, of course She is Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 2>New Sports business reporter and host of the Bloomberg Business

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<v Speaker 2>of Sports podcast back at Bloomberg headquarters in New York City.

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<v Speaker 2>Also with us as Dan Arnold, he's senior vice president

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<v Speaker 2>National Operations at the managed security services provider Proto Security.

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<v Speaker 2>He joins us from Omaha, Nebraska. Dan, great to have

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<v Speaker 2>you here with Tim Vanessa and myself. Security is a

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<v Speaker 2>big issue. You've been in the industry for like a

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<v Speaker 2>quarter of a century. I'm not trying to date you

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<v Speaker 2>or age you or anything, but you've seen a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>You understand you've worked with corporate security. Put the World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup Games here in North America, here in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Give us some context. How do you characterize this event

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of span, difficulty and heightened concerns?

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<v Speaker 3>Keryl's a great question, and Carol, Tim Vanessa, thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>letting me participate. Carol, you can join me in Kansas

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<v Speaker 3>City if you want to come watch MESSI here in

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, let's do it. You'll sit right beside me. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to be in the stand to chairing with the others.

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<v Speaker 3>But sitting in those stands, you know, I think that's

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<v Speaker 3>that's really where your question and how do you get

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<v Speaker 3>safely to those stands? This is like eleven sites across

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<v Speaker 3>the country. Right in the United States alone, it's eleven

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<v Speaker 3>simultaneous Super Bowls, and the challenge of security for those

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<v Speaker 3>environments eleven at one time is a major strain on

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<v Speaker 3>public and private, municipal and federal security partnerships.

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<v Speaker 4>Dan, you know, I think the interesting thing here is

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<v Speaker 4>how differently each city is handling it. We've had a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of cities come out against the funding that wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>released right away, But how are different cities, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in Kansas City, how is it being handled differently than

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<v Speaker 4>New York. How are each city and the size of

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<v Speaker 4>those cities go into play here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the funding certainly is controversial and some challenge, but

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<v Speaker 3>I know what the local folks are doing, and you

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<v Speaker 3>get private private security companies and the public law enforcement,

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<v Speaker 3>the municipal leadership. I know, well over a year right,

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<v Speaker 3>there's been very detailed planning and those groups are very

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<v Speaker 3>tight and very coordinated. And while they always will want

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<v Speaker 3>more funds, setting up communication understanding where forward operating centers

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<v Speaker 3>will be understanding how you're going to use technology in

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<v Speaker 3>and around the venues, different routes, different patrols. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>how are we going to get people safely in and

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<v Speaker 3>out of these environments? So the coordination has been very

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<v Speaker 3>strong and it's been very exciting to watch these private

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<v Speaker 3>public partnerships.

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<v Speaker 4>And just so we know, I mean, because of how

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<v Speaker 4>differently everyone's handling it is it up to each city

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<v Speaker 4>to decide how much they want to invest into security.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean every city. Like we said, it's different, the MetLife.

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<v Speaker 4>Getting to MetLife is completely different, and having to deal

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<v Speaker 4>with potentially a NIX NBA Finals overlap there is going

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<v Speaker 4>to cost a little bit more and have a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit more people. So how are the budgets decided there

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<v Speaker 4>and how do they spread out this money?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, certainly with deep coordination their standards and minimum standards

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<v Speaker 3>for safety and security. But these venues have great and

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<v Speaker 3>strong security operations teams, right they support NFL events and

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<v Speaker 3>other events. So these venues have a lot of expertise

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<v Speaker 3>and experience and understand the funding it does take to

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<v Speaker 3>provide safety and security for these events. But it's important

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<v Speaker 3>that it's not one plan fits all, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's what's been very good about the local jurisdictions and

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<v Speaker 3>the local venues to say roots like you mentioned to

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<v Speaker 3>get the met life or get to Arrowhead. Wildly different,

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<v Speaker 3>wildly different needs in each community in each market. And

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<v Speaker 3>so again I think the funding has been appropriate, could

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<v Speaker 3>always be more, but they've been able to design good, safe,

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<v Speaker 3>solid security plans, you know, in all these local markets

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<v Speaker 3>that really fit the local market.

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<v Speaker 1>Dan, I don't want to obviously don't want to give

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<v Speaker 1>away any secret sauce here, but in an age of

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<v Speaker 1>where we're seeing drones deployed in ways that was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of work, kind of unthinkable in the last few years,

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<v Speaker 1>it does seem like sort of airborne threats are potentially

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<v Speaker 1>some of the biggest challenges around the country. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you think about that in sort of drone technology.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think with drone technology, with the advancements of

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<v Speaker 3>you know, some of the AI with camera systems and

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<v Speaker 3>operations in security space is being it has become much cheaper,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, less expensive to maybe cause some chaos or

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<v Speaker 3>cause some frustration. Right with with drones and other things.

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<v Speaker 3>People most of the time in good nature want to

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<v Speaker 3>have cool videos and something for socials, but they don't

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<v Speaker 3>understand the disruption it causes, and so it is certainly

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<v Speaker 3>part of the plans. Right. There is counterintelligence teams, there

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<v Speaker 3>are teams with technology trying to monitor. There are flight

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<v Speaker 3>restrictions around these facilities, and all those are in place

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<v Speaker 3>to try to prevent but it doesn't mean it's one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and so the teams have response plans and have

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<v Speaker 3>been working hard understanding that some of these technologies and

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<v Speaker 3>the cost of these technologies have made it a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit easier to causal the disruption.

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<v Speaker 4>Dan, One thing I want to ask you about that

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<v Speaker 4>I've been hearing about because of the inflated prices on

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<v Speaker 4>some of the transportation, is that some fans are going

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<v Speaker 4>to try and find ways to walk to the stadiums.

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<v Speaker 4>How do you plan for something like.

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<v Speaker 3>That, Well, it's it's certainly depends on the market. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>a little harder to probably walk the met life than

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<v Speaker 3>it is some others. But you have major issues with

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<v Speaker 3>all the just transport in general, right with the public

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<v Speaker 3>transportation routes like you mentioned. But as we're talking about

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<v Speaker 3>pedestrian traffic, the choke points and guide paths that you

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<v Speaker 3>need to be able to do that safely and securely

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<v Speaker 3>not disrupt traffic is highly challenging, and so they are

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<v Speaker 3>working very hard to allow pedestrians and others to get

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<v Speaker 3>to these facilities. It is not the easiest path, it

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<v Speaker 3>is not usually the common path of these facilities, but

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<v Speaker 3>there are i'd say centrific, centrific levels of security right

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<v Speaker 3>there are layers and layers of security. They start it

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<v Speaker 3>very very close to the facility, and so as you

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<v Speaker 3>go out.

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<v Speaker 2>Further around, Dan, we got to run. We got to run.

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<v Speaker 2>So apologize Dan Arnold and of course our own Vanessa

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<v Speaker 2>Perdomo Maglione. This is Bloomberg