1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: You're listening to Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Messer and 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Tim Stenebek on Bloomberg Radio. 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, we are all in for tennis, and we know 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 2: our next guest certainly is. We love the US Open 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: for a lot of reasons, including our regular check in 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: at this time with someone who understands the game tennis, 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: athlete to play it, the world of sports overall, like 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: no one we know. Author of numerous books, John Werthheim 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: is with US, executive editor and senior writer at Sports Illustrated, 10 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: contributing correspondent for sixty Minutes. I'm gonna be a little 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: bit of a fangirl, John. I love your pieces on 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: sixty minutes. But he's here with us to talk about 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: the US Open. He's on the phone in Los Angeles, John, 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 2: welcome back. How are you good? 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 3: How are you? I want to zam that intro music. 16 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: What a great tennis. 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 4: We might be able to get you that, we might 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 4: be able to get you the information on that. I 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 4: think Paul Our at Bloomberg Business its cream. 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: It's cream. 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 5: How about that? I didn't recognize that either? Really did 22 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 5: you recognize? Yeah? 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 2: I know right, I know who knew? Is that the 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: Clapton cream is their own. 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 4: I don't know. 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 5: Hey, John, So let's talk tennis. What are you looking 27 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 5: forward to this year? 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 2: It's an interesting year and it's a packed year. I'm 29 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 2: just warning you from when you're here. 30 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I'll play really funny. This is the 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: first US Open after Roger veteran Serena Williams, and for 32 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 3: years and years tennis said what are we going to 33 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: do with these two titans are no longer around? What's 34 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,279 Speaker 3: going to happen at tennis? 35 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 6: And I think three of the last five sessions set 36 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 6: attendance records. Someone was telling you about the the secondary 37 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 6: ticket from from the secondary market or tickets is off 38 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 6: the chart. There are a lot of good storylines. One 39 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 6: of them is the abundance of American players who are. 40 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: Who are still left in the draw. Is this Coco 41 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: Goffs year to win? On the women's side, Is Novak 42 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: Djokovissi and Carlos Alcarez this great new tennis rivalry? Are 43 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: they going to have another stallman for the third straight 44 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 3: major in New York? We missed Roger Feeder, we missed 45 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 3: Serena Williams, But there is the show goes on there's 46 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 3: plenty of plenty of tennis to watch. 47 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, I love the Tiafo story as well, and he's 48 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 4: currently battling it out right now in the third set, 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: in the fourth set actually right now. So who else 50 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: are the big names that you're watching this year? 51 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 3: Oh? I, you know, some of them are the big 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 3: names that we're used to. When Niga Schwantek won last 53 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: year and is really establishing herself as this generational player 54 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 3: and his Coco Goffin emerge his arrival, and Jesse Pagula 55 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 3: is in fact the highest ranked American male or female 56 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: of She's an interesting character with a much different backstory 57 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 3: than than other players. But I also think the fact 58 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 3: that sort of the fields are wide or open, and 59 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 3: you know, I think it would be a surprise if 60 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: if either Djokovic or Alcarez don't win, But there's still 61 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: a lot of space on stage for other players to 62 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 3: make their move. Taylor Fritz, who is the highest rank 63 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: of MARAA can mail, but he hasn't had great success 64 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 3: and a major is this the tournament where he finally 65 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 3: breaks through. There's a lot of we're sort of we're 66 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 3: used to these three players on the men's side better 67 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: than all Djokovic, who absolutely dominated. We were used to 68 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 3: Serena doing her ritual run and it's much different to 69 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 3: cover the sport now that the fields are wider open. 70 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: You know, d Djokovic is obviously still as relevant as ever, 71 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 3: but it's it's kind of fun not being able to 72 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 3: pencil four players through to the final weekend and you 73 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: have this capacity. 74 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 5: For surprise, keeping us all on our toes. 75 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: It's interesting, John, I always think about We've talked about 76 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: this a lot with golf, right, you know, golf after 77 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 2: Tiger Woods. You know, in tennis, we've had a lot 78 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: of conversations with the USTA over the years about, you know, 79 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: making sure there's their interest with the younger generation. And 80 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: we see it continuing and we do see younger, newer, 81 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: interesting players come out. What is it about tennis that 82 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: you think that continues to be a really popular sport. 83 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 3: I would love to see some sort of mess some 84 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: sort of data on how many people are at the 85 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 3: US Open, because it's fun at an event and you 86 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: walk around and you eat good food and they're guys, 87 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: you know, juggling versus the actual tennis. I'm never quite 88 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 3: I'd always sort of just for my own, and it's 89 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 3: just interesting to see. I think tennis is actually getting 90 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 3: a little bit of above from pickleball. I mean there's 91 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: sort of this this existential fear in tennis that all 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 3: the tennis courts are going to be turned into pickleball 93 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 3: courts and players are retiring to go try their hand 94 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 3: to pickleball. But I think it goes the other way, 95 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 3: and I think all these millions of people that are 96 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: playing pickleball have a new found appreciation for this, this 97 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 3: other racket sport. I think tennis's globalization is a little 98 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: problematic in the US, right. 99 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 7: I Mean, in golf, all the. 100 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 3: Events are pretty much held in one of three time zones, 101 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: and the majority of the tour they're all, you know, 102 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 3: mostly American and certainly English speaking. Tennis does have that, right, 103 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 3: I Mean, You've got the player from Tunisia's playing the 104 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: Colombian and a lot of times the events are in 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 3: the US, you're not on the US friendly time schedules. 106 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: But I think overall, this is a really really global sport, 107 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 3: and I think big picture, especially you look at how 108 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: many other businesses would love this kind of a footprint. 109 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 3: You know, I would say it's like stepping out a balloon, right. 110 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 3: So it was a lot healthier and easier in the 111 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 3: US when all the events were sort of between California 112 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 3: and Florida and the players came from here. It's a 113 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 3: lot trickier where you've got Serbs and you've got Tunisians. 114 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 3: But I think it's healthier for the sport overall. 115 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 2: You know, it's funny that you say that we talked 116 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: with the folks over at IBM yesterday and talking specifically 117 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 2: about trying to bring some of the content from some 118 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: of the other matches that aren't either at ASH or 119 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: you know, the main you know, kind of the main 120 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 2: focus if you will, here at the open to make 121 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: sure that maybe some lesser well known and even you know, 122 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: global players at least get their time time and that 123 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,239 Speaker 2: their fan base gets to see them. But it's also 124 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: there's an AI artificial intelligence component where AI is doing 125 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: the commentary voice, you know, and talking about the players 126 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: and so on and so forth. 127 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: They got a long way to go, though, John, don't worry. 128 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 4: I watched a little bit last night. It's not anywhere 129 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: close to what you do. It's not close to what 130 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 4: we hear from the Macenroe brothers. 131 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: But is it good giving you know, some of these 132 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 2: players who might not get attention and their matches some time. 133 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: But is it also a little worries though I don't 134 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 2: know with the AI component. 135 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's well to AI. We all recognize some of 136 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 8: the upside of the potential. I'm not sure AI's most 137 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 8: urgent need is for sports commentary. I mean, i've heard 138 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 8: things that like, it's still whatever we won't think we 139 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 8: do known about AI. It gets better, right, it sort 140 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 8: of lurns from its way, it improves rapidly. But I've 141 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 8: heard it's pretty cringey right now and they're you know, 142 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 8: using terms that aren't real his term suspect that will improve. 143 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 8: I got to think there are other ways to excentuate 144 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 8: UH players from other countries, UH from AI. 145 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: But you know, I guess I give the USCA and 146 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 3: IBM credit for at least experimenting. But I think I 147 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: think we got to. 148 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, Hey, John, I love I love every year the 149 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 4: tips that you write. 150 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: I have been dying off air. 151 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 4: I mean it's not just the ones that you write, 152 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 4: but you also crowdsource them this year with you know, 153 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 4: help from people on Twitter x whatever you call it. Okay, 154 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 4: a couple of things that I have a couple of 155 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 4: things I want to ask for now. I'm not going 156 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: to take yours. Uh, what's the deal with how loud 157 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: the crowd is this year? And I've noticed it too 158 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 4: watching TV when I'm not here and watching the matches 159 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 4: on TV, you have the the commentators complaining that, hey, 160 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 4: they are too their crowds and ash are being too loud. 161 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 4: Uh while the players are playing. 162 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 3: I think it's healthy and I think, you know, it's 163 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 3: firm level. I feel like crowds take their cue from players. 164 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: And you know, you talk before about Francis Siao, he 165 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 3: will say very openly he wants crowds to be louder, 166 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 3: he wants them to move around. Why can't be more 167 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 3: like the NBA. I think there's a sense that, you know, 168 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 3: I go to a sporting event, I act a certain way. 169 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 3: I get it. It's tennis, it's not Nastar. I'm not 170 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: gonna you know, we're not gonna go go popla. You know, 171 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 3: men aren't going to remove it first, but they're they're 172 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: I think, I think, I know, you know, I think 173 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 3: you can keep the korum and also have fun and 174 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 3: be loud but I also, honestly, I think that crowds 175 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: take their cue from the athlete, and if it doesn't 176 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 3: bother the players, it fathers the ESPN booth. When not 177 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 3: the players, that's that's not much to turn. 178 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 5: I totally agree with you. 179 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 4: I got I saw daggers. I saw daggers from the 180 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 4: player she looked at she looked out my way during 181 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 4: during one of the matches earlier this week. 182 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 5: I love this. 183 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: Unless you have a match that day, there's no excuse 184 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 2: for dressing like a player when you attend to the US Open. 185 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: You don't wear stirrups to a Yankees game and hint 186 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: guards and leotards to the LA. 187 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 5: Leave the wristbands at home, jam. It's so true. 188 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: It is really funny to kind of look around the 189 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: crowds and there are people, you know, who were just 190 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 2: fans and they're dressed like a tennis player. 191 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: I don't I kind of sort of sometimes want to 192 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 3: approach those people and say, listen, no judgments, but can 193 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 3: you just explain that they can here? And I don't 194 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: know if you need blaze me when you've got these 195 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 3: you know, sixty year old passtantly guys with wristbands on 196 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 3: to go to go watch you know, I don't get it. 197 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: All right, there's another one we have to do, because 198 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 2: I felt like, where is that one tent, Tim, because 199 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: I felt like this happened to me because I did 200 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: take that l I R R to go back home 201 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: to Manhattan. Oh here it is. Your fund is crushing 202 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 2: it and the Hamptons were amazing, and your kids left 203 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: camp and your buddy got you these tickets. If you 204 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: insist on a change over conversations, keep it down, Tiger. 205 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 5: It's so true. I'm the l R. 206 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 2: Like they're coming back from here and they're like, hey, 207 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: you know the investments and there they name dropped so 208 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: many different people and fun and funds. 209 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: It could have been a source for you, Carol. 210 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 5: But it gets a little crazy, right. 211 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 3: John h Yeah, it's a certain type. And you certainly 212 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 3: see that type at the US Open. And you know, 213 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 3: we all we all love uh, we all love full markets, 214 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 3: and we all love you know, and when we close 215 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 3: out a. 216 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 8: High as we seem to be close to doing. 217 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't need to hear about that, and 218 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 3: neither does the person of seeing. 219 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 2: Before you go. One thing I did want to ask you, 220 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 2: and getting back to just a little bit more serious 221 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 2: is the role of Saudi Arabia in sports specifically overall. 222 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: You saw it with LIB golf, WTA, stuff's percolating. How 223 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 2: are you seeing it as somebody who's covered this industry 224 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 2: for a long time or covered this world. 225 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 3: Oh man, we could do a whole hour on that. 226 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 3: I get a piece a few months ago for sixteen 227 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: minutes when I went. I went to Riot and sort 228 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 3: of saw what. 229 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 7: It was like on the ground. 230 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 3: And I'm clearly the Saudis sports as a place to 231 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 3: get involved. Their economics much different from conventional sports economics. 232 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 3: This is not about media rights deals and selling tickets 233 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 3: and sweet and merchandise. I think this is about rebranding 234 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 3: a country. And you know, we saw in golf that 235 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 3: took uh it took one shape in golf, it's taken others. 236 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 3: In soccer, you know you'll do in football slash soccer. 237 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 3: You'll notice, you know, there are big time offers and 238 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: athletes are being paid a clear premium to come play 239 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 3: in Saudi Arabia. Some of them are accepting it, some 240 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: of them are not. I mean, it's interesting to me 241 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 3: there now is to bid on the table for the 242 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 3: women's tennis sort to hold their final events, which is 243 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 3: sort of their big showcases. They're big money. They drea 244 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 3: money maker in Saudi Arabia, and I think, you know, 245 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: we can have a debate about this is the tour 246 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 3: of Billy g and King that's just left China for 247 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 3: ethical reasons because it didn't want sort of to be 248 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 3: compromised on principles, and they left China. Is it's strange 249 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: that they would then, you know, pitch their tangent to 250 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 3: Saudi Arabia. The flip side is, and we're all creatures 251 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 3: of incentives. And if Fanny Arabia is offering top dollar, 252 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: who are we to tell soccer players or golfers or 253 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: female tennis players not to go take it. It's a 254 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: story that I think is only going to accelerate because 255 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 3: I think it's it's clearly working. And you know, the 256 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 3: Saudi private and veil the p I have the private 257 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 3: and that's the fun. They've had billions and billions of 258 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 3: dollars to lavish on this sort of soft power, and 259 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 3: sports are clearly going to benefit and athletes are going 260 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 3: to have a real decision. 261 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 4: To me, but it's tennis different. I mean, you mentioned 262 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: China several times there. And what they did in China 263 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 4: is tennis different. 264 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 3: You know, I think a couple of things. First, they 265 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 3: the WTA left China citing these ethical concerns, so you 266 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 3: sort of set up precedent for you know, ethics and 267 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 3: morals and human rights that matters to us. It's a 268 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 3: little strange to them say, actually, you know what, make 269 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 3: that back. It doesn't. I think the Women's Tennis Tour 270 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 3: sort of has this strand and has for decades of 271 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: activism and social justice and fairness and equality, and this 272 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 3: is more than just about four hands and backhands and 273 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: a bouncing ball. The movement a little strange to then 274 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 3: go to a country where women are not given equal rights. 275 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: And we saw this week somebody was playing for guests 276 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 3: for retweeting something that was unflattering to NBA. Right, And 277 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: yet I think you could argue just as easily. You know, Look, 278 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 3: Chris John and Ronaldo can make whatever you see, a 279 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 3: quarter of a billion dollars playing soccer. Why can't women 280 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 3: athletes avail themselves to that money the same way men can? 281 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 3: So it's really complex and thorny. 282 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, we got to run come back into the hour 283 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 2: of Saudi Arabia. We would love to you name the 284 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: date at the time. John, you are here, John Worth, 285 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 2: I'm of Sports Illustrated of sixty minutes, just incredible. Carol 286 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 2: Master along with Tim Stenovic live here just outside Arthur 287 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: Ashe Stadium. It's busy and when you come here, we 288 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 2: keep saying it is about the tennis, no doubt about it, right, 289 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 2: But there's so much more. We've talked to sponsors. There's 290 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: lots of merchandise, there's lots of food, and there's a 291 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: fair amount of drinking. 292 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 4: I mean walking around last night, walking around Tuesday night. 293 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be here all night tonight. There's almost as 294 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 4: many people eating and drinking totally as watching tennis inside 295 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 4: ash inside Armstrong. It's an event, right, It's absolutely an event. 296 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 4: And here's what's interesting. But the US Open has establishments 297 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 4: that are familiar to any New Yorker. It's come a 298 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 4: long way in the last fifty years. You got Italy 299 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: here this year, Hill Country, Paatela free to Meat Company 300 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 4: of Patlafreda, Carol Vanluin ice cream. 301 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 5: I love Vanluin ice cream. I buy it. 302 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: You've been a kosher kart. Here is a kosher krt. Yeah. 303 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: Well, let's get to the guy who's behind it. The 304 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: man behind it all is Chris Studley. He's senior director 305 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: of Event Services at the ust A. 306 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 5: Welcome. Nice to have you here again. 307 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 7: Thank you for having me. 308 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 5: Is it again? We talked to you last year, didn't we? 309 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 5: I think briefly, Okay, briefly. 310 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 4: One year, one year. We've had you before. 311 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 2: I was just gonna say, souse, I know we always 312 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 2: talk about food because it's such a big part of it. Chris, 313 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 2: First of all, I can't believe you didn't bring us 314 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: any food. 315 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 7: I'm sorry about that. I'll grab it after the segment. 316 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 5: No, no, no, I'm just kidding. 317 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 2: But like, talk to us about what goes into it, 318 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: because you do, Tim Is right, as you walk around, 319 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: that is such a big part of the experience. 320 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 5: I've eaten here, Tim is eating here. 321 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: Tell us about how you think about it as what 322 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 2: you want to. 323 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 5: Offer up to the people who come. 324 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 9: Well, I can tell you, first of all, I look 325 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 9: at this tournament as a food and wine festival, and 326 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 9: by the way, there's tennis. 327 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 7: So much to what you're describing before. 328 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 9: People are walking around eating and drinking and what we 329 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 9: want to bring in the names you mentioned is the 330 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 9: best quality that there is in sports. We don't want 331 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 9: you to come to a sporting event and say, oh, 332 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 9: I have to eat. We want you to come here 333 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 9: and say what a great meal you had and I 334 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 9: got to watch the tennis. So from our offerings that 335 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 9: you described to our champion steakhouse run by Benjamin's right 336 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 9: from Manhattan to Aces bringing the best chefs, we partnered 337 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 9: with Tatiana chef Kwame and Aces to do some special 338 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 9: dishes for us. So, I mean it's really about the 339 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 9: food to me for sure. 340 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 4: How do you make sure that the quality is what 341 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 4: you get in you know, the year round establishment, So 342 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: great question. 343 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 7: We meet with these chefs throughout the year. 344 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 9: I can tell you right now we've been talking to 345 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 9: people even during this tournament saying I want in next year. 346 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 9: I'm not going to give you any names today, but 347 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 9: we will evaluate each and every one. We look at 348 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 9: what sells, what do our fans want, what's the quality. 349 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 9: We'll meet with these chefs throughout the year. I can 350 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 9: tell you you know a number of chefs that we 351 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 9: brought in from James Kennet Crown Shy to Melboy's of Harlem. 352 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 7: We've been there in the off season. 353 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 9: We sit with them, we talk to them, and you know, 354 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 9: to some the menus might not lend themselves to a 355 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 9: concession stand necessarily, but we'll work with the team to 356 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 9: bring that item into that environment for our fan. 357 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 2: How important is it from year to year, Chris, in 358 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: terms of some consistency so that people come back and 359 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: they're like, I know this is going to be here, 360 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 2: and then also bring in some. 361 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 9: New It's very important, right. Our fans always want to 362 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 9: see us innovate. It's the name of the game and 363 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 9: food especially. Obviously, trends change over years and we want 364 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 9: to be right there. But you need to have the 365 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 9: staples right. Everybody talks about our lobster role as being 366 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 9: one of the one of the iconic foods of the 367 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 9: US Open. It's also our hamburger, believe it or not. 368 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 9: They're all Pat la Freida, even though his name might 369 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 9: not be on that stand. It's all Palerfree to meet 370 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 9: Pats stand over here too. The steak sandwich has almost 371 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 9: become just as famous as the lobster. Also, you know, 372 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 9: we try to find what our fans love and really 373 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 9: gravitate towards and work with it. 374 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 4: We talked a little bit. 375 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 2: Go ahead, girl, I was gonna just what about price point? Like, 376 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: how do you think about that as part of the experience. 377 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 9: Absolutely, you know, listen, we're in New York City. Obviously 378 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 9: we're a temporary event, but we were very price sensitive 379 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 9: in a regard. You know, we would put ourselves up 380 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 9: against any other New York City venue and say that 381 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 9: we are probably not the most expensive. We may not 382 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,719 Speaker 9: be the least expensive, but we're right in that in 383 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 9: that sweet spot because we want to have value for 384 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 9: our fans. I would tell you that our quality though 385 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 9: surpasses our peers here. So we know that the prices 386 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 9: sometimes can be healthy, but we know that we're giving 387 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 9: you the best quality you can possibly have at a 388 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 9: sporting event. 389 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,479 Speaker 4: So are you seeing what's the typical markup from an 390 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 4: established restaurant that you'd experienced in Manhattan and the same 391 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 4: dish that you'd get here. 392 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 5: Is there a mark up? 393 00:17:58,800 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 7: It's not. 394 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 9: There's no direct correlation in that regard. You know, a 395 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 9: concession stand, you're not going to really be able to 396 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 9: compare directly to the items I can tell you in 397 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 9: some of our restaurants, there's a slight markup just for 398 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 9: you know, bringing the team out here and operating, but 399 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 9: there's no set percentage. 400 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 2: Say hey, one thing you had brought up, Yeah, we 401 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 2: were thinking on this job's day, right yeah. 402 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 4: I mean it's pretty incredible. Hospitality one of the continued 403 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 4: bright spots when it comes to the US labor market, 404 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: and the biggest gains in August were in healthcare hospitality 405 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 4: as well, lesion hospitality. How is it getting employees right now? 406 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 9: You know, our team did a fantastic job. I mean 407 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 9: I oversee our front of house services as well, and 408 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 9: this was probably the earliest we were ever fully committed 409 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 9: for all of our seasonal staff that we bring in, 410 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 9: which is it's wild to think about with the lowest 411 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 9: unemployment rate, right, but people want to come work here. 412 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 9: We have people that take vacation to come work here. 413 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 9: You know, you could be a server in a restaurant 414 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 9: and you're saying to your New York City restaurant, hey, 415 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 9: I want to go out to the open work there. 416 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 4: Do people who work for one establishment get paid the 417 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 4: same hourly wage that work for another establishment. 418 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 7: Most of the time. 419 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 9: I mean, there are some different levels depending on how 420 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 9: many years you've been here, who you're with, what restaurant 421 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 9: in particular, but you know it varies. You interview for 422 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 9: the position just like you would at a restaurant in 423 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 9: New York City. 424 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 2: How difficult is it to settle this up? I love 425 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: logistics because we come here and it just looks like 426 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: it's been here forever and we know it goes away. 427 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 7: I love getting asked those questions. I'd tell the truth. 428 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 7: The logistics behind it is mind blowing, to say the least. 429 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 5: How early do you start the day after it ends? 430 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 7: I mean we're here figuring it. 431 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: Out, okay with that part, but building this and building 432 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 2: everything that's in your world to make this happen. When 433 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: does that start? 434 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 9: The planning goes into place right away. The build up 435 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 9: I mean by the springtime, you'll see a lot of 436 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 9: movement here and things getting physically set up, aside from 437 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 9: any new buildings we're going to build right you know. 438 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 9: Obviously we went under this massive renovation that was all 439 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 9: year for a number of years, and we stopped for 440 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 9: the open and we went back into it. But in 441 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 9: terms of the general repeat business that we're doing, we'll 442 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 9: start in the spring. 443 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 4: We're speaking right now with Chris Studley, he's senior director 444 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 4: of Events Services here at the USTA. We're live at 445 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 4: the twenty twenty three US Open. 446 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 2: But on that in terms of the food part of it, 447 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: like what's involved logistically with building that out. 448 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 9: So we'll have trucks showing up in early August. You know, 449 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 9: with the volume of food and beverage we do here, 450 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 9: we have trucks coming in every single day. But we'll 451 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 9: build out a temporary warehouse facility essentially to house everything. 452 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 9: I mean, you mentioned some of our drinks, the Honeyduce 453 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 9: we sold for. 454 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 4: The Honey Duce cup at home, Well, we had a 455 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 4: lot of people walking around with like seven Honey Duce cups. 456 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 9: So to think about the logistics behind that, four hundred 457 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 9: thousand cups are sitting behind the scenes right now. You know, 458 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 9: they're ready to go and the team's moving them about 459 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 9: getting them all over the site. So, I mean, the 460 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 9: logistics behind it is massive. 461 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 4: So, speaking of the Honey Deduce, one of the reasons 462 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 4: I asked about labor was because as I was leaving 463 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 4: yesterday after doing our broadcast, the lines for some of 464 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 4: these concession stands we're so long. Chris and I couldn't 465 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: help think to myself, there must be people who see 466 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 4: these lines and say to themselves, I don't want to 467 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 4: wait in this line. And you know, therefore the USTA 468 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: is not going to get my twenty two dollars for 469 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: the honeyduce. How do you control for lines here? 470 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 9: It's a great question, and I'm glad you mentioned the 471 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 9: honey duce on that one. So innovation, right, So this 472 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 9: is the first year we're actually able to batch some 473 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 9: of the honey deuce to try to speed those up. 474 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 9: We rolled it out in somewhat of a pilot program 475 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 9: this year at ten different locations around the site and 476 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 9: we're seeing that we're able to increase service. So our 477 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 9: goal here is let's roll it out all over next year. 478 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 5: What does that mean that? 479 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,919 Speaker 9: So we are able to prepare part of the drink 480 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 9: in a ready to mix container, and we can control 481 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 9: the quality most importantly. You know, if you go to 482 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 9: a bar and you get a drink made and you 483 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 9: may not like that one. Yeah, here we can actually 484 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 9: do the quality testing behind the scenes, know the exact 485 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 9: precise measurements, and then also deliver to you faster. So 486 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 9: innovation is key, and we're going to speed those lines 487 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 9: up for sure. 488 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 4: But so that's the question. Is it then forgive the 489 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 4: terminology here, but is it a failure to you when 490 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: you walk around and see huge lines and people waiting. 491 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 9: It's disappointing for sure. I mean, we want to be 492 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 9: able to service every customer as quickly as possible, but 493 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 9: we also want to deliver that excellent experience. So it's 494 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 9: a fine balance for you know, for sure, but we're 495 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 9: trying to make sure that we innovate as much. 496 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 4: Are there areas are down here where you walk around 497 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 4: this year and you say, okay, well we could do 498 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 4: another another of this type of concession right here and 499 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 4: ease the demand a little bit. 500 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, and. 501 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 9: You know, it's surprising because each year, I mean, we 502 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 9: know there's some things that never fade, right, The honey 503 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 9: Juice is not fading. It is the most popular, is there. 504 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 9: Really it is by far. But you know sometimes they're surprising. 505 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 2: That's honey juice lovers. No, it's actually a matt sorry 506 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 2: for sure. 507 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 7: For sure. 508 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 9: Yeah, No, it's it's it's always interesting to see what's 509 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 9: going to be the top seller of the year. 510 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 2: Are you adding more drinks that. 511 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 7: Are like, well, we have this year. 512 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 9: We have the Aperol Sprits as well, right, and Dobell 513 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 9: has joined us with their Ace Piloma cocktail and they're 514 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 9: both delicious. I encourage you to try them before you leave. 515 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 2: What's interesting, too, is are there workers that you needed 516 00:22:59,040 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 2: that you couldn't hire? 517 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 5: Are you said you could get everybody you wanted? 518 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 9: I think we're pretty well staffed. I would say that 519 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 9: we're really well staffed. And you know, we benefit from 520 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 9: the folks that come back every year and they help 521 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 9: us really make the operation home. 522 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 4: Here, Carol, I got a number for you. What one 523 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 4: point two million? Okay, that's one point two million? And 524 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 4: mellon balls that the USTA. 525 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 2: Is I get a number for you. What ninety pounds 526 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 2: of beef? 527 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 4: Did you have a Hamberg goo to day? 528 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 5: I did have a Hamberg surprise. I ain't done yet. 529 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 2: We're going to come back with Krista, the senior director 530 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 2: of Event Services at USDA. 531 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 5: He's got a big job here. He's getting it done. 532 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 2: I know the answer because we were talking about it 533 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 2: before we got going again. But supply chains where you know, 534 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 2: you go back a few years coming off the pandemic nightmare? 535 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: Are you getting everything you want? And at decent costs, or. 536 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 9: You've got enough lobster. I think so okay, I think so. 537 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 9: I think we're in good shape this sh vodka. No, Fortunately, 538 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 9: it's one of those things. 539 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 5: Let's get to the priority. 540 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 7: For sure. 541 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 9: Fortunately it's one of those things that's kind of been 542 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 9: in the past for us. Now thankfully it's. 543 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: An issue, but it wasn't issue it was. 544 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 7: It was an issue a while back. Yeah, for sure. 545 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 9: I mean I think everybody fought through the same thing. 546 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 9: And I think we're on the other side of the 547 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 9: supply chain in terms of our business right now? 548 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 4: What were the challenges this year? If if it wasn't employees, 549 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 4: if it wasn't supply chains, what's the what's the big 550 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 4: challenge this year? 551 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 7: Weather? Who can control the weather? But look at us, 552 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 7: I know. 553 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 4: Day right here, it's amazing. 554 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 7: That's the biggest concern we have right now. I think 555 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 7: we're doing okay. 556 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 2: I do wonder though, you said while we were off air, 557 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 2: you know, I'm here before everybody else, and I leave 558 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 2: after everybody. I mean, what's what are the calls that 559 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 2: you get? 560 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 5: Is it that way? 561 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 2: You know, electricity isn't working, or. 562 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 5: We ran out of burgers or something. 563 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 2: What is it? 564 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 5: What's the stress points for you doing this? 565 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 9: You know, to your point earlier lines and things. You know, 566 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 9: you want to make sure everyody has a good experience. 567 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 9: So we're trying to send people out. Like during the 568 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 9: typical day, I might hear that we might have an 569 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 9: issue with a line over here, a line over there 570 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 9: in terms of food. If one of those facility issues 571 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 9: pops up. We have a great team here. One of 572 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 9: my counterparts on the back house side helps me out 573 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 9: from give a quick call and we get everything right 574 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 9: back on. 575 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 7: So those are the little pain points. 576 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 4: How do you how do you alleviate a line? 577 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 7: Well, you can. 578 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 9: Send more people over to help out, right, I mean 579 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 9: if you get a honeydusee line, you try to get 580 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 9: a couple more bartenders over there too. Yeah, yeah, I 581 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 9: mean we've done everything we can. I mean, pos is 582 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 9: always one thing that we look at, and we've upgraded 583 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 9: our systems over the years to try to process those transactions. 584 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 4: We met some folks from American Express earlier today. If 585 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 4: you want to talk to them, they know a thing 586 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 4: or two about our processing. 587 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 7: They're fantastic. 588 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 5: They are a good partner. 589 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 2: Well, I think about like a Disney. Right, you have 590 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: apps and you can like kind of guide people. Do 591 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: you think about that? The role of technology is it's 592 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 2: a big thing here. Do you say, listen, I know 593 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 2: there's lines. 594 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 9: Here, but you know what, so I have a great 595 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 9: point on that. I mean, we we tried out mobile ordering. 596 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 9: We did it so that you could order anything from 597 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 9: the food village and then you could grab it and 598 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 9: go to your table. And what happened was our customers said, 599 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 9: we don't really want to do that seriously, And I'll 600 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 9: tell you why. I mean, you know, when you come here, 601 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 9: because you're coming here once a year, you want to 602 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 9: walk around and check out everything. To your point, we 603 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 9: were talking about what's new. They want to see what's new. 604 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 9: They want to go look at that menu. They want 605 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 9: to pick what item they want. They don't really want 606 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 9: to do it on a small phone screen. They want 607 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 9: to see the kitchen. They want to know what's going on. 608 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 4: So, okay, one point two million mellon balls are are 609 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 4: are created? Are bald from melons? I think that's the 610 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 4: proper terminology here for sure. Each year, I guess so 611 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go ahead and say that it's Friday afternoon, 612 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 4: I'm not making stuff up. I think that's how it 613 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 4: goes a little bit. We talked to the folks at 614 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 4: Chipole about quarterly and they've started to invest in technology 615 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 4: that automates guacamole making so they can free up employees 616 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 4: who spend time doing that laborious task of actually cutting 617 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 4: up avocados and getting the guak out. Can you do 618 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 4: that with with uh mellon balls? 619 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 9: We actually get them pre bald. Okay, well we bring 620 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 9: them in. We've done that, we started in the very beginning. 621 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,959 Speaker 4: Right, interview's over. We got nothing for you. 622 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 9: We look for every way to make it comes to 623 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 9: us from the supplier pre Bald. But we do have 624 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 9: people that skewer each one, so we get three. Because 625 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 9: if you notice the drink kid's got three Mellon balls 626 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 9: to indicate the same number and a tennis ball can 627 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 9: that's that's the tie there. 628 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 4: Never knew why I was three. 629 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 7: Yeah. 630 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 2: What was interesting too, is I think about more broadly, 631 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 2: the things that you guys are doing here from the 632 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 2: USTA and using this incredible space. I mean, it is 633 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 2: obviously about tennis and this is your big event, rightfully so, 634 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 2: but you're doing other things. 635 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, absolutely, I mean, tennis is number one. I got 636 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 7: to say that off the top. 637 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 2: I had to stop talking about mellon balls. I'm just 638 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna say, whoops, I threw my pen on 639 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: that one. 640 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 5: I was a little no. 641 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 9: But anyway, Yeah, I know, obviously tennis is number one 642 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 9: for us, but we're always looking for new ways to 643 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 9: use the facility. It's great we can bring staff in. 644 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 9: They can work with us along, you know, throughout the year, 645 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 9: which is critical for us. 646 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 5: Like a concert venue, we would love to. 647 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 7: If you know, somebody wants to play here, you let 648 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 7: me know. 649 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 4: But Taylor Taylor Swift as long as I can get 650 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 4: a ticket. 651 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 2: But do you I mean, are you talking with people 652 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 2: who have you know, whether it's Barkley's or other like, 653 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 2: they definitely have relationships and they do. 654 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 9: Of course of course, and we do have some people 655 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 9: talking to other people. Yeah, to put it very vaguely, 656 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 9: but no, we would love to host a show, for sure. 657 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 9: I can tell you ten days after the Open this year, 658 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 9: we'll be converting the tennis court into a wrestling ring 659 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 9: for aw Wrestling on September twentieth, So it's gonna be 660 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 9: our third show here. They call it aw Grand Slam appropriately. Yeah, 661 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 9: so's it's drawn about eighteen thousand people you're over here. 662 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 4: That's quite a few for sure. You said twenty four 663 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: thousand is capacity. 664 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 9: Twenty four thousand's capacity. We've got about eighteen thousand in 665 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 9: the house for the show. 666 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 4: Is it Do you typically do it with the roof 667 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 4: open or or does it depending weather? 668 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 9: We actually keep the roof closed for all our outside events. 669 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 9: It makes things so much easier, less worry whether there's 670 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 9: gonna be weather. 671 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm thinking about the dogs that we're here. They 672 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 2: spend a lot of time getting their hair done. 673 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 5: Talk to us about the Westminster I've seen it. I'm 674 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 5: a dog lover. I've been to the Westminster. 675 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: Dog So there's a lot of you know, primpy, but 676 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 2: you guys have done it. 677 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 7: We have, we have. 678 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 9: We got one under our belts. We got them coming 679 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 9: back again next May. We're super excited. They took over 680 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 9: Arthur ash Stadium, all the player areas, you name it. 681 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 9: We had three thousand dogs here over three days. 682 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 7: It was wild. 683 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: Okay, what's the one event that you haven't gotten to 684 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 4: host here that you want to host? What's on that that's. 685 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 5: Your wish lists? 686 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 7: I'll take a concert. I'll take a concert. Give us 687 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 7: a name though, I call me. Let's talk about it. 688 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 5: But you do think about the exclusivity. 689 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 2: First of all, it is a great venue and it 690 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: is a little bit smaller, which I like to go 691 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 2: to smaller places, right, I mean, otherwise they get too big, 692 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 2: so you could really do some really cool things. 693 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 7: I agree, I agree, all right. 694 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 4: Also easy to get to, yeah, which I think people forget. 695 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 4: Just jump on the seven train or. 696 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 5: The l R R, which is where I did. 697 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 2: Someone's coming here, they're coming for a night. What would 698 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 2: you advise that they do? They're going to watch tennis. 699 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 7: But okay, you got to explore. 700 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 9: You know, part of hosting all these other events is 701 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 9: getting people out here that may not have been here before. 702 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 9: And I can't tell you how many people come to 703 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 9: one of our events, whether it be Westminster or aw Wrestling, 704 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 9: and when they walked through the gates, I didn't even 705 00:29:58,320 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 9: realize this place was here because they may not be 706 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 9: tennis fan. So I invite everybody that's not a tennis 707 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 9: fan to really explore. And if you are and you've 708 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 9: never been here before, make sure you're walking around to 709 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 9: check out all the secrets behind the scenes and what 710 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 9: we got. 711 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 5: What would you go eat? 712 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 7: I would probably grab. 713 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 9: Some gelato from the card over here right now is 714 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 9: also really good, nice and Van Luine ice cream. We 715 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 9: have our own flavor this year, they created our own 716 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 9: us so it's a honeycomb fudge slim of. 717 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 5: Course it is. 718 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 4: So sounds pretty good. 719 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, that actually sounds really good. Thank you so much, 720 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 5: my pleasure. 721 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 2: Good luck, good luck, and I hope you get a 722 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 2: little bit of a break between your next events. Chris Dudley, 723 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: of course, Senior director of Event Services at USTA. Yeah, 724 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 2: pretty cool, right, it's just we talk about it. You 725 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: can watch tennis, but you're gonna do a. 726 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 4: Lot more here seven point five tons of crab, shrimp 727 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 4: and lobster. 728 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 5: What else do I have? 729 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 4: Eighty five thousand pounds of poultry, sixty six. 730 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 2: Thousand bananas, two of them right here. 731 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 5: You're watching and listening Bloomberg Radio.