1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Back again on Radio Row. We've been talking football and 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: colts and quarterbacks and drafts and left tackles. Now we're 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: going to talk about things that I think are a 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: little bit more important. Let's talk about civic pride. Let's 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: talk about what Indianapolis means to the NFL. And a 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: big reason why the Combine is here and why it's 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: been here every year since nineteen eighty seven is because 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: of the great folks at Visit Indy. The great job 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: that they do in terms of bringing in big conventions, 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: big time events, and that's what Chris gall does. He 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: is the senior vice president of Marketing and Communications for 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: Visit Indie. He's a lifelong Hoosier. He's been on with 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: us in the past. It's great to see you again, 14 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: my friend. Thank you, Matt. Appreciate you having me on. 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: Great to be here. It's fun to see the Indiana 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Convention Center dressed up again for the NFL. Yeah, and 17 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: the epicenter of the football universe is in Indianapolis, Indiana. 18 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: You know how much work and behind the scenes efforting 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: goes into this. So when you actually see it, when 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: you see Radio Row lit up the way that it is, 21 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: when you see Lucas Oil Stadium outfitted for the combine, 22 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: and all the bars in the hotels and the restaurants 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: at night, the hustle and bustle. Does I mean talk 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: about that warm, fuzzy feeling that you get seeing all 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: of that. There is a sense of pride, yeah, utter 26 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: pride that we are as a city part of making 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: history in that this is the thirty fifth anniversary of 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: hosting this event. And for those listening, many of we've 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: seen it grow up. As the event has grown, so 30 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: has the city around it. And there's a sense of 31 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: reward and pride when you see it now working year 32 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: round for this moment and then boom, here they are 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: and here all the prospects. It's very rewarding and seeing 34 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: the descent of NFL media, NFL personnel, prospects all coming 35 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: to the central location in downtown Indianapolis when you see 36 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: you said you've seen the combine grow up from where 37 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: it was to where it is now. What sense do 38 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: you get of just how important this event has become, 39 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: not only for downtown Indianapolis and the NFL, but just 40 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: for the people involved in it. There is the civic 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: pride piece is real. We know that and that's changed 42 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: a little bit. And I'll tell you why. So we 43 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: win as a city because it's ten million dollars in 44 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: economic impact. We win as a city because a thousand 45 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: national media have descended here and they're talking about what's 46 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: happening on the field. They're talking about transactions and profiles. 47 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: They're also talking about their experience, and that's invaluable media exposure. 48 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: The other piece of that is, I think Hoosiers in 49 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: Central Indiana residents go Wow, the combine is here again, 50 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: and now we have an outlet finally to have that 51 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: civic pride pointed where you can actually go inside the 52 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: stadium and have an inside look. You can sit one 53 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: hundred level two hundred level section of the stadium and 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: watch up close. Five years ago, that's not happening. I know, 55 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: we actually talked about that. Why do you think that is? 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: Why do you think the NFL just kind of switched 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: from don't you dare look behind that curtain? This is 58 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: Fort Knox. You have to have the right seventeen pass 59 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: codes to get inside the convention center to now we're 60 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: going to serve you a hot dog when you watch 61 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: this thing for free, live and in person. It's because 62 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: the popularity of the NFL increases and they realize that 63 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: this is another activation like the Draft, like the super Bowl, 64 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: to extend the brand of the NFL. You're around, and 65 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: if you have all the big media personalities, if you 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: have all the coaches and owners, the commissioner, if you 67 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: have everyone together, why wouldn't you want fans to experience 68 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: it outside of the NFL network and watch it on TV. 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: And so it's taken years of conditioning them that when 70 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: you're ready, we're happy as a city to let people 71 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: watch the bench press in person. We're happy as a 72 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: city for you to go in the one hundred level 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: of Lucas Oil, grab your beer, take out your phone. Yeah. Now, 74 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago we baited this. You had 75 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: to hand your cell phone in a couple hundred people 76 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: sat in a three hundred level. You couldn't talk. You 77 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: couldn't talk, and you couldn't drink, and you couldn't no pomo, 78 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: no fear of missing out with your selphone. Now they're saying, 79 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: we want you to be there. It's because the NFL 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: realizes this is a unique event like the Draft in 81 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. I think it's interesting that. You know, 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: the conversations I've had with my colleagues and the media, 83 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: hearing from coaches, hearing from GMS, not a single one 84 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: of them has had a bad word to say about 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: the showcase Indianapolis puts on and the setup for the Combine, 86 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: not just for a logistical standpoint for the actual work 87 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: that goes on here at the Combine, but because you 88 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 1: get to you know, go to Saint Elmo's and Prime 89 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: and try some of the really neat restaurants downtown. You 90 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: stay at the hotels that are all interconnected. It just 91 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: seems like such a perfect place to host this event. 92 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: It's almost like, and again, we were kind of built 93 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: for this type of event. If you think about the 94 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: media largely saying the JW. Marriott, you know, think in 95 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: your mind you picture them walking through the Climate Control skywalk. 96 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: They don't go outside, They hit the convention center, they 97 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: see all their friends, they do business. They come in here, 98 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: radio row, do a hit or two over to the 99 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: bench press, press availability, and without going outside, you're in 100 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium. Yeah, if you're an owner, if you're 101 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: a coach, if you're a prospect, you don't leave this 102 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: one roof. That's not a bad thing. That's a good 103 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: thing when you are charged with getting three hundred and 104 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: fifty as the responsibility in four days. Yeah, medical, etc. 105 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: Did you know when we built the stadium it was 106 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: not only for the colts and the NCAA was for 107 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: the combat didn't know that well, and if I'm correct, 108 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, But there are fiber optic cables 109 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: that run from Lucasoil Stadium to EU Health. So that's 110 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: it's instant in real time the medical evaluation. You're exactly right. 111 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: And that's a piece you know, that's the intangible. We 112 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: thought ahead of time to have that piece so that 113 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: imaging could be done real time in Lucas Oil Stadium 114 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: with EU Health, so that team owner, that team coach 115 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: would know is this is this guy healthier or not? Yeah? 116 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Well here you go. Yep, all right. I mean that's 117 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: what we've we've talked about the great things. The not 118 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: so great thing is that it's a real threat that 119 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: Indianapolis could lose this. How much of a real threat 120 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: is that from your standpoint, No, it's real. And so 121 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: cities compete each day for major events and conventions and 122 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: we're no different and they've never put it out to 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: bid in the NFL. This has always been ours to 124 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: steward and grow. We feel like we've done an excellent job. 125 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: They put it out to bid, and their request was 126 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: respond and so in the summer we did. The good 127 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: news is we made the final three. So it's Dallas, 128 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles and Indie. We have been working with a 129 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: sense of urgency since June to fine tune how we 130 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: put our best foot forward so that in the next 131 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: couple of weeks will submit a bid, a competitive bid, 132 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: and the bid will be to keep it here for 133 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: twenty three and twenty four. That's the bid cycle, and 134 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: then the coming weeks will submit that and we hope 135 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: to be the front runner. And then by the early 136 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: summer we would anticipate knowing whether this event stays in 137 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: Indianapolis and grows or is given to another city. Is 138 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,239 Speaker 1: twenty three and twenty four package deal or those separate? 139 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: Great question could be separate. We view them as similar 140 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: in that if you think about pulling this event off 141 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: and less now, less than twelve months, that's pretty arduous 142 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: for a new city to step in, right, So there's 143 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: a there's a train of thought with our team, that 144 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: twenty three could be Indianapolis's and maybe twenty four, But yeah, 145 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: we view them as a package because it's so hard 146 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: logistically to pull this off. Do you believe that because 147 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: you've done such a good job putting on the combine 148 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: for so long that it's now become this asset for 149 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: the NFL to say we could move it? Are you 150 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: a detriment to yourself? We are. And there's not another 151 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: another franchise in major city that doesn't want it. It 152 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: has all the trimmings of what you want for a 153 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: major event. Yeah, you talk about how you have to 154 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: fine tune it, what does that mean? So the way 155 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: the prospects move and how they're evaluated, and how many 156 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: imaging that they have to go through and how many 157 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: battery of tests. Candidly, it's the fan component. Now this 158 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: is news. So we have about ten to twelve thousand 159 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: people who are right now going into the stadium that's 160 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: new this year. So how do you move them safely 161 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: through through through security and ushering? How do you get 162 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: them fed? There's a level of security you have to 163 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: put in place. So that's that's one of those fine 164 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: tune pieces. The bench press has changed in terms of 165 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: fans inside now and outside. There's little pieces when you 166 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: look at moving people safely through your city and the 167 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: prospects are a number one. I mean, that's why this 168 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: event exists. And we have to never forget that these 169 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: college athletes are nervous and anxious and they're trying out 170 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: for a job. But you know when you talk about 171 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: moving people safely and you're talking about the prospects being 172 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: the most important thing, I mean that to me is 173 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: one of the biggest benefits of the combine being here 174 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: is that you can move them safely. They don't ever 175 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: have to leave this roof, and they don't you know, 176 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: the tunnel Luke Soil Stadium and they can come back. 177 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: And to me, that part of it just the ease 178 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: because you said they're nervous. This is the biggest job 179 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 1: interview they've ever had, and they don't they don't have 180 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: to worry about where am I going? How can I 181 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: get there? I'll let you in. Our current trend of 182 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: thought is one city, one roof. Na I like it, 183 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: yes so yes? So why would you split medical and 184 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: and anything else? Keep it here one city? Why would 185 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: you want to not have everything under the same roof, 186 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: you don't have to go outside, and so the convenience 187 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: factor plays to the prospects piece, it plays to the 188 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: media's piece. It's easy. And if you're an owner a 189 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: gym and you're looking to do business, you're literally under 190 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: one roof when you were putting together the presentation, the 191 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: sales pitch, if you will, to the NFL on why 192 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: Indianapolis should continue to host the event. How much help 193 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: are you getting from all the other businesses that benefit 194 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: from this right that the Saint elmo Is, the hotels, 195 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: the bars when you're asking them for I don't know 196 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: what the right word is swag. I mean, is everybody 197 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: easy ready to jump on board and help and do 198 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: their part because they know how much this means to everybody. 199 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: They do instinct and I'll tell you it starts with 200 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: their essay family and the Colts period exclamation point. They 201 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: have so much time and effort and energy into this 202 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: event and behind the scenes working with us to retain 203 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: it and behind the scenes from the Essays to Pete 204 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: Ward to Chris Ballard, they're all engaged. They're all engaged. 205 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: That's not at every franchise. They take this seriously and 206 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: they're competing with us. When you look at the Indiana 207 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: Sports Corporation, the facilities were in the hotels, the restaurants. 208 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: Everyone knows when the combine comes, they'll benefit economically. They 209 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: also know it's ours to lose. So we roll out 210 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: the red carpet again and again, and we are a 211 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: city that rallies for these big events. In fact, two 212 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: weeks ago we had training to prepare for the Combine 213 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: with our frontline hospitality workforce. Last week we had another module, 214 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: get ready. Here's what to expect, staff up, be ready, 215 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: and so we kind of formalize who's your hospitality to 216 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: make sure that that server and that housekeeper is ready, 217 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: so that every corner you're welcomed here. I mean you 218 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: should just look at the league and say, we pulled 219 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: off an entire NC double A tournament. Yeah, the entire tournament. 220 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: Sixty eight teams were here. Mic drop, Like, what else 221 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: do you want from us? There's a mic drop there 222 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: thirty five years ago in the event right, certainly a 223 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: super Bowl, I mean congruently to this, we have the 224 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: Big Ten just a couple of steps away, coming and going. 225 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: We can pull off these events. We are an enemy 226 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: of our own success in that it's been such a 227 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: big marketing employ to land this event that other cities 228 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: are like, we want that, we need that. It's unfair 229 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: rotated like the draft, rotated like the super Bowl. So 230 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: in that regard, we've been kind of fortunate that it 231 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: hasn't been out forbid for thirty five years and this 232 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: is the first time it's it's gone through. I mean, 233 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: do you feel like that cable subscriber that's been with 234 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: you know, X company for thirty years and all of 235 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: a sudden they're hiking the rates on you. Yeah, and 236 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: you're like, what the hell? Yeah, And again we compete 237 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: every year for conventions and trade shows, a major it's 238 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: a bad analogy that is. Yeah, I've currently I went 239 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: through that not too long and I felt defensive, Yeah, 240 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: and I felt like, why why would you even have 241 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: to go through this process? Yeah, But at the end 242 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: of the day, there's thirty two clubs, thirty two teams 243 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: with thirty two owners, and thirty two tourism boards and 244 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: other cities that say, why in the world can't we 245 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: have it? But this isn't just some convention, correct, I mean, 246 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: this is you think about the amount of people that 247 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: are here and now you like you mentioned the fan 248 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: aspect of it, the planning that goes into it. If 249 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: you just if you drop this into another city, a 250 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: year might not be enough time to plan it. You're right. 251 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: You talk to Jeff Foster, who runs the combine, he is, 252 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: he is, he survives and his team survives. To pull 253 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: off these next four days, it literally takes him a 254 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: year of preparation because there's the health component. Within the 255 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: health component, there's imaging scans, there's the evaluation on field. 256 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: You have to hit the mark. So when the forty 257 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: yard dash, when athlete A is running the forty yard dash, 258 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: is the NFL network ready to cover that? Okay? That 259 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: takes logistics. That's like, hey, let's go put our cameras 260 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: up and go run around. He's a TV producer too, 261 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: he is a TV producer. And then again, these are 262 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: student college athletes and how do you protect them and 263 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: keep them safe. The matrix of when you look at 264 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: Jeff's board of how this event is pulled off from 265 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: the Combines perspective, it takes a year to plan. This 266 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: is not a set up, set down can do this. 267 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: There's an efficiency piece that this one roof gives us 268 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: that competitive edge on are you getting a feel a 269 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: sense of how Dallas in Los Angeles would would try 270 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: to replicate this downtown compact feel, Yes, And in fact, 271 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: we know they're here on the ground, and that's one 272 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: of the hardest things when you're selling a city market city. 273 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 1: We know for a fact, Dallas and Lair here the 274 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: visit indies, if you will, the franchises, they're actively meeting 275 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: because their finalists and they're walking the space and they're 276 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: taking notes, and they're taking photos and they're taking videos, 277 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: and they're starting to think about how could we do 278 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: this bigger or better? And that's you know that that 279 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: stings because we know we have a fierce competition. We 280 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: also know, because we've done our homework where we think 281 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: they're going to land with their bids. We know what 282 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: they're going to propose, we think, and so we know 283 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: how to propose around that, if you will. Um and 284 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: in both our viable cities. LA just coming off a 285 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: very successful Super Bowl all time high with the NFL 286 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: in the league. I think that place places that their stronghold, 287 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: UH Jerry Jones is very influential in the NFL, and 288 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: they have a lot of space and physical space and 289 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: warm weather, so that that's their competitive edge and they've 290 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: never had and they want it. And they've built facilities 291 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: outside of their main stadium that play to the combine. 292 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: So both are are formidable opponents. If you will see. 293 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: The thing I love about the Combine is I mean, 294 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: it's it is downtown. I mean it takes I mean 295 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: in Dallas. I mean no disrespect, right, I mean I 296 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: understand I'm a lifelong Hoosier and I'm biased, but I 297 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: just feel like if you go out there, it's just 298 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: another drop in the bucket. It's just something else going on. 299 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: In fact, you probably don't know what's going on. And 300 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: that's part of our pitch. Is also that you own 301 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: the city from the airport to the Uber ride to 302 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: the entire one roof, from the JW All, the hotels, 303 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: the convention of the stadium. There's no other party in town, right, 304 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: we know there is. Big Ten doesn't feel that way. 305 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: It's kind of sections of our downtown specific for the 306 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: Combine and that camaraderie you can feel you've walked these 307 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: halls right outside here, you see your friends, you see hey, 308 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: what's going on. It's it's like that one roof concept 309 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: keeps everyone the camaraderie going, and I think that's another 310 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: piece of this, and people enjoy that. You want to 311 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: see your friends when you're at the combine. That's the 312 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: thing I would miss the most, is I you know, 313 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: I hadn't been back here in two years because obviously 314 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: last year was canceled because of the pandemic. But I 315 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: walked back into the convention center, I immediately knew where 316 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: I was going. I immediately saw a bunch of my 317 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: friends in the media being able to just kind of 318 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: walk the halls and you're always running into someone and 319 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: you're absolutely you're right. The camaraderie this uni. We're sitting 320 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: here on Radio Row saying hi to people, you know, 321 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: we were doing our podcast the other day and Mattie 322 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: Berflus walks by and comes and says hi, and just 323 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: everyone being in the you know, like you said, under 324 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: that one roof, really it lends itself to the event 325 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: and being so much more enjoyable outside of the you know, 326 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: the actual work that's being done here. Yeah. Yeah, it'll 327 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: be interesting as we unfold in the next three or 328 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: four weeks, and then it gets taken over to the 329 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: NFL to debate. We're cautiously optimistic. I'll tell you we're 330 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: watching how many people step inside Lucas Oil Stadium for 331 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: this fan experience? It's free. We know entire foot high 332 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: school football teams are coming downtown. They've never been able 333 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: to do this. Can you imagine an entire high school 334 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: football team is going to get on bust? There gonna 335 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: come downtown. Cool, They're gonna go in and they're gonna 336 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: get chills because they're gonna say, is that going to 337 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: be mean? This is the process? Yeah, they're not gonna 338 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: watch it on TV. They're gonna watch it live in person. Yeah, 339 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: that's all. And I know tickets you can't find them, 340 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: you know. But then forty eight hours that free ticket 341 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: was gone. That's cool. Yeah. I don't want to put 342 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: you on the spot, and I don't want you to 343 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: say anything that you can't say or shouldn't say. But 344 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: is there a process, as there a thought if if 345 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: Indianapolis does lose this, what the strategy would be? Yeah? Sure, Matt, 346 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: this great question. We do if if the combine doesn't stay, 347 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: we feel in regardless, but we feel specially strong that 348 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft should be firmly placed in our city. 349 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: We do congruently to this simultaneously to this combine retention 350 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: strategy in working with the sports Corps and the colts. 351 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: We're thinking about the NFL Draft. We know we can 352 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: do it. It's advantageous for us to think towards the horizon, 353 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: and so simultaneously we're thinking about the draft and what 354 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: year could that go and what does that look like? 355 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: And that would be interesting, by the way, it would 356 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: be interesting if a prospect's journey started in Indianapolis now 357 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: the Combine and ended with the draft. That would be okay, 358 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: you could do that. We're also thinking about the Super 359 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: Bowl again, it's been ten years we've celebrated that win, 360 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: and so another you know, ripple effective hosting this is 361 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: the fact that all the NFL brasses here and they 362 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: see our city and when we go out for a draft, 363 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: when we go out for another super Bowl, their conditioned 364 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: to understand Indianapolis as a host city. So if it's 365 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: a no from the combine, I think it strengthens our 366 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: bid for the draft and strengthens our bid for a 367 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: super Bowl because we have been a steward of the 368 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: NFL and their combine would help grow it. We've been 369 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: lauded for it, and so in the event they choose 370 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: to move it sooner than later, not out of constellation, 371 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: but out of respect, we do feel like we'll be 372 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: ready to host a draft in another Super Bowl. I 373 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: could say here and talk to you all day. If 374 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: you need to go, just tell me. I will continue 375 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: to ask questions because I love this city. Are the 376 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: common myths that exist when it comes to people that 377 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: say Indianapolis will never host another Super Bowl? Why why 378 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: do they say that? And what's true and what's false? Well, 379 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: another great que I think, is there an appetite to 380 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: raise the funds locally to do it again? You know 381 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: that we've our communities put a collective fundraising in a 382 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: good way behind the NBA All Star Game, the College 383 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: Football Playoff, National Championship, and March Madness in totality, Okay, 384 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: that takes public, private partnerships and dollars. So there is 385 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: one thought on like, you know, how much money does 386 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: it take to raise to go host another Super Bowl? 387 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: It's not insignificant, So some you know, should we continue 388 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: to diversify our sports for portfolio, which is led by 389 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: the Indiana Sports Corps and and and Team India. It's like, 390 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: you know what, maybe we want to go out and 391 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: put more effort and energy into another major sporting of it. 392 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: There are others are saying, look, we did it so well, 393 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: why would we ever try to do it? Is it 394 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: possible to do it any better? You know? Is it 395 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: a one? I don't think we're thinking that way. I 396 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: think we think we're a viable city. We're a growing city. 397 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: We're going to add more hotels, more convention center space, 398 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: we have new restaurants at some point, naturally organically, with 399 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: only thirty two teams, it's got to come back to Indie. 400 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: It's a question of cleaning up the calendar and really 401 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: moving pieces around so that you have clean dates and 402 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: time and it's a meaningful, meaningful pitch and mister erstays 403 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: behind it. We know the culture behind it. It's just 404 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: when another myth is Lucas Oil Stadium, it's fourteen years old. 405 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: Now people say you're only going to get it unless 406 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: you build a new stadium. Is that true or false? 407 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: That's false. We know there's precedent that while shiny stadiums 408 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: do attract Super Bowls, those that are slightly tenured continue 409 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: to attract Super Bowls, and so it's really about how 410 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: many hotel rooms you can offer, what is the fan 411 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: facing components i e. Georgia Street, And how can the 412 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: NFL activate its sponsors. We have that footprint. It's all 413 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: here downtown Indie, almost like a city built from scratch 414 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: for the NFL to to rally around. So Lucas Oil 415 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: is in great shape. Yeah. Yeah. The Capital Improvement Board, 416 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: who owns and operates it, has invested money into digital 417 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: scoreboards and new seats, new turf, new suites. It's not 418 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: like it's said idol for these years. It's been improved 419 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: with true capital investments. All right, last one NC DOUABAA 420 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: title game football game? Did it go well? It looked 421 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: like it went off without a hitch. It went near perfection. 422 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you that the team who pulled this off, 423 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: we bid to host it in twenty seventeen, and the 424 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: team just rallied and planned it and executed amidst the pandemic. 425 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: It was more than a game with a legacy project, 426 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: with public art, with kids learning and reading, with teachers 427 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: being alouded. It was a win, and the CFP base 428 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 1: in Dallas said, thank you. We'll be calling you again. 429 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: And that's the ultimate compliment. It is. That's a game 430 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: that's coming back. That's another one where the team rally 431 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: and and so many years from now you'll see us say, wow, 432 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: we're going after it again. We were successful. That's pretty cool. 433 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: And that was it was a good football game. Yeah, 434 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: it was thank you. It was you and you had 435 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: stayed at past my bedtime for that bed and you 436 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: had Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck both inside Lucas Oil 437 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: Stadium and it felt awesome. Yeah, blast from the past 438 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: right there. Well, when it comes to the Combine or 439 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl or any other big convention coming to town, 440 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: if you need more hotel space, case, he's got a 441 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: he's got an extra bedroom, JJ's got an extra bedroom. 442 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: Would just kick the twins out for a night? Yeah, right, exactly. No, 443 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: that'll go over great. Yeah. But if it means if 444 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: it means we get to host the Combine, I'm saying 445 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: grandma's house for a night, that's Airbnb, right. Dedication Matt Team. 446 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: Always enjoy listening. I appreciate Bolts coverage and what you 447 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: do and and for your advocacy for India. It means 448 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, thank you so much for stopping by. 449 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: All right, god bus, thank you so much.