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Speaker 1: All right, good morning, I guess right. Welcome, Thank you
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Speaker 1: for being here and special guests in the media. This
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Speaker 1: is such a cool day, right, I feel like we
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Speaker 1: all have to pinch ourselves here a little bit.
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Speaker 2: In Orlando.
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Speaker 1: It's an exciting time and one that I know many
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Speaker 1: people in this room have been hoping for and dreaming
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Speaker 1: for for decades. So thank you for being here. I
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Speaker 1: wanted to first start by acknowledging our elected leadership, both
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Speaker 1: Mayor Buddy Dyer and Jerry Demings and all the elected
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Speaker 1: leaders city commissioners that are here today, the county commissioners,
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Speaker 1: your desire to continue to invest in sports tourism has
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Speaker 1: been impactful.
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Speaker 2: We've had a great run.
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Speaker 1: Of neutral slide activity and opportunities, and that's absolutely not
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Speaker 1: possible without your leadership in that way. So thank you
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Speaker 1: so much and being so bold in this effort to
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Speaker 1: work together with us to incentivize the Jaguars to.
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Speaker 2: Consider Orlando strongly.
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Speaker 1: Now Orlando, that doesn't happen without the Sports Incentive Fund
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Speaker 1: and so many other pieces there that the county.
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Speaker 2: Has been so wise.
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Speaker 3: I think in instituting.
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Speaker 1: So thank you so much for all the elected leaders
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Speaker 1: in the room.
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Speaker 2: My bosses that are here.
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Speaker 1: Also want to thank Jim Hunter, our president who's in
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Speaker 1: the room, and our chairman of the board now Brian
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Speaker 1: Combs and sharing our past chair. Thank you for everything
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Speaker 1: you've done and supporting us as an organization, our staff
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Speaker 1: and team. Just again, I feel like it's an awards
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Speaker 1: show here and you could thank all day long. I won't,
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Speaker 1: but what I will say beyond just the sheer excitement
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Speaker 1: around having NFL football for a season in our town
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Speaker 1: and Mayor Degan, thank you for coming today. It's so
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Speaker 1: cool to have you here. I mean, this is a relationship.
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Speaker 1: What you've done and what you're doing in your community,
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Speaker 1: investing in your facility. It is the stadium of the future.
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Speaker 1: We couldn't be more proud to partner with you in
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Speaker 1: this year and hopefully we're a part of positively setting
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars and the fan base back home for twenty
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Speaker 1: eight and beyond. But anyway, thank you for being so
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Speaker 1: gracious in this relationship with Orlando. But I think, and
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Speaker 1: you all maybe have heard me say this before, the
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Speaker 1: sports part of this is awesome. The tourism is going
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Speaker 1: to be off the charts. I really think, Orlando, I
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Speaker 1: hope Orlando outpaces, you.
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Speaker 2: Know, Las Vegas.
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Speaker 1: When it's all said and done, I just think this
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Speaker 1: will be one of the attractive spots on the calendar
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Speaker 1: for people that are playing the Jags and want to
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Speaker 1: come down here, stay in our community and experience Orlando.
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Speaker 1: It's also going to give us a chance, you know, right,
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Speaker 1: Alan Johnson leads our venues divisions here in Orlando and
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Speaker 1: Camping World and Kia and so many other things, and
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Speaker 1: Craig Borkin and the team, we would tell you that
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Speaker 1: this gives us an opportunity. With a four hundred million
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Speaker 1: dollar completion of Camping World Stadium's renovation journey that started
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Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen, this is going to flush the pipes
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Speaker 1: out in a strong way.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: We're going to put that stadium through its paces. But
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Speaker 1: we have an opportunity as a community to show the
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Speaker 1: world what we can do right. But it is our chance,
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Speaker 1: Orlando businesses, community leaders, residents, You're going to get this
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Speaker 1: chance to see what it feels like right to have
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Speaker 1: this quality of life in our community.
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Speaker 2: But then we have to.
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Speaker 1: Take our job seriously and we got to buy season
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Speaker 1: tickets and plans, and that building needs to be sold
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Speaker 1: out for the entire season. And that's the chance that
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Speaker 1: Shot and Mark and the team have given us, and
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Speaker 1: we got to rise to the occasion show them that
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Speaker 1: Orlando can sell out an NFL season. So I'm excited
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Speaker 1: for those opportunities. But i want to close with the
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Speaker 1: thought that you know, I think there's some West Lakes
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Speaker 1: residents downstairs and our luncheon and in the room today,
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Speaker 1: and we're so proud of so many of you supported
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Speaker 1: our vision that with a renovated stadium we could somehow
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Speaker 1: have that facility. The busier it got, the more success
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Speaker 1: it had, could some of those resources flow into the
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Speaker 1: regions around Camping World stadium that needed that support to
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Speaker 1: think that in a very real way could that happen?
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Speaker 1: And we start and founded lyft Orlando in those days,
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Speaker 1: and now West Lakes is so proud of the stadium
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Speaker 1: kind of being that beating heart connected at a vascular level.
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Speaker 1: One hundred and twenty plus million dollars of affordable housing,
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Speaker 1: health and wellness building that we just recently opened is amazing.
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Speaker 1: The early education school, if you just on and on
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Speaker 1: the Boys and Girls Club, Lake Lorna Dune Park, and
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Speaker 1: we're just getting started right but this connection between sports
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Speaker 1: and lifting up a community is special, and I'm just
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Speaker 1: blown away at what Mayor Digan and their team and
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Speaker 1: what Shot and the Jags have done. You look at
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Speaker 1: Lyft Jack's Lyft Jacksonville and what's happening on the waterfront,
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Speaker 1: and their commitment, substantial commitments. I think over the next
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Speaker 1: I forget a number of years, but it's probably about
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Speaker 1: three hundred million dollars between the two of you investing
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Speaker 1: in these needed communities.
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Speaker 2: I mean, that is cool, right.
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Speaker 1: We got to meet so many of those leaders at
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Speaker 1: the formation of LYFT Orlando, so I feel like we're
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Speaker 1: connected in so so many ways, and I just want
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Speaker 1: to say what a pleasure it is to get an
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Speaker 1: opportunity to work with a team that has this kind
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Speaker 1: of culture, this kind of focus on their fans, on
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Speaker 1: their community lifting up, and in this way, lifting up
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Speaker 1: an entire state. So thank you for this opportunity to
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Speaker 1: be here. Kathy, I see you in the room and
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Speaker 1: hosting us today. She was in the trenches with us
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Speaker 1: right when we were starting this whole journey in a
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Speaker 1: one point one billion dollar investment in what is today's
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Speaker 1: Doctor Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, a beautiful Kia Center.
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Speaker 1: I know Ryan Devass is here in the room somewhere too,
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Speaker 1: and Camping World, so thank you so much. With that,
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Speaker 1: I wanted to bring up the general manager of the
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Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars, President Mark Lamping, Sorry the boss.
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Speaker 4: Thank everybody else. I serve at the pleasure of Shadkin,
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Speaker 4: So the title doesn't make a bit of difference, but
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Speaker 4: I would like to to I think a lot of
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Speaker 4: people first see if it's been a pleasure working with you,
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Speaker 4: which has been more than two years and a lot
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Speaker 4: behind behind the scenes, and you know, we were very
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Speaker 4: thankful for the relationship we built with Scott Strickland and
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Speaker 4: the rest of the University of Florida team, and they
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Speaker 4: were along through this whole process as well. And this
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Speaker 4: is as much for the elected officials. I mentioned to
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Speaker 4: both of you downtown. The decision you made to invest
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Speaker 4: four hundred million dollars in upgrading Camping World Stadium helped
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Speaker 4: deliver this day.
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Speaker 3: There's no question about it.
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Speaker 4: So if you're thinking about the return you're getting on
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Speaker 4: that investment, it started a long time ago, but this
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Speaker 4: will be a shining example of what that type of
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Speaker 4: investment can bring back to your community. So Mayor of Orlando,
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Speaker 4: Maryor Dyer, thank you very much. Mayor of Orange County,
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Speaker 4: Mayor Demings, thank you very much for helping make this possible.
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Speaker 4: And again, Mayor Degans with us today and Donna thanks.
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Speaker 4: You know, there's a lot of there's a lot of
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Speaker 4: people who made this day happen. If it wasn't for
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Speaker 4: the fact we were building the stadium in the future
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Speaker 4: in Jacksonville, we wouldn't need a place to play in
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Speaker 4: twenty twenty seven, and you were instrumental in making that happen.
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Speaker 4: Very thankful, along with the Shad's incredible financial commitment. Very
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Speaker 4: thankful over the past two years, the support of the
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Speaker 4: NFL staff, NFL teams yesterday you saw the unanimous approval,
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Speaker 4: and also in particularly the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. My counterpart
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Speaker 4: at the Bucks, Brian Ford, was particularly helpful as we
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Speaker 4: went through this process. It wasn't an easy process. We
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Speaker 4: also have a few of our senior Jaguars leadership here
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Speaker 4: today Mega party, so our chief legal officer, Mark Sirotas,
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Speaker 4: our CFO, Chad Johnson, our chief operating officer, mostly missing
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Speaker 4: here John Dever, head of Communications. I think that's it,
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Speaker 4: but they're the ones that have been doing all the work.
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Speaker 4: So appreciate Steve and I getting the opportunity to come
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Speaker 4: up here and act like we did this, and it
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Speaker 4: was really the folks behind the scenes that did it.
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Speaker 4: So as you know, this one year relocation is necessary
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Speaker 4: to the construction of the statement of the future in jackson
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Speaker 4: We are and we are fortunate to have found a
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Speaker 4: temporary home that is in close proximity to Jacksonville, an
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Speaker 4: NFL ready stadium, a strong NFL market that is also
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Speaker 4: one of the world's top leisure destinations, and community and
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Speaker 4: political leaders who understand the power of the NFL and
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Speaker 4: the positive impact it can have.
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Speaker 3: On a community and its residences.
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Speaker 4: And really interesting to note the similarities and the first
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Speaker 4: time with you and I met and you explained Lift
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Speaker 4: Orlando to me and explained about Lyft Jacks. The Westlake
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Speaker 4: neighborhood is very similar to the out East neighborhood that
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Speaker 4: is adjacent to the new stadium. Both neighborhoods that of
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Speaker 4: course we were under served for are far too long
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Speaker 4: and now are getting the type of investment.
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Speaker 3: That both of those communities deserve.
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Speaker 4: And finally there's our owner, Shad Cohn, who insisted on
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Speaker 4: a solution where the Jaguars would feel at home and
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Speaker 4: welcome to buy the community. We feel that here and
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Speaker 4: we have found that home here in Orlando and Central Florida.
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Speaker 3: So we are very very thankful to be here today.
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Speaker 4: Again, just like Donna Dieg and if it wasn't for
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Speaker 4: the hundreds of millions of dollars that Shot and his
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Speaker 4: family are committing to Jacksonville, we wouldn't be here today.
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Speaker 4: So with that, it's my pleasure to introduce the owner
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Speaker 4: of the jackson Jaguars, Shot Con.
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Speaker 5: Thank you, Mark.
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Speaker 2: So I am official.
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Speaker 5: I'm an honored to officially announce the Jacksonville Jaguars residency
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Speaker 5: for the twenty twenty seventh season at Camping World Stadium
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Speaker 5: in Orlando, Florida. So we've got a strong connection. I mean,
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Speaker 5: we raised our family pretty much here in Orlando because
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Speaker 5: from the time they were young, they never wanted to
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Speaker 5: go anyplace else. So my wife and I spent three
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Speaker 5: weeks pretty much every year in Orlando with their kids,
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Speaker 5: and so it has a special meeting. Obviously, beautiful day
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Speaker 5: and beautiful building here, quite an inspiration for us to
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Speaker 5: be here and our experience on some of the you know,
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Speaker 5: my son all Elite Wrestling, They've had a phenomenal experience
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Speaker 5: fan support, and Fulham was here a couple of years
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Speaker 5: ago on friendly so all of those were fabulous experiences.
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Speaker 5: And I mean, I just couldn't be happier for us
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Speaker 5: to be here under the circumstances, playing our next season here.
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Speaker 2: So Mark is right.
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Speaker 5: I mean, for all the reasons talked about, Orlando is
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Speaker 5: as perfect as our home away from home, and we're
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Speaker 5: grateful to everyone who made it happen, so thank you.
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Speaker 5: And our mayor is here following us, which is awesome
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Speaker 5: to have Madonna here. And I think all of you
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Speaker 5: know that when an NFL team has to find a
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Speaker 5: temporary home, when it happens, the league is obviously very
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Speaker 5: careful about getting everything right. And that's especially true on
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Speaker 5: game days because the game days are the most important
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Speaker 5: day on the calendar, and we want everything to be
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Speaker 5: perfect on game days for the players, officials, fans, sponsors,
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Speaker 5: broadcast partners, and many more. So when you think about
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Speaker 5: getting all that perfect while you're playing your home games
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Speaker 5: on the road for us reason, you can understand the
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Speaker 5: league's insistent that everything must be right.
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Speaker 2: So and I.
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Speaker 5: Believe the league got it right yesterday with the unanimous
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Speaker 5: approval of Orlando is our home here next year in
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Speaker 5: twenty twenty seven. So I do want to thank Commissioner
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Speaker 5: Roger Goodell and the other thirty one owners. Obviously we
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Speaker 5: were sold on Orlando from day one, and the Tampa
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Speaker 5: Bay Buccaneers in particular for their support and really making
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Speaker 5: all this happen along.
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Speaker 3: With all the people who are here. Obviously wouldn't happen
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Speaker 3: without you.
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Speaker 5: So we look forward to getting to know you better
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Speaker 5: and for our cities to get closer for the months
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Speaker 5: and years ahead. And thank you very much for being here,
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Speaker 5: and go Jags.
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Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Set and without further ado, we'll bring
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Speaker 1: up a City of Orland and the Mayor Buddy Dyer.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Steve.
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Speaker 6: It's awesome, we say around City Hall when we have
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Speaker 6: days like this.
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Speaker 2: These are the days that we live for.
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Speaker 6: So this is one of those days that we will
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Speaker 6: remember forever in the City of Orlando. And it's great
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Speaker 6: to be here along with Mayor Demings and three of
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Speaker 6: our commissioners, Commissioner she and commission Artiz and Commissioner Chapin,
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Speaker 6: and it is wonderful to have the Mayor of Jacksonville
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Speaker 6: here with us, Donna Degan, So welcome, Welcome to the
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Speaker 6: Doctor Phillips Center. And you're probably jealous that I just
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Speaker 6: introduced half of my city council. The mayor has nineteen
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Speaker 6: city council members, a little more to corral than just
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Speaker 6: the six of you guys. We are thrilled to host
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Speaker 6: the Jaguars in twenty seven and it's an historic opportunity
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Speaker 6: that we will in no way take for granted. So
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Speaker 6: I want to thank Mark and the entire Jags organization,
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Speaker 6: and of course the NFL as well, for their confidence
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Speaker 6: and knowing that Orlando can host big events. We kind
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Speaker 6: of consider ourselves an NFL city because we've hosted so
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Speaker 6: many Pro Bowls, but we've never hosted a regular season
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Speaker 6: NFL game, So we're really happy to do that, and
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Speaker 6: not just one game, but somewhere between six and eight,
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Speaker 6: I guess something like that, but deep playoff run with
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Speaker 6: home games. But one thing that we're deeply proud of
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Speaker 6: is that we are the nation's premier sports destination.
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Speaker 3: So we host just about every type of event that
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Speaker 3: you can think of.
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Speaker 6: Just last night, we had an international soccer international friendly.
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Speaker 6: Soccer match while also hosting the Magic home game at
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Speaker 6: Kia and often, not regularly, but often we've had events
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Speaker 6: in the stadium, in the Soccer Stadium and Broadway here
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Speaker 6: at former Arts Center, all the same night. And that's
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Speaker 6: all within a mile and a half in our sports
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Speaker 6: and entertainment district. And oh, by the way, you can
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Speaker 6: buy a chicken or a duck along.
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Speaker 2: The way too.
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Speaker 6: We have an old feed store that is still around,
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Speaker 6: and I like to brag about that, Mayor Degan that
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Speaker 6: you probably can't buy a chicken or a duck within
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Speaker 6: a couple a mile of your city hall, but is
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Speaker 6: also filled with football fans, the one with a football
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Speaker 6: like this, we're also soccer fans, but I guarantee you
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Speaker 6: we'll be here in full force for the Jags, just
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Speaker 6: like we are for our Bowl games in.
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Speaker 2: The Florida Classic.
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Speaker 6: We also know that sporting events drive economic growth by
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Speaker 6: bringing even more visitors. And I am so proud of
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Speaker 6: our community the way we come together. So I feel
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Speaker 6: like I'm just talking to you, Mer Degan, but we
15:55
Speaker 6: are noted for partnership and collaboration. That's in our DNA,
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Speaker 6: and now I feel like we're partners with Jaggs partners
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Speaker 6: with Jacksonville as we go through this endeavor. So I
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Speaker 6: want to thank mar Demings in Orange County, Steve and
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Speaker 6: his team at Florida Citrus Sports, Alan Johnson and his
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Speaker 6: venue staff Ellen Waves, so that these guys knew who
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Speaker 6: you are. He's going to be very important to you
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Speaker 6: of the course of the next year. And of course
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Speaker 6: some visit Orlando, and Steve mentioned the additional investment that
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Speaker 6: we're making in Camping World Stadium. As part of our
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Speaker 6: Originals Venues deal. We redid the entire lower bowl and
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Speaker 6: now we're coming back and addressing the upper bowl in
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Speaker 6: some of the concession areas.
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Speaker 2: So in my notes is to say.
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Speaker 6: Something about the Duval call and that I don't know
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Speaker 6: how to do it yet. I'll learn it at some point,
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Speaker 6: so I'm not going to tempt it up here today,
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Speaker 6: but i can promise you we will be welcoming hosts
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Speaker 6: to the Jags fans and we are looking forward to
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Speaker 6: twenty seven.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. Thanks Mary.
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us would like to see
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Speaker 1: that that would clearly been the snip bet would have
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Speaker 1: bet on all these news shows tonight. But we can
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Speaker 1: always hope for the next speaker to jump in there.
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Speaker 1: So without much further ado, Orange County Mayor Jerry Dimmings.
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Speaker 7: Not sure what Steve meant by that, but it is
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Speaker 7: my honor to welcome all of you here to my hometown.
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Speaker 7: I say to Shad Khan, thank you for investing in
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Speaker 7: our community as well.
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Speaker 2: I'm Mary Dean, Welcome to our town.
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Speaker 7: And we're really excited about bringing the Jaguar team into
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Speaker 7: this community.
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Speaker 2: I'm closely aligned with the Jaguars.
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Speaker 7: My wife is from Jacksonville and we've teased her a
17:52
Speaker 7: long time about being from douv all right, all right,
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Speaker 7: from our college days at Florida State University to today,
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Speaker 7: we kind of tease them about that. But we're excited
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Speaker 7: to bring you here because of what it means to
18:10
Speaker 7: our local economy. We remain the number one to its
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Speaker 7: destination in North America and.
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Speaker 2: What that means for US.
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Speaker 7: Seventy five point three million visitors come here each year.
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Speaker 7: That translates into a ninety five plus billion dollar.
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Speaker 2: Industry for US.
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Speaker 7: And so when people come to visit, they stay in
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Speaker 7: our hotel rooms and they pay that bed tax. And
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Speaker 7: last year, in twenty twenty five, we brought in over
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Speaker 7: three hundred and eighty five million dollars as a result
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Speaker 7: of that, and there's no doubt there's going to be
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Speaker 7: some fans who will travel from Jacksonville and other places
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Speaker 7: who are going to stay in our hotel rooms because
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Speaker 7: of those dollars. We have been able to invest the
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Speaker 7: four hundred million dollars into the renovation of Camping World Stadium.
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Speaker 2: That Steve talked about.
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Speaker 7: Addition, we've been able to invest some of those dollars
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Speaker 7: in this very facility where we are today, the Doctor
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Speaker 7: Phillips Performing Art Center. So it's a return on our
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Speaker 7: investment that we're looking for. In addition, Orange County approved
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Speaker 7: the eleven million dollars of our tourist Development tax receipts
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Speaker 7: to help bring this game, to solidify bringing this game
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Speaker 7: into this community, and so we're really we're really excited
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Speaker 7: about the winning prospects while you're here playing in our community.
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Speaker 7: As a former football player, I look forward to the
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Speaker 7: NFL football games myself. All of my sons played football
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Speaker 7: as well. They are Jacksonville Jaguar fans, and so that
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Speaker 7: is our family. I do want to recognize Steve Hogan
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Speaker 7: and the Florida Central Sports for the vision and their
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Speaker 7: unwavering focus and bringing professional football here to our community.
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Speaker 7: He's worked with a number of people in this unity
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Speaker 7: and even the Great Orlando Sports Association is making this
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Speaker 7: one of the premier destinations for sports anywhere in the world,
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Speaker 7: and we're excited about that. So as we move forward,
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Speaker 7: we look forward to a wonderful season. Mayor in twenty seven,
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Speaker 7: I will have sun set it.
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Speaker 2: I'm in my.
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Speaker 7: Final term as mayor here with an Orange County. I
20:27
Speaker 7: leave office in December of this year. But I promise
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Speaker 7: you this, I'm going to be at those football games
20:37
Speaker 7: no matter where I am, and I'm going to be
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Speaker 7: there with my bride and my family, children and grandchildren.
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Speaker 2: We're going to be there cheering you all along.
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Speaker 7: So thank you so much for what you're doing in
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Speaker 7: the decision you made.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Mayor, And if you don't mind, we'd love
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Speaker 1: to have Mayor Decan come up and offer a few comments.
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Speaker 1: He's welcome, Jacksonville Mayor, not a Degan.
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Speaker 8: There we go.
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Speaker 9: They always put me next to Tony because we matched
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Speaker 9: so well together. I've known Tony Gosha grew up in Jacksonville,
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Speaker 9: and of course was there before we ever had the
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Speaker 9: Jaguars and thrilled when we got him, and have known
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Speaker 9: Tony since he was about three times the size that
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Speaker 9: he is now.
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Speaker 8: But I love having Tony.
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Speaker 9: As part of the team again. And it's been such
21:36
Speaker 9: a wonderful part of being a Jaguars fan these last
21:39
Speaker 9: couple of years. But what an exciting day for Jacksonville
21:43
Speaker 9: and for Orlando and for the Jaguars. I just have
21:47
Speaker 9: to start out and be clear about one thing. I've
21:49
Speaker 9: heard a little talk since I got here. A couple
21:52
Speaker 9: of people came up to me and said, there's been
21:53
Speaker 9: some talk that we really can't use the Douvall cheer
21:57
Speaker 9: while we're here. He has to find some like orange
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Speaker 9: or something that's not happening.
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Speaker 8: Okay, that is a non negotiable.
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Speaker 9: Dou All has to say with the accent on.
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Speaker 8: The dow All. Got it. Okay, So we'll teach you.
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Speaker 9: We'll have Coach Cohen come up and teach everybody how
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Speaker 9: to do the Duval share.
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Speaker 8: It'll be great. But don't get any crazy ideas here. Orlando.
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Speaker 9: We love you, You're our neighbor, we appreciate you. We're
22:24
Speaker 9: Southern through and through, and we like to share. But
22:27
Speaker 9: in a year after twenty seven, they're coming on home.
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Speaker 9: They're coming back down ninety five, back to back to Jacksonville.
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Speaker 9: We got them for thirty years at least, right so,
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Speaker 9: but thrilled to share them with you and thrilled to
22:39
Speaker 9: partner with you for this wonderful opportunity.
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Speaker 8: This truly is a win win for both of our cities.
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Speaker 9: You know, Orlando experiences, our team, our fans are tremendous
22:49
Speaker 9: economic impact.
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Speaker 8: The Jaguars fan base is just going to.
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Speaker 9: Continue to grow. We've grown them in London. We know
22:54
Speaker 9: we've got plenty of fans here. We know it'll continue
22:56
Speaker 9: to grow, and that's a great thing for us in Jacksonville.
22:59
Speaker 9: Perhaps maybe be you know, Mayor Demings would share some
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Speaker 9: of that bed tax with us a little bit.
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Speaker 8: We'd love to love.
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Speaker 9: To have some of that with as the fans continue
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Speaker 9: to come on up to Jacksonville for future years.
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Speaker 8: But I want to really say.
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Speaker 9: Thank you to everybody that's here today, obviously Mayor Dier,
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Speaker 9: Mayor Demings, Steve Hogan, and the Florida Citrus Sports team
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Speaker 9: for really hosting our wonderful Jaguars and here at Camping
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Speaker 9: World Stadium during the twenty seventh season. Also, of course,
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Speaker 9: want to express my gratitude to Shad Con for the
23:29
Speaker 9: tremendous investment that the Jaguars have made in Jacksonville, hundreds
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Speaker 9: of millions of dollars to make our city better, and
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Speaker 9: as Steve mentioned earlier, that incredible. In addition to the
23:38
Speaker 9: fact that they've committed to Jacksonville for thirty years, that
23:42
Speaker 9: incredible three hundred million dollar Community Benefits agreement for out
23:46
Speaker 9: East which and really other parts of our city, to
23:48
Speaker 9: our riverfront, homeless initiatives, workforce development, It's been an incredible
23:53
Speaker 9: partnership and we are so so grateful for that commitment
23:56
Speaker 9: to Jacksonville. Those dollars go to critical serve affordable housing
24:01
Speaker 9: and homelessness and such. But Orlando is certainly a place
24:04
Speaker 9: that understands the power of professional sports what they can
24:09
Speaker 9: do for a city's pride and economy. And I guess
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Speaker 9: I'm saying this as much for the folks back in Jacksonville.
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Speaker 8: And I know you all know this.
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Speaker 9: We've already heard so many of the stories about that.
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Speaker 9: But the fact that this city invested eleven million dollars
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Speaker 9: to have a season of Jaguars football here should tell
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Speaker 9: you a lot, the fact that they spent four hundred
24:27
Speaker 9: million dollars to renovate the stadium. This is a big
24:32
Speaker 9: economic impact for any city. Twenty five million dollars a game,
24:38
Speaker 9: one hundred and sixty million dollars a year is what
24:40
Speaker 9: they are suspecting the economic impact is going to be
24:44
Speaker 9: for this, and I.
24:44
Speaker 8: Want everybody to keep sight of that.
24:45
Speaker 9: It's a really big economic impact for any city, and
24:49
Speaker 9: so we're grateful to share that with you, and we're
24:51
Speaker 9: grateful to partner with you. And I very much look
24:53
Speaker 9: forward to coming down here for every single home game
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Speaker 9: and again teach all how to say I want to say.
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Speaker 8: It with me, do all there we go. I know
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Speaker 8: you can do it.
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Speaker 9: So thank you very much, grateful for the strong partnership,
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Speaker 9: and look forward to seeing you all.
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Speaker 8: In twenty seven. Go Jags.
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Speaker 2: Stay up for your full seconds.
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Speaker 8: Okay, sure, Thanks