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Stadium of the Future | Shad Khan, Donna Deegan & Mark Lamping Answer Questions After Unanimous Approval at NFL Owners Meeting · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Thank you, John.
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Speaker 2: Today's vote at the league meeting was a vote for Jacksonville.
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Speaker 2: The NFL believes in Jacksonville. I believe in Jacksonville, and
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Speaker 2: I know our fans and the people throughout the community
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Speaker 2: believe in Jacksonville. So now we're about to make magic
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Speaker 2: happen in Jacksonville. Of course, nothing of this would be
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Speaker 2: possible without the partnership and the leadership of Mayor Degan
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Speaker 2: and her team. So Mayor, thank you, and I'll turn
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Speaker 2: it over to you.
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Speaker 3: Well, let me start by saying thank you so much,
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Speaker 3: mister Cohn. I am so grateful to you and to
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Speaker 3: you Mark for the great partnership.
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Speaker 4: This is a momentous day for Jacksonville.
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Speaker 3: You always say, never bet against Jacksonville, never count Jacksonville out.
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Speaker 3: And the truth is this is a can do city
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Speaker 3: and I think we showed it again tonight with a
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Speaker 3: thirty two to nothing vote from the NFL. This is
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Speaker 3: going to be an amazing ride for our city to
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Speaker 3: be able to create the stadium of the future. But
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Speaker 3: beyond that, I also want to say the fact that
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Speaker 3: attached to that is a community benefit agreement that is
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Speaker 3: a historic, largest of its kind, incredibly generous from this
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Speaker 3: organization that will transform our community on so many fronts
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Speaker 3: for years to come. So a great night for Jacksonville
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Speaker 3: and I couldn't be more grateful.
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Speaker 1: Thank you.
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Speaker 4: With that, we'll open it up to our Q and A.
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Speaker 4: Please raise your hand if you have a question, and
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Speaker 4: we can start off with Gene Frenette.
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Speaker 5: Hi Shak, congratulations. Could you outline what your expectations are
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Speaker 5: for this stadium and what it might do for events
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Speaker 5: beyond the NFL specifically the Florida Georgia Game and any
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Speaker 5: other events that you anticipate could take Jack's go to
2:04
Speaker 5: a little bit of a higher level in terms of
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Speaker 5: demand from you know, musical entertainers or you know, college
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Speaker 5: football games, whatever.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Gene, I think that's really one of the key
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Speaker 2: purposes of the stadium, that how the venue is designed.
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Speaker 2: I think it's going to be among the finest in
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Speaker 2: the world, and you know, and that's what we expect
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Speaker 2: from it, to be able to hold world class events,
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Speaker 2: contribute to the city, you know from precede, but more
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Speaker 2: importantly from revenue, and really help the community grow. So
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Speaker 2: this is you know, it's a public venue and the
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Speaker 2: key purpose is to serve the community. So I mean,
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Speaker 2: we have high expectations the design, the function, all of
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Speaker 2: that is to make it among the best.
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Speaker 1: In the world.
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Speaker 6: If I could have a follow up with Mark, how
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Speaker 6: would you anticipate that the Florida Georgia what this will
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Speaker 6: do to impact the Florida Georgia game With the added
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Speaker 6: revenue that you would presume they'd be able to offer
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Speaker 6: teams with obviously more expensive seats and suites and things
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Speaker 6: like that.
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Speaker 7: Well, Geene, as you know, one of the.
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Speaker 8: Things we did upfront is we talked to important stakeholders
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Speaker 8: very early on in design process. We had multiple meetings
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Speaker 8: with the athletic directors both at the University of Georgia
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Speaker 8: and Eusity of Florida, because you want to make sure
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Speaker 8: that this stadium served their needs to ensure that this
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Speaker 8: great annual traditional Florida Georgia Games stays in Jacksonville. And
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Speaker 8: I think this development puts us in a position to
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Speaker 8: be much stronger in our confidence that those universities will
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Speaker 8: choose to stay in Jacksonville because economically it is significantly
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Speaker 8: better for them under the new stadium than the old stadium.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, We'll go to Rick Anderson. We'll circle back
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Speaker 4: to Rick and move to Mike deronco.
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Speaker 9: Sean, is there a sense of relief now that this
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Speaker 9: long process is finally over and maybe for Mayor Deagan
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Speaker 9: as well.
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Speaker 2: Well, I think it's uh, you know, it's end of
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Speaker 2: one process, but start off the other process. But there
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Speaker 2: is you know, we've been working at this, There's been
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Speaker 2: a huge amount of work done. So really it's always
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Speaker 2: a yes, a relief to get this behind us thirty
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Speaker 2: two to nothing, but you know, a lot of work
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Speaker 2: got into it to get us to where we are today.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I will I will certainly add to that
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Speaker 3: that it was incredibly important to me and and I
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Speaker 3: think to all of us to move through this process
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Speaker 3: as quickly an efficiency an efficient as we could so
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Speaker 3: that we could get on with construction and get on
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Speaker 3: with this wonderful new stadium. So for me, it is
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Speaker 3: a relief to hear that vote. I think we all
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Speaker 3: anticipated that it would be positive, and that's thanks to
5:12
Speaker 3: a lot of work by these gentlemen. But at the
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Speaker 3: end of the day, it does mark a significant moment
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Speaker 3: for us and a movement into the construction phase of
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Speaker 3: this process, which is going to be exciting to watch.
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Speaker 5: So is the construction timeline.
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Speaker 9: Has it changed a little bit now I'm seeing it's
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Speaker 9: going to start February twenty twenty five. Wasn't the original
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Speaker 9: plan to start after the twenty twenty five season.
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Speaker 8: No, if you go back to the beginning, one of
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Speaker 8: the things that was important when we did our town
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Speaker 8: hall meetings, and it was clear from elected officials in
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Speaker 8: Jacksonville they wanted to make sure that as many games
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Speaker 8: as possible would be played in Jacksonville. You may recall
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Speaker 8: that our original plan had us being away from Jacksonville
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Speaker 8: for two seasons. We modified that to only be away
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Speaker 8: for and one of the things we had to do
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Speaker 8: in r to be able to deliver that is move
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Speaker 8: up the start of the construction, so construction will literally
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Speaker 8: begin as soon as soon as this NFL season ends.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, Mark. We'll move to David Bauerline followed by
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Speaker 4: Mark Long.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, thank you.
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Speaker 11: Let's go start with the question for Mark if I
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Speaker 11: could I know Mark, when you have been involved in
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Speaker 11: big stadium construction projects with the Saint Louis Cardinals, also
6:30
Speaker 11: with the Medlife Stadium for the Jets and Giants to play,
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Speaker 11: and now this stadium deal, can you kind of reflect
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Speaker 11: or compare this particular process, this stadium deal in the
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Speaker 11: construction of it, with those others that you've been involved
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Speaker 11: with in your professional career.
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Speaker 8: Well, I learned a lot before I got involved with
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Speaker 8: this project, and I think that helped us in terms
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Speaker 8: of our planning. I think the one thing that was
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Speaker 8: different about this process is we communicated more than we
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Speaker 8: did on any other project.
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Speaker 7: We started the planning really early, We involved.
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Speaker 8: The public in the discussion very very early, and then
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Speaker 8: we spent a lot of time ensuring that we understood
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Speaker 8: what was important to our public partner and that our
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Speaker 8: public partner understood what was important to us. And I
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Speaker 8: think from the very beginning our interests were aligned. We
7:22
Speaker 8: both worked really hard to get to YESS thanks to
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Speaker 8: the mayor's leadership, thanks to Shad's commitment, and I think
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Speaker 8: the results are telling. As we've said, there wasn't there
7:31
Speaker 8: wasn't a lot of public drama. That's not to suggest
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Speaker 8: that there weren't some very difficult discussions and tough times
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Speaker 8: behind the scenes, but neither party tried to gain leverage
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Speaker 8: on the other party by negotiating publicly.
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Speaker 7: And I think that's a lesson that all communities can learn.
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Speaker 11: If I could just one follow up in terms of
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Speaker 11: involving the public, y'all did do a survey of fans
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Speaker 11: to see where they would like to see the team play,
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Speaker 11: whether it's in Gainesville or Orlando. Results from that and
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Speaker 11: the NFL owners understand it still will need to approve
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Speaker 11: at some point where you're going to be playing when
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Speaker 11: you're not in Jacksonville. So where does that stand in
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Speaker 11: terms of where you're going to be in those seasons
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Speaker 11: that you're twenty twenty seven where you're not there at
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Speaker 11: the stadium in Jacksonville.
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Speaker 8: Well, before answering that question, I think it's important that
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Speaker 8: everyone understand that our thoughts and prayers or with everyone
8:24
Speaker 8: in Central Florida as they deal with the aftermath from
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Speaker 8: Hurricane Milton. We have a lot of work to do
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Speaker 8: on that decision. We really didn't have to spend too
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Speaker 8: much time on it until the project became real.
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Speaker 7: It just became real about an hour ago.
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Speaker 8: I anticipate that it's going to take us at least
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Speaker 8: through the end of this regular season to have a
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Speaker 8: really good handle on it that at that point will
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Speaker 8: have a recommendation, and then we have to work through
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Speaker 8: the NFL the same process that we went through on
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Speaker 8: the stadium. We haven't done just surveys with our fans.
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Speaker 8: Done surveys with our fans, We've done surveys with our sponsors.
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Speaker 8: We've done surveys amongst our employees. One of the most
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Speaker 8: important constituents is our football operations.
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Speaker 7: We have a good.
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Speaker 8: Feeling on what they want to do, and we've also
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Speaker 8: had ongoing discussions principally aimed at Gainesville and Orlando and David.
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Speaker 8: Until we get all of that information together, I think
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Speaker 8: it might be a little premature just to speak to
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Speaker 8: just one aspect of it or another.
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Speaker 4: Thank you, Mark Long, followed by Kent Justice.
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Speaker 12: Hey, Sean, congratulations. I know over the summer you mentioned,
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Speaker 12: you know, this is a bad day for the Debbie
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Speaker 12: Downers and the doubting Thomases of the world. Do you,
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Speaker 12: at least now that it's official, do you allow yourself
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Speaker 12: to maybe take a little victory lab or a little
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Speaker 12: I told you.
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Speaker 10: So a moment.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm doing that, Mark, Okay, So yes, I'm going
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Speaker 2: to do of that. Okay, So I am. It's you know,
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Speaker 2: actions speak louder than words, and I think we're gonna
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Speaker 2: have some real action.
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Speaker 12: Yeah, is it is there a I mean maybe, actually
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Speaker 12: Donna is probably the better one because she likes to
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Speaker 12: take a victory lap.
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Speaker 4: But is there a.
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna try to take a beense to that, but
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Speaker 3: go ahead.
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Speaker 12: All right, No, that's a compliment. Is there a of
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Speaker 12: I told you so here, just everybody who for I
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Speaker 12: mean for shot. It's been you know, thirteen years. At
10:31
Speaker 12: twelve years, people have been saying this isn't gonna happen.
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Speaker 12: This is you know, this is a pipe dream, This
10:37
Speaker 12: team's moving all of that.
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Speaker 1: Listen.
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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna say I am a shameless homer. Uh
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Speaker 3: And I have been a huge fan of the city
10:44
Speaker 3: my whole life. I've been a huge fan of the
10:46
Speaker 3: Jaguars since before we actually got the team. And uh
10:50
Speaker 3: and I just I clipped every article. I took note
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Speaker 3: of every person who said that this was never gonna happen.
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Speaker 3: I remember Forbes came out with something that said there
11:00
Speaker 3: was no chance we were going to reach this agreement.
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Speaker 4: So you betcha.
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Speaker 3: You know, Jacksonville is a Kanda city, as I said,
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Speaker 3: And I want the people of this city to really
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Speaker 3: start believing that because it's true. And uh and I
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Speaker 3: think that this is just a testament to what we
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Speaker 3: have here. I mean, we we are we are here
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Speaker 3: in London to talk to people about the gifts of
11:22
Speaker 3: our city, you know, the fact that we had this
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Speaker 3: wonderful NFL team. Everywhere I go people people talk to
11:28
Speaker 3: me about about shod and about the Jaguars and what
11:31
Speaker 3: big fans you know they are here, and how wonderful
11:34
Speaker 3: Jacksonville has been when they've come to visit, and in
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Speaker 3: the river and the ocean and all the things that
11:38
Speaker 3: we have to offer. And I'll just say that it's
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Speaker 3: time that people in our city really start to embrace
11:45
Speaker 3: what a wonderful home we have. Not that we don't,
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Speaker 3: but I think there are some people that still tend
11:50
Speaker 3: to go toward that attitude of you know, oh gosh,
11:53
Speaker 3: you know, we're just Jacksonville.
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Speaker 1: We are uh uh.
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Speaker 3: We are a city on the rise, and the Jaguars
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Speaker 3: are a big part of that. And I can't wait
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Speaker 3: to take that victory lab So hopefully I started that tonight.
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Speaker 4: And Justice followed by Hayes Carlin.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, hey, thanks for the time here.
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Speaker 13: So you know, I know we're closer to thirty years
12:18
Speaker 13: than twenty five years, but this looks like silver anniversary
12:22
Speaker 13: wedding kind of celebration. I guess the big question for
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Speaker 13: each of you, hey, are you still in love the
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Speaker 13: franchise and this city. Does this represent that going forward
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Speaker 13: another thirty years?
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Speaker 3: Well, I think I already answered that question Ken, so
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Speaker 3: absolutely yes. For me, I couldn't be more excited to
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Speaker 3: partner with Shod and with Mark and with this organization.
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Speaker 3: They have been incredibly good to Jacksonville. You know, I
12:50
Speaker 3: was talking with somebody here in London today. They said,
12:53
Speaker 3: you know, I know a lot of NFL owners and
12:55
Speaker 3: I'm not going to name any names, but they said,
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Speaker 3: you are incredibly lucky to have somebody who invests in
13:01
Speaker 3: the city the way mister Kahn does and wants the
13:05
Speaker 3: best for the city of Jacksonville and I and I
13:07
Speaker 3: am grateful for that. And so for me, that answer
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Speaker 3: is a resounding yes.
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Speaker 13: And mister Kahn, is it a matter of timing? Obviously,
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Speaker 13: third stadium deal in just a couple of years for
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Speaker 13: the NFL at large, was just the right time to
13:20
Speaker 13: get a deal like this done for the city of
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Speaker 13: Jacksonville and for your franchise.
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Speaker 2: Well, I think you know, the time was right, and
13:28
Speaker 2: there was again a lot of heavy lifting done. You know,
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Speaker 2: i'd probably quote I think Wayne wouldn't mind. You know,
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Speaker 2: Wayne Weyver was there before here, you know, when we
13:39
Speaker 2: got the deal with the city done at MEC and
13:41
Speaker 2: he said, you know, that was the second most important
13:45
Speaker 2: day in the history of Jacksonville and the Jaguars. The
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Speaker 2: first was obviously when they got the franchise, and the
13:51
Speaker 2: second day was when the city council voted, you know,
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Speaker 2: for the extension of the lease and extension of the citium.
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Speaker 2: And I really believe that because it removes the uncertainty.
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Speaker 2: I mean, we can say what you want to say,
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Speaker 2: people believe what they want to believe. So I think, uh,
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Speaker 2: this is you know, more proof. And then as we
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Speaker 2: have the development on the east side and really the growth,
14:18
Speaker 2: uh you know, for me, we want you know, the
14:20
Speaker 2: area we're doing with the stadium, the four Seasons, the museum,
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Speaker 2: I mean, we want that to be the jewel and
14:29
Speaker 2: the Jacksonville Crown.
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Speaker 1: Frankly, and you know we're headed that way.
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Speaker 10: Thank you for good.
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Speaker 4: He's carline, followed by Rick Anderson.
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Speaker 14: Congratulations to all of you and thank you for your
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Speaker 14: hard work on this.
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Speaker 10: Sean.
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Speaker 14: What how gratifying was it? For you to have Commissioner
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Speaker 14: Goodell and your colleagues and ownership be so supportive of
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Speaker 14: your vision for the new stadium in Jacksonville.
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Speaker 2: Well, obviously I'm very gratified and thankful to them, and
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Speaker 2: but you know, I'm gratified but not surprised.
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Speaker 15: Uh.
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Speaker 2: We've been working on it for a long time. We've
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Speaker 2: talked to all the owners one on one. Obviously Roger
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Speaker 2: has been highly supportive, big part of it. And uh so, uh,
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Speaker 2: you know, I think it's great to get to this point.
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Speaker 14: Awesome, Thank you guys.
15:23
Speaker 1: I hope you can hear me now.
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Speaker 16: Sorry about earlier sead you mentioned the Four Seasons project
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Speaker 16: and I'm wondering is that is that? Is that still
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Speaker 16: on track? And then speaking of you know things that
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Speaker 16: are going on around the stadium, is there any update
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Speaker 16: on you know, the sports entertainment district that the team
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Speaker 16: would like to build adjacent to the stadium. And then
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Speaker 16: if is there any update also in the Fairgrounds property.
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Speaker 1: Mark maybe you would be the most qualified.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, the the Four Seasons project, which is obviously the
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Speaker 8: hotel and the residence, is there's a new office building.
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Speaker 7: You're driven by the site.
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Speaker 8: We're up the floor four on that office building and
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Speaker 8: probably have a topping out within the next few months.
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Speaker 3: Uh.
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Speaker 8: There's work being done on the renovation of the marina
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Speaker 8: and the Marina Services building. You know that that project,
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Speaker 8: you know, continues on track. As far as the fair Grounds,
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Speaker 8: you know, absent the the hurricane, there was actually a
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Speaker 8: groundbreaking that was scheduled and we expect to to close
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Speaker 8: on the final purchase of the fair grounds. Shot expects
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Speaker 8: to close in January of this year, and then we'll
16:38
Speaker 8: see what happens from there. As far as the sports
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Speaker 8: in the in the entertainment district is concerned, obviously, that
16:46
Speaker 8: was something that we talked about at the at the
16:48
Speaker 8: very beginning. Uh, it seemed best to all parties to
16:53
Speaker 8: try to to uncouple those. It may just have had
16:57
Speaker 8: it much more complicated to get the stadium a deal.
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Speaker 7: You know.
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Speaker 8: I think there's a couple of things that I think
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Speaker 8: most people will agree on. Downtown Jacksonville needs an entertainment district.
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Speaker 8: That hasn't changed over the course in the past five years.
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Speaker 8: And really the only thing that has changed is it's
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Speaker 8: probably going to be more expensive to do it than
17:16
Speaker 8: it was, you know, four or five years ago.
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Speaker 7: It needs to happen.
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Speaker 8: You know, we seem to think that at the sports
17:22
Speaker 8: complex might be the best location of it. But you know,
17:26
Speaker 8: those those things need to happen in the in the
17:28
Speaker 8: right time. I can tell you, at least from my perspective.
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Speaker 8: You know, our plate is pretty full right now, and
17:35
Speaker 8: you know we have to do all these projects right
17:39
Speaker 8: and the focus right now is.
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Speaker 7: On completing the shipyards the four seasons.
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Speaker 8: But I have no doubt that downtown Jacksonville will have
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Speaker 8: a sports entertainment complex.
17:49
Speaker 7: It's just a question of when, not if.
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Speaker 4: Thank you Will Brown, followed by Mia O'Brien.
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Speaker 17: Good afternoon, everyone, Congratulations on the stadium deal. I wanted
18:08
Speaker 17: to address this question to mister Kahn. NFL stadiums have
18:12
Speaker 17: had renovation or construction cost overruns for multiple projects, whether
18:18
Speaker 17: it's Buffalo, New Orleans, whether it's new construction, whether it's renovation,
18:23
Speaker 17: But the Jaguars are picking up the overruns for this
18:28
Speaker 17: for this renovation. Describe why it was important for the
18:31
Speaker 17: Jaguars to pay for the cost overruns as part of
18:34
Speaker 17: this renovation, because that's not something we always see with
18:38
Speaker 17: NFL stadium deals.
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Speaker 2: Well, I think, first of all, I mean we've done
18:46
Speaker 2: other projects with the city, like the scoreboard, you know,
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Speaker 2: the pools number of years ago, Daily Center, and all
18:55
Speaker 2: of those we were responsible for the overruns. So really
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Speaker 2: it's very important that we have the design done up front.
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Speaker 1: We know what the costs are, so you know, we minimized.
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Speaker 1: Otherwise we're responsible for them. Market.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, and will I don't want to don't want to
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Speaker 8: correct it. We would have loved the fact if the
19:15
Speaker 8: city would have said they'd covered the cost overrun, but
19:18
Speaker 8: that is not the market.
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Speaker 10: You know.
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Speaker 8: You mentioned Nashville, you mentioned Buffalo, all all of those communities,
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Speaker 8: the team takes one hundred percent responsibility for the cost overruns.
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Speaker 7: And at the.
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Speaker 8: Very very beginning of our negotiations, it was important to
19:32
Speaker 8: us that we controlled the process and it was important
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Speaker 8: to the city that their investment was capped. And that
19:39
Speaker 8: is very typical. It's what the market is in the
19:42
Speaker 8: National Football League. And I don't think we could have
19:44
Speaker 8: got a deal with the city if we weren't covering
19:47
Speaker 8: the cost.
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Speaker 4: And that's probably true.
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Speaker 15: Alrighty, congrats to you all. No, you probably want to
19:55
Speaker 15: be getting to bed soon, so I'll keep this brief.
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Speaker 15: Just looking for clarification on the nugget from the stadium
20:02
Speaker 15: deal regarding playing international games. It says that the Jaguars
20:07
Speaker 15: would be allowed to play up to six home games
20:09
Speaker 15: between twenty twenty five twenty twenty seven, maximum of three
20:12
Speaker 15: during the first two years, up to three more in
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Speaker 15: twenty twenty seven. Not sure if that's a marker, a
20:17
Speaker 15: shot or a don a question, but just to kind
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Speaker 15: of clarify what the plans are for international games moving forward.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if we have any plans of this month.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, me.
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Speaker 8: What that was there had to be some definition as
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Speaker 8: to what the limits were because we're entering into a
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Speaker 8: new lease and the old least really didn't address the
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Speaker 8: international games. So what we basically agreed to was to
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Speaker 8: continue sort of the status quo, which right now we've
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Speaker 8: been playing one game a year, and the NFL on
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Speaker 8: an every four year base or every four year basis,
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Speaker 8: can ask us to play a second game. So during
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Speaker 8: these first two years we had to have the ability
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Speaker 8: to move up to three games. We have we have
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Speaker 8: no commitments, that's just to set a maximum, and then
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Speaker 8: in twenty twenty seven, when we're not playing in Jacksonville,
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Speaker 8: it was important to us that we had some lever
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Speaker 8: if we run into scheduling difficulty in the stadium we're
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Speaker 8: going to be playing.
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Speaker 7: We don't know where we're going to be playing yet, and.
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Speaker 8: That lever that we have if we run into scheduling
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Speaker 8: problems could allow us to play up to three games
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Speaker 8: in twenty twenty seven.
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Speaker 7: Those are just limits.
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Speaker 8: That is not what our plan is at this point,
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Speaker 8: and I'm sure sure those plans will be released when
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Speaker 8: they're done, because quite honestly, they're not done right now.
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Speaker 4: Miya.
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Speaker 3: If I could just add to that, I think, just
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Speaker 3: so it's clear, I think it's really important to remember
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Speaker 3: we aren't going to have any less home games than
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Speaker 3: we have now. That was the agreement that we made
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Speaker 3: that we would not have any less home games than
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Speaker 3: we have now, and I think that was a good
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Speaker 3: starting point for us because we don't know what the
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Speaker 3: NFL may add going forward. But I think that's one
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Speaker 3: thing that we wanted to make sure that the fans knew,
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Speaker 3: and that was that the home games that we currently
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Speaker 3: have we will continue to have.
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Speaker 4: Appreciate you guys, thank you. We'll wrap things up with
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Speaker 4: David Bauerline.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, just a quick question about the logistics of today's vote.
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Speaker 10: You're in London, the owners are in Atlanta. How were
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Speaker 10: you able to participate? Were you able to virtually participate?
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Speaker 10: How did you find out that yes, there was a
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Speaker 10: thirty two oh vote? How did that work for you
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Speaker 10: to be there in terms of knowing what was happening
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Speaker 10: and engaging in that vote process.
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Speaker 1: You know, we were represented by Tony.
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Speaker 2: And you know, for the family for me, and then
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Speaker 2: Mega who represented the team.
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Speaker 1: So they were there.
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Speaker 10: So'd you got a call from them they said, hey,
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Speaker 10: this thirty two oh or How did you find out
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Speaker 10: yourself personally?
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Speaker 9: Yeah?
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Speaker 1: I think we got a call from the league and
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Speaker 1: also from them.
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Speaker 4: Okay, okay everyone. I'd like to thank Mark, the mayor
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Speaker 4: and mister Kahn for being with us tonight. Thank you everybody,
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Speaker 4: and have a good night.