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ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.[Special Called Joint Meeting of the Council Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention and Council Economic Development Committee on March 26, 2024.]
THIS IS THE TIME IS 3 34 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND WE'RE GONNA CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING, UH, SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF COUNCIL AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND RECRUITMENT, AS WELL AS RETENTION AND COUNCIL, UH, ECONOMIC DEV, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND THE COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.UM, WE HAVE A REALLY ONE EXCITING ITEM ON THE AGENDA THERE.
CHAIR GRAYSON CALLED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO I'M CALLING THE, PARDON ME? YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION COMMITTEE IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 3 35.
UH, PM YOU GOT A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
CHAIRMAN ACT, CALL THE COMMITTEE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPER TO ORDER, DETERMINE THAT WE HAVE A CON CORN.
AND IN ORDER TO, UH, MANAGE THE, THE, UH, MEETING, WELL, WE'RE GONNA NEED A MOTION FROM SOMEONE TO DETERMINE WHO'S GONNA BE THE CHAIR FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR MEETING.
SO, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? ME SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY.
ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT AYES HAVE IT.
UM, ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, THERE WE HAVE ONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE, UH, TODAY, UH, KEY STAFF FROM VISIT DALLAS AND ROSA FLEMINGS, WHO IS ON, UH, NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, UH, IN PERSON, BUT SHE'S AVAILABLE, UH, ON, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, WHO'S A DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, WHO WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FIFA, UH, 2026.
WE, AS A CITY AND MYSELF AND MY SON, UH, IN PARTICULAR, IS EXTREMELY EXCITED, WHO'S A HUGE SOCCER FAN.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT.
HE DOESN'T APPRECIATE IT UNTIL IT COMES, BUT HE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AS ARE WE AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EACH OF THOSE MATCHES ARE EQUIVALENT OF A SUPER BOWL.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE BOTH COMMITTEES HERE, UH, TODAY.
UM, SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I WANT TO THANK MONICA PAUL FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
OF COURSE, UH, VISIT DALLAS, ESPECIALLY FOR AN INCREDIBLE WORK, UH, BRINGING FIFA BACK TO DALLAS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ROSA FLEMING FIRST.
UH, AND THEN SHE'LL INTRODUCE THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS IS, HI.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING REMOTE TODAY, BUT, UM, I AM ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, AS YOU SAID, WITH, UH, WITH US SITTING AT THE TABLE TODAY ARE CRAIG DAVIS, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT DALLAS.
AND THE MONICA PAUL, UM, SPORTS COMMISSION, ALSO AT VISIT DALLAS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION THAT GIVES YOU AN UPDATE AND WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW ABOUT, UH, FIFA.
WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND ANSWER ANY OTHER, UH, OFFER UP ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE AS SOON AS MONICA STEPS THROUGH THE BRIEFING.
UM, FIRST OFF, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO, TO MANY OF THE MEMBERS HERE FOR ME TO START TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE STARTED, HOW WE STARTED THIS PROCESS.
UH, FOR MANY PEOPLE, WE'D SAY THAT WE STARTED THE BID PROCESS IN 2017.
FOR ME, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT IS 2009 BECAUSE IT IS, WHEN WE STARTED TO BID ON THE 2018 AND 2022 WORLD CUP, UH, WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL, BUT RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL IN 2017 FROM US SOCCER, ASKING IF WE'D BE READY TO BID AGAIN.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY, WE'VE BEEN WAITING SEVEN YEARS TO, TO HAVE ANOTHER SHOT AT THIS.
UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE LITERALLY HAD ABOUT A YEAR TO PUT SOME BID DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, AND IT WAS PUT FORTH TO THE UNITED BID COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS FORMED WITH US SOCCER, THE MEXICAN SOCCER FEDERATION, AS WELL AS THE CANADIAN SOCCER FEDERATION FOR THIS BID.
UM, IN JANUARY 18, WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, AND THEY APPROVED, UH, THE SIGNING OF THE HOST CITY AGREEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, FOR OUR BID, WE HAD TO, UH, GET AIR DFW AIR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND AGREEMENT, UH, FROM FIFA TO SIGN, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS TRAINING VENUES AND BASE CAMPS, UH, FOR OUR BID TO, TO BE COMPLETE.
UH, IN MAY, JUNE OF 2018, FIFA ANNOUNCED THAT THE WORLD CUP WOULD BE COMING TO NORTH AMERICA, ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNTRIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A LITTLE BREAK, UH, WITH
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COVID, UH, IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH HAS, HAS DELAYED, UH, THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS AND PUT US JUST TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM A WORLD CUP.UH, BUT WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO OUR BID PRESS PRESENTATIONS, A LOT OF SITE VISITS IN JUNE, 2022.
AND AT THAT TIME, THAT'S KIND OF WHEN THE, UH, CONTINUOUS BID PROCESS OF COULD WE HOST A FINAL, COULD WE HOST A SEMI-FINAL START TALKING ABOUT INNER INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH, UM, THROUGH FIFA.
UH, AND SO JUST THIS PAST FEBRUARY, UH, SO, AND ESSENTIALLY WE'VE BEEN WAITING A YEAR AND A HALF FOR OUR, OUR MATCH SCHEDULE.
AND WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IN 1994, I STILL HEAR ABOUT DALLAS HOSTING THE WORLD CUPHEAD COTTON BOWL.
SO TO GO FROM SIX, SIX MATCHES TO NINE, A HUGE, UH, INCREASE FROM ECONOMIC IMPACT STANDPOINT.
DALLAS WAS THE HOST OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER BACK IN 1994.
UM, AS WELL, TRULY, I'VE BEEN TO TWO WORLD CUPS.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER EVENT, UH, AS LARGE WITH THE CULTURAL ASPECT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND THE FLAIR.
AND I THINK A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, UH, FOR A CITY AND FOR OUR REGION TO REALLY LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY AND PROVIDE A LOT FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITIES.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WILL BE IN DALLAS OR HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF DALLAS, THE FIFA FAN FEST IS HOSTED IN EVERY CITY FROM A WORLD CUP STANDPOINT.
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 34 DAYS, UM, FOR A FAN FEST TO BE OPEN.
THIS, THE PRIMARY FAN FEST WILL BE OUT AT FAIR PARK.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT LOT 11 OR OUT BY THE MIDWAY AREA, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE PLANNING FOR HERE.
IN 2006, GERMANY HAD 50,000 PEOPLE A DAY ATTEND THEIR, THEIR FAN FEST.
QATAR, UH, AVERAGED ABOUT 70,000 WITH THEIR LARGEST ATTENDANCE, 98,000.
AND, UH, RUSSIA HAD, UH, ONE OF THEIR LARGEST DAYS OF 160,000 ATTENDING THE FAN FEST.
SO EVEN PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE TICKETS TO THE MATCHES TAKING PLACE HERE WILL GO TO THE FAN FEST.
UM, THERE, UH, THERE FIFA HAS NOT MADE A DECISION, BUT DALLAS IS A, A FINALIST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
THAT WOULD BE AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON KOVICH CENTER.
UH, HUGE OPPORTUNITY, UH, OVER PROJECTING OVER 172,000 ROOM NIGHTS.
UM, I THINK IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING, PROVIDED PAST IBCS IN, IN 19 94, 20 6 MILLION, ALL THE WAY TO 2022 65 MILLION IN, IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE MORE, 'CAUSE THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST WORLD CUP TO DATE.
UH, WE'RE EXPANDING FROM 32 TEAMS TO 48 TEAMS TAKING PLACE.
SO THAT INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IS WHERE ALL THE BROADCAST, ALL THE MATCHES WILL, WILL COME OUT OF BASICALLY.
SO EVEN A MATCH IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, OR SEATTLE, THAT ENTIRE BROADCAST COME OUT OF THIS, UH, INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
I THINK ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, IF WE'RE ABLE TO SECURE THAT, IS WE WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER, ALL THE JOURNALISTS, ALL THE BROADCASTERS RIGHT HERE.
SO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE WITH THEM ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE DUE HERE, ALL OF OUR ATTRACTIONS, AND THE REASON WHY WE LOVE, UH, LIVING RIGHT HERE.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND CRAFTING THAT MESSAGE AND WHAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THOSE BROADCASTERS.
UM, THE FIFA WORLD CUPS BEGINS ON JUNE 11TH, AND THE FINAL WILL BE PLAYED ON, UM, JUNE, JULY 19TH.
UH, IN TERMS OF KEY VENUES, UH, ALL MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED AT AT T STADIUM.
UM, IN TERMS OF BASE CAMPS, RIGHT NOW WE ARE POSITIONED TO HAVE FOUR BASE CAMPS.
UH, THAT WOULD BE TOYOTA STADIUM IN FRISCO, UH, DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, UH, TCU, AND UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS.
SO A BASE CAMP IS BASICALLY WHERE A TEAM FLIES IN, STAYS HERE.
PRACTICE COULD BE FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE WORLD CUP, COULD BE A MONTH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP.
AND THEY USE THIS AS THEIR, THEIR BASE TRAINING.
THEY MAY HAVE A MATCH IN MIAMI, BUT THEY'RE GONNA TRAIN HERE, FLY TO MIAMI, COME BACK TO DALLAS, AND, UM, CONTINUE TO PRACTICE AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THROUGH THE WORLD CUP.
UM, WE THINK THERE'S SOME GREAT COUNTRIES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, AT SOME POINT, ONCE WE KNOW, UH, WHAT, WHO'S PLAYING IN OUR GROUPS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TARGET SPECIFIC TEAMS AND COUNTRIES, UH, THAT DRAW ADDITIONAL VISITORS, UH, OR MORE VISITORS.
MAYBE THEY STAY LONGER, THAT SORT OF THING.
IN TERMS OF THE VENUE SPECIFIC TRAINING FACILITIES, UH, THAT WILL BE COTTON BOWL STADIUM AND SMU.
SO THOSE ARE THE FACILITIES THAT, UH, THE TEAMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PLAYING AT, AT AND T STADIUM WILL BE UTILIZING THOSE FOR THEIR TRAINING.
UH, FAN FESTIVAL, AS I MENTIONED OUT AT, UH, FAIR PARK, UH,
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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE BUDGETARY PHASE RIGHT NOW OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF FAN FEST, WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVATIONS, WHAT TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT, TRYING TO PUT SOME OF THOSE PLANS TOGETHER.ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A, AN INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FAN ACTIVATION AREAS FOR ALL OF THE VISITORS.
UH, SO THINK CLYDE WARREN PARK, SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK, UM, ARLINGTON ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ON, ON NON MATCH DAYS, SUNDANCE SQUARE, SOMETHING UP IN FRISCO, WHETHER IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME OR THE STAR, OR A COMBINATION OF, OF BOTH.
SO THOSE AREN'T, UH, THOSE ARE KIND OF PENDING AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT THEN, UH, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN ONION, UH, THAT WE'RE KIND OF PEELING BACK A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS NEXT, UH, NEXT FEW MONTHS AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FIFA, UH, OF A FEW LAYERS, WHETHER IT'S REFEREE HEADQUARTERS, UH, MAIN OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS, VAR HEADQUARTERS.
THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND FIFA'S JUST NOT TO THAT POINT YET, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, OVERALL MATCH SCHEDULE, UH, REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE NINE MATCHES THAT WE HAVE, BUT KIND OF LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK, UH, HELPS US REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US TO START THE PLANNING PROCESS, THE BUDGETING PROCESS, ET CETERA.
UH, GIVES US SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLANNING IN THAT WEEK UP, UH, INTO THE, INTO THE FINAL SO THAT WE CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR VISITORS, UH, HERE LOCALLY.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER ANCILLARY EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE TYPICAL THAT YOU TYPICALLY MAY SEE, UM, WITH A SUPER SUPER BOWL LIKE WEEK, UH, LEADING UP TO TO, TO THAT SEMI-FINAL, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD PLANNED IF WE WERE HOSTING THE FINAL ANYWAY, SO MIGHT AS WELL, UH, UTILIZE THE PLAN TO, TO INCORPORATE INTO THE SEMIFINAL.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS BASICALLY JUST A JUST REGIONAL OVERVIEW.
I'VE KIND OF ALREADY GONE OVER THE, UM, THE FACILITIES THAT'LL BE UTILIZED HERE.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, OTHER EVENTS TAKING PLACE.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OTHER COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES, SOME OF FIFA'S FIFA PARTNERS THAT HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO HOTELS THAT I THINK WILL BE REACHING OUT TO FIND ANCILLARY EVENT VENUES, DIFFERENT CONCERT SERIES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS, UH, THAT WE ANTICIPATE POPPING UP.
IT'S JUST THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THEIR, UM, WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
I, I, I HAVE RECEIVED THE INDICATION THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE A MORE CENTRALIZED HUB WITH THE NINE MATCHES OUR CENTRAL LOCATION TO BE, AND AIRPORTS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO PLACES.
UH, MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES ARE GONNA DO STUFF HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAN IN OTHER HOST CITIES AND MAYBE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO THEN EASIER FOR THEM TO, LET'S SEE, YOU KNOW, FLY TO, IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE A A MATCH IN SAN FRANCISCO, THEY CAN FLY THERE, FLY BACK TO DALLAS EASIER, AND REALLY MAKE THIS THEIR, THEIR HUB LOCATION.
IN TERMS OF OTHER AREAS THAT, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON AND REALLY DIG INTO, AND IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING A LOT OF COMMITTEES SO THAT, UH, UM, WE CAN BASICALLY FORM OUR FOUNDATION ACROSS THIS.
A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS POINT, UH, FROM, UH, A LOT OF CITY LEADERS, CITY STAFF, REGIONAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, UH, ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, AIRPORTS, HOTELS, YOU NAME IT.
SO, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LULL IN WATCH AND WAITING FOR THAT MATCH SCHEDULE, IT WAS, WE WERE PLANNING, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR.
WELL, NOW WE HAVE A MATCH SCHEDULE, SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA START, UH, HAVING A LOT OF, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, FIFA'S COMING IN FOR SITE VISITS.
UH, SOME OF THE KEY AREAS, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY OBVIOUSLY IS A, A TOP ONE FOR US.
UH, WE'VE ENTERTAINED FIFA A LOT OUT AT THE STADIUM, BUT NOW IT'S START.
WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THE SAFETY SECURITY PLAN FROM A, IF WE HOST INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, OUR FAN FEST.
AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR A, AN EVENT THAT'S MUCH LARGER AND LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A MEDICAL COMMITTEE.
FIFA HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT AND ENGAGED WITH OUR, OUR, OUR MEDICAL TEAMS ACROSS THE REGION.
UH, I MENTIONED THE FAN FEST STAFF, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
UH, I KNOW I SAW GUS HERE EARLIER.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT AND WORKING WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS OUR, HOW ARE WE GONNA TRANSPORT SPECTATORS OUT TO ARLINGTON, UH, TO GET TO THE MATCH, AS WELL AS ALL ACCREDITED, UH, UM, MEMBERS.
SO BROADCASTERS, JOURNALISTS, MEDIA, UH, FIFA STAFF, UH, WORKFORCE VOLUNTEERS.
WE ALL HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD CUP.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT, UM, AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY LOOK AT IT FROM A GUEST EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT, UH, AS WELL.
THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
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UH, FIFA WAS HERE TO DO A SITE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON WHAT DID THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY PRIVATE PLANES, HOW DO THEY WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, TEAMS THAT ARE COMING IN, UH, THE, THE MEDIA AVAILABILITY FANS SHOWING UP AT THE AIRPORTS, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM MIGHT NOT BE EVEN ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT, BUT JUST ANTICIPATION, UH, OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT.WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK, UM, YES, LAST WEEK.
UH, SO REALLY LOOKING AT THAT FROM A, UM, A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS.
WE, UH, SPENT A GOOD YEAR AND A HALF PUTTING TOGETHER A HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO REKINDLE AND ENGAGE WITH THOSE OVER 200 STAKEHOLDERS AGAIN, AND CONTINUE TO ADD PEOPLE TO THAT COMMITTEE AS FIFA IN APRIL WILL BE UNVEILING WHAT THEIR FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DEADLINES THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO.
UM, A LOT OF OTHER COMMITTEES.
I'M NOT GONNA GO NECESSARILY ONE BY ONE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH CITY STAFF, UH, TO ALWAYS BE INCORPORATED INTO THOSE, UH, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE WORKED MANY EVENTS WITH, UH, US OR HAVE MANY, UH, EVENT EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH US IN THE PAST AND JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD, UM, UPON THAT.
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, UH, ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS WE GET IS, OKAY, ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT, UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UH, BACK IN 2017, THE UNITED BID COMMITTEE HAD A STUDY DONE, BUT IT WAS VERY GENERIC AND, AND, AND GENERAL PROPOSED ABOUT OVER FOUR MATCHES, ABOUT $400 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT WITH HOW THIS, THE EXPANSION OF THIS WORLD CUP.
WHEN WE BID IN 2017, WE WERE LOOKING AT, YEAH, FOUR OR FIVE MATCHES, 32 TEAMS, 80 MATCHES.
NOW THE WORLD CUP IS TO 104 MATCHES, AND WE'RE HOSTING NINE RATHER THAN FOUR.
SO WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF DATA POINTS RIGHT NOW FROM FIFA, TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE TO SOME OF THESE OTHER LAYERS THAT MAY BE, UH, HOSTED HERE IN DALLAS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY LATER THIS SUMMER, AT THE FALL AT THE LATEST, UH, BE ABLE TO, TO GENERATE AN UPDATED ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO SHARE.
SO A LOT OF DATA THAT WE, WE NEED TO COLLECT YET, IN ADDITION, WORKING ON, UM, FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THE MAJOR EVENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HOSTING A WORLD CUP.
UH, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND IN TERMS OF THIS PROGRAM, WE WORK WITH THIS PROGRAM ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR OTHER EVENTS.
UH, SO JUST CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT ANALYSIS AND, AND HAVING ACCURATE FIGURES, UH, AS WELL AS FROM A FEDERAL SIDE, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE JUSTICE, UH, AT THOSE LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT INFORMATION THEY NEED FROM US, FROM A HOST CITY STANDPOINT, WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THEY'RE GONNA BRING.
WE WILL BE GETTING THE, THE, THE SEER RATINGS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, SECURITY LEVELS HERE FOR EACH OF OUR CITY HOST CITIES, UM, SOON DOWN THE WAY.
SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, UH, FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT, THEY UNDERSTAND SOME OF OUR NEEDS AND, AND MAYBE CONSIDERATIONS HERE.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS A HOST CITY SUPPORTER PROGRAM AND DONOR PROGRAM.
EACH HOST CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH FIFA AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SPONSORS.
10, UM, POTENTIAL, WHAT WE CALL HOST, OR THEY CALL HOST CITY SUPPORTERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR US TO, UM, PAY FOR PUTTING ON THE WORLD CUP.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO, TO HAVE HERE IN UNVEIL IN IN MAY.
UM, ONCE WE GET THE, THE THUMBS UP, UH, BRAND PROTECTION GUIDELINES, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE CITY AND, AND JACKIE JUSTICE AND ROSA FLEMING AND, AND HER TEAM THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE CLEAN ZONE, UM, UH, GUIDELINES NEED TO BE HERE, FIFA'S REQUIREMENTS.
HERE'S WHAT THE CURRENT CITY ORDINANCE HAS.
UH, ARE THERE CHANGES THAT NEED TO POSSIBLY BE MADE, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR 30 DAYS OR 35 PLUS DAYS, UH, WORTH OF EVENTS RATHER THAN, TYPICALLY WE SEE CLEAN ZONES ON A MUCH SMALLER TIMEFRAME.
WE HAVE SOME DEADLINES UPCOMING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO FIFA, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF BE WORKING ON, UH, EVENT TESTING MODELS, MEANING UTILIZING SOME OF THE EVENTS THIS SUMMER, SUMMER WITH COPA AMERICA, AS WELL AS SOME POSSIBLE OTHER EVENTS NEXT YEAR TO TEST NOT ONLY STUFF AT THE STADIUM, BUT BITS AND PIECES MAYBE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UM, UH, JUST OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN, AT LEAST SMALL BATCH TEST, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL NEED TO, TO BE READY FOR IN IN 2026.
UM, OTHER KIND OF JUST FUTURE TIMING, UH, BEGINNING, BEGINNING COMMITTEE WORKS, WE'RE GONNA
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START TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS.FIFA WON'T TECHNICALLY OPEN THEIR VOLUNTEER PORTAL UNTIL 2025, BUT WE WANNA START HERE LOCALLY TO, TO ENGAGE WITH THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'RE NEEDING AND GET A, GET AN UNDERSTANDING THERE.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, OKAY, WELL, WHEN ARE WE GONNA KNOW THESE EVENTS? OR WHEN ARE WE GONNA KNOW THESE TEAMS AND WHO'S GONNA BE IN OUR GROUP STAGE? WELL, WE WON'T KNOW THEM UNTIL DECEMBER, 2025, UH, AND TECHNICALLY APRIL, 2026 IS WHEN WE'LL KNOW THE TEAMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HERE STAYING AT OUR, AT OUR BASE CAMP.
SO, UH, A LOT OF PLANNING TO, TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON, UH, THE, FOR ME, I HA REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THROUGH THE PLANNING PHASE AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, PUT ON THE BEST NINE MATCHES FAN FEST THAT FIFA'S EVER SEEN.
AND THEN THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO HOST A WORLD CUP THAT, UH, MAYBE WE'LL BE HOSTING THE FINAL, UH, SO THAT THERE WON'T BE A DECISION DOWN THE ROAD IN 30 YEARS WHEN THE WORLD CUP COMES BACK.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES A GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT FROM, UH, UM, A WORLD CUP STANDPOINT.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH YET, SO, UH, JUST EXCITED WE HAVE THAT MATCH SCHEDULE AND CAN, UH, KIND OF MOVE FORWARD.
I WANNA GIVE CRAIG AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING, UM, ABOUT MR. DALLAS AND ABOUT WHAT FIFA MEANS TO THE CITY OVERALL.
HI, CRAIG DAVIS, PRESIDENT, CEO OF VISIT DALLAS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRANSCEND JUST IT BEING A VERY VALUABLE MATCH FOR US, OR SERIES OF MATCHES, AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE STAGGERING IN A GOOD WAY.
WITH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS LEFT BEHIND LEGACY PROJECTS, UM, THIS IS GOING PROBABLY BE OUR MOMENT FOR US TO TRANSCEND PAST.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE ROLLING OUT A BRAND NEW BRAND FOR DALLAS ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THIS COMING THURSDAY.
AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT FOR DALLAS WAS THAT THE NAME RECOGNITION OF DALLAS ACROSS THE WORLD IS PRETTY HIGH.
THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE NAME DALLAS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE.
SO, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING CLARITY TO THAT AND TO PUT DALLAS ON A STAGE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE, I THINK, TO HOST AN ELEVATED EXPERIENCE MORE THAN ANY OF OUR CITIES.
THIS IS GONNA MEAN A LOT TO DALLAS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA TRANSCEND US.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO COLLECTIVELY LOOK AT AS WE, WE MOVE TOWARDS THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT VISITS THE CITY FROM HERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO ABROAD, THEY GET THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
AND THEY GO BACK AND THEY SAY, WOW, DALLAS IS EVERYTHING I HOPED IT WOULD BE.
SO WITH THAT, AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS AMAZING AND HAVE TO GIVE A LOT, ALL THE PROPS TO, UH, TO MONICA AND HER TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR BRINGING THIS, THIS IS, UM, STAGGERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS HERE THAT ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED.
EVERYBODY'S GIVEN ME THE WAVE.
UH, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AS FAR AS QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED.
UM, SINCE, UH, SPORTS, UH, COMMITTEE OPENED IT UP, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO ATKINS.
ALLOW HIM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEAM ATKINS TO ASK HIS QUESTIONS, GO THROUGH HIS COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THE, TO MY COMMITTEE.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU WITH ME TODAY? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, FIRST I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU THINK ABOUT FEVER, YOU THINK ABOUT SOCCER, YOU THINK ABOUT DALLAS, BUT YOU ALSO GOTTA GO WAY BACK TO LATE LAMAR HUNT, WHO STARTED SOCCER IN DALLAS.
AND BEFORE WE EVEN THOUGHT IT STARTED THINKING ABOUT SOCCER, LAMAR HUNT BROUGHT SOCCER TO DALLAS.
AND BY DOING THAT, YOU ALSO TALKING ABOUT MARK CLAYTON.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A CHAIR OF THE SPORTS CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT SOCCER IN 2017.
AND I REMEMBER DOWNTOWN JESSE, YOU KNOW, UH, PLANTING HOLLYWOOD, THE WEST END WAS NOT THERE.
AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE BRAZIL WAS COMING HERE IN A WORLD CUP TO PLAY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ON THE TARGET OF THE WORLD OVER 40 YEARS AGO.
AND NOW THE WORLD IS CATCHING UP WITH DALLAS.
AND I THINK THEY KNOW DALLAS, ESPECIALLY IN SOCCER.
'CAUSE WE DONE CREATED SOCCER IN AMERICA, BUT ALSO CREATED SOCCER IN AMERICA.
WE ALSO CREATED ONE OF THE BEST SOCCER FIELD AND THE COTTON BOWL.
AND WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THE COTTON BOWL HAD ONE OF THE BEST SOCCER FIELD IN AMERICA, BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING ON THAT DAY WHEN BRAZIL CAME HERE.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU LOOK AT THE COTTON BOWL AS A PRACTICAL FACILITY FOR SOCCER AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHEN WE BUILD THE HOTEL, THE ANATO, THE REUNION DOWNTOWN TO BUILD IT IS ECONOMIC
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IMPACT, THE TRANSPORTATION TO GIVE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH.BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, TO THIS COMMIT, AND TO YOU ROSA, AND TO FEVER, WELCOME TO DALLAS, WELCOME TO BIG D, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DO THINGS BIG IN DALLAS, AND WE WILL GET THE WORLD CUP FOUND HERE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE NOT GONNA WAIT 40 YEARS TO GET THERE.
BUT THEY GONNA FIND OUT THAT DALLAS DO BELIEVE IN SOCCER AND BELIEVE IN SPREADING THE WORD.
THE QUESTION TO YOU, I KNOW WE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO THANK SURE.
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN DALLAS.
AGAIN, A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND MAKE SURE WE DO COLLECT ALL THE SALE TAX THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN BE SAFE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
BUT TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.
UH, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL, THE, WHEN THEY GET THROUGH PLAYING, YOU KNOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF VENUE ARE THEY LOOKING FOR WHEN VISITS ARE COMING TO DALLAS? WELL, I, I THINK, UH, I, I THINK, UH, SOME OF THIS, UH, FOR US ENGAGING THE EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE, I KNOW VISIT DALLAS HAS AN EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL LOOK TO HAVE A, A, A LARGER COMMITTEE FROM A REGIONWIDE STANDPOINT, BUT IT'S, I THINK, VERY SIMPLE OF FIGURING OUT, HERE ARE OUR ATTRACTIONS ALREADY.
HERE ARE THE, THE RESTAURANTS, THE TYPE OF FOOD MAYBE MATCHING UP, UH, WITH THE VARIOUS CHAMBERS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS WELL.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN AT THE OTHER WORLD CUPS ARE REALLY, UH, CELEBRATING THAT CULTURE, CELEBRATING THAT COUNTRY, UH, POPUPS WITHIN, WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND I THINK ONCE WE KNOW SOME OF THE COUNTRIES THAT WILL BE PLAYING HERE, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HONE IN AND MAKE IT A VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT, ONCE THEY LAND AT THE AIRPORT, WHAT IS THEIR, WHAT'S IT, WHAT IS THAT DOT MAP? AND WHAT IS THAT TRAIL THROUGHOUT THEIR JOURNEY WHILE THEY'RE HERE? BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT THEM JUST HERE FOR THE WORLD CUP.
WE WANT THEM COMING BACK MANY TIMES AFTERWARDS.
MY LAST QUESTION, I'M GONNA BE BRIEF, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE, BUT I, I BELIEVE THE MAIN DEAL IS TRANSPORTATION.
HOW I GIVE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH TO DIFFERENT HOTELS, DIFFERENT RESTAURANT, UH, THE EVENTS, WHATEVER.
SO HOW WE COORDINATE THAT WITH DART THE CITY, I MEAN, HOW WE COORDINATE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE, A VENUE, BECAUSE IF YOU MISS THE MAX BECAUSE THE BUS GAME CAME, LAY THE TRAIN AND GET THERE, HOW WE COORDINATE THAT TWOFOLD.
UH, FIRST OFF, FIFA IS KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION OF TEAMS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL WORK WITH THE ESCORTS AND, AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR THEM.
UH, BUT THEY'RE TEAMS, THEY'RE VIPS, THE REFEREES, UM, THEY'RE KIND OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY'RE TECHNICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
OUR FOCUS, UM, WHILE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE STREETS AND THE RIGHT ROUTES ARE TAKEN, AND THAT SORT OF THING WILL WORK WITH THE, THE CITY SERVICES, UH, REGIONWIDE TO ENSURE THAT.
BUT FROM A SPECTATOR STANDPOINT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, ACTUALLY HAD NUMEROUS TRANSPORTATION MEETINGS AND THEN HAVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE TRANSIT AGENCIES, BOTH DART TRINITY METRO TO REALLY ENGAGE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE RAIL SYSTEM UP AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD CUP SO THAT THOSE CREDENTIAL HOLDERS, TICKET HOLDERS CAN RIDE FREE, UH, DURING THAT TIME, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY CONNECT TO THE CENTER, PORT STATION RIGHT SOUTH OF DFW, BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BUST THE TICKET HOLDERS AND VOLUNTEERS AND WORKFORCE INTO THE STADIUM ON THOSE MATCH DAYS.
OTHERWISE, UH, IF YOU LOOK KIND OF AT THE SITES OF WHERE OUR FAN FEST AND LOCATIONS WILL BE, AS WELL AS, UM, WELL, NOT THE STADIUM, BUT AT LEAST THE FAN FEST LOCATIONS, SO WHERE OUR HOTELS ARE, THE AIRPORTS, THE, WHERE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE STAYING, WE HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THAT RAIL SYSTEM.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW A LOT OF THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS WORLD CUPS HAVE DONE IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, OF OUR PIECE FOR THE, UM, THE SPECTATOR PIECE FROM CENTER, PORT STATION.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT I MISSED THE MAJORITY OF, BUT, UH, I'VE, I'VE SEEN IT.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN SPECIFICALLY, MONICA, I WANNA JUST SAY A BIG SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM.
UM, WE ALL, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT BEING PUT ON THE MAP, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT PUTS US ON THE MAP AS, UH, WELL AS YOU DO.
AND, UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, AND, AND, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY BEING RECOGNIZED AS A, UM, A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN THIS, UM, REALM.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TOKEN, I THINK THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, THAT WE HAVE A GREAT VISITOR'S
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BUREAU THAT'S REALLY WORKING TO PROMOTE DALLAS, UM, THAT PROMOTION OF DALLAS IS, HAS, HAS REALLY SHOWN THROUGH IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.UM, IT'S SUSTAINED MANY JOBS FOR A LOT OF THE WORKING CLASS IN OUR, UH, TOWN.
SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW EXCITING AND HOW BIG, YOU KNOW, UH, IT IS, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF WE WANT TO GO A LITTLE GRANULAR, MORE GRANULAR AND LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS HAVING HERE AT HOME.
I MEAN, THIS IS PROVIDING COUNTLESS JOBS.
THIS IS PROVIDING COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED.
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HAVING NINE SUPER BOWLS WITHIN A SUMMER.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY CRAZY.
UM, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INSIDE OF FAIR PARK, I MEAN ALL OVER, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW MY LOVE, THEY'RE GONNA BE INSIDE OF FAIR PARK, AND, UM, I JUST CAN'T BE MORE EXCITED, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT OUR CITY.
UM, I WANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S NOT SILOED APPROACH TO PREPAREDNESS AND, UM, THAT'S OFTEN HOW WE DO IT LOCALLY, RIGHT? AND ESPECIALLY WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT WE ARE, UH, HEAD DOWN WORKING TOWARDS OUR OWN GOALS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS WAY TOO BIG OF, UH, OF, OF AN INSTANCE WHERE WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO TURN ONTO THE CITY AND COUNTY, UM, UH, TO GET THIS DONE FOR.
AND I JUST ASKED, UH, MR. CHAIR THAT WE HAVE OPEN DIALOGUE AND WE HAVE, UM, UH, MORE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER THAN NOT TO FIND OUT WHERE SOME OF THESE HICCUPS ARE.
Y'ALL ALREADY MOVED THE MOON FOR US AND GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE.
UH, BUT NOW, UH, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
WE'RE COMING INTO OUR BUDGET SEASON, RIGHT? UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UM, UH, UH, SOLICITING THAT, UM, WE HAVE STAFF TO, UH, TO HELP OUT WITH AS WELL.
BUT THE OVERALL GOAL IS, IS WE ALL HAVE THE SAME ONE.
UM, AND HOW TO GET THERE, I THINK, UH, HAS TO BE APPROACHED COLLABORATIVELY.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I ASK FROM Y'ALL IS TO JUST KEEP US A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
UM, I I, I'M EXCITED TO GET TO WEAR MY VISIT DALLAS, UH, BOARD MEMBER HAT ALSO.
UM, AND, AND JUST SAY THAT THIS IS HUGE FOR OUR CITY.
UH, IT'S HUGE FOR OUR REGION, IT'S HUGE FOR OUR STATE.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, IS GOING TO, UM, IS GONNA REALLY SHINE IN THIS MONTH.
AND I, AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, I PROMISE.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, BOTH CHAIRMAN FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COMMITTEE.
UM, A LOT'S BEEN ALREADY SAID.
UM, THIS IS GONNA PUT US ON THE MAP AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, EVEN MORE SO THAN WE ALREADY ARE.
UM, AND, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.
UM, I KNOW YOU DID MENTION THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN HERE, AND I KNOW WE WILL BE ASKED AT SOME POINT, WHAT IS THIS GONNA COST THE CITY? UM, I ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE NET POSITIVE IN THE REVENUE WE'RE GONNA MAKE, BUT, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO AN ANALYSIS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH JACK IRELAND AND HIS TEAM OR YOUR TEAM ON WHAT THE COST WILL BE TO THE TAXPAYERS VERSUS THE BENEFIT.
AND, UM, AND WHETHER WE DO THAT IN GPFM SINCE I'M THAT CHAIR, OR WE DO IT HERE, I DON'T CARE.
BUT, UH, AT SOME POINT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING, LIKE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE TOURISTS AND THE PEOPLE LOOKING AT DALLAS AND THE, THE, THE, THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES COME IN HERE, UM, HOW ARE WE LEVERAGING ALL OF THIS COOL OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE SOCCER IN OUR, THE PEOPLE PLAYING SOCCER IN OUR CITY? MY KIDS HAVE THEIR OPENING, UH, GAME TONIGHT FOR SOCCER.
THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SAME TEAM THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, IT JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT THEY BOTH LIKE IT, WHICH IS RARE.
THEY BOTH LIKE THE SAME THING.
LIKE, HOW ARE WE SPREADING THE LOVE FOR THIS SPORT THROUGH THE REST OF THE CITY? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA HAVE A LEGACY COMMITTEE AS WELL TO FOCUS ON REALLY ENGAGING ON THE GRASSROOTS YOUTH SIDE, UH, FEMALES AND, AND GIRLS PLAYING SOCCER.
THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING IN SHAPE THERE, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY IN UNDERSERVED AREAS, UH, MANY FOR MANY EVENTS.
WE THEN, FOR INSTANCE, WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR, WE PUT A COURT DOWN, I THINK FOR WORLD CUP, UH, BASED ON THE RESEARCH WE DID PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, AND JUST FOUR OF THE CITIES WITHIN THE REGION BASED ON DEMAND.
WE ARE 150 SOCCER FIELDS SHORT, UH, THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED HERE.
SO I'M SURE THAT THAT'S INCREASED BY NOW.
AND THAT WAS ONLY FOUR CITIES WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE REGION.
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SO HAVE GONNA HAVE A LEGACY COMMITTEE ENGAGED TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED, WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MIGHT WE NEED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON OUR RADAR, UH, TO PUT A GOOD LEGACY PROGRAM TO, TO LEAVE BACK.BUT THEN ALSO HOW CAN WE PROVIDE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL THOSE KIDS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HERE ALREADY PLAYING SOCCER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FEEL THE WORLD CUP AND BE ENGAGED IN IT IN SOME WAY.
NOT EVERYBODY WE KNOW IS GONNA HAVE A TICKET TO GO TO ATTEND A MATCH, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ANCILLARY SPACES AND FAN FEST AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH TEAMS, NOT ONLY IN 2026, BUT KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE COPA AMERICA THIS SUMMER.
WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, SOME OTHER MATCHES THAT MOST LIKELY WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2025.
UH, SO WE WANNA CONTINUE THAT WELL INTO 2026 AND QUITE HONESTLY, AFTER THAT AS A, AS A LASTING LEGACY.
WELL, MR. WEST TOLD MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF COST TO THE CITY? WELL, HERE'S ONE THING THAT WE NEVER PLANNED ON NINE MATCHES IN ANY OF OUR, UH, ASSESSMENTS.
UH, HONESTLY, IT WAS EIGHT MATCHES, UM, FROM AN ASSESSMENT STANDPOINT.
SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS MATCH SCHEDULE FIGURING OUT WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN TERMS OF HERE'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY SECURITY, UM, HERE'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM TRANSPORTATION, KIND OF HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST.
WHAT DOES FAN FESTIVAL LOOK LIKE NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING TO A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA OF MAYBE WHEN IT'S GONNA BE OPEN.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH, TWO MONTHS TO HAVE THOSE PROJECTIONS.
UH, KEEP IN MIND WE'RE ANTICIPATING UTILIZING THE MAJOR EVENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE TO COVER A MAJORITY OF THE COST AND THE OTHER COST.
WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE HOST CITY SUPPORTER PROGRAM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET THE SPONSORSHIPS NEEDED TO COVER THE OTHER COSTS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT, UH, UM, BE REIMBURSED FROM A, UM, MAJOR EVENT REBO REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE STATE.
SO AT THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOT ASKING, NOT HAVING TO ASK THE CITY FOR ANY FUNDS TO COVER THE COSTS, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT IT FOR, FROM, UH, MAJOR EVENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM PLUS, UH, THE ABILITY TO GO AND, AND SECURE SPONSORSHIPS.
WILL WE BE CHARGING ANY REVENUES FOR THE USAGE OF THE VENUES FACILITY RENTALS? YES.
THERE ARE FACILITY RENTALS, UH, THAT WILL BE CHARGED FOR USE OF, OF THE FACILITIES, UH, FROM A BASE CAMP STANDPOINT THAT CON THE, THE, THE AGREEMENTS ARE FROM A FIFA STANDPOINT OR A CONTRACT DIRECT WITH FIFA A AS TO THE FACILITIES, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, WITH THE SPORTS COMMISSION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE FIFA, THOSE CONTRACTS GO DIRECTLY WITH THE, WITH THE VENUES.
COUNCILWOMAN STEWART, OR CHAIR STEWARD? I PROMISE I'M CALLING THE RIGHT CHAIRS.
THEY ARE HARD TO KEEP 'EM ALL STRAIGHT, COUNCILMAN.
SO ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES I THINK I'VE HEARD YOU MENTION IS THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY FOR THE AVERAGE DALLAS SITE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS AND, AND BE A VOLUNTEER.
OH, WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE'RE GONNA NEED, UH, PLENTY OF, OF VOLUNTEERS.
UM, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ACTUALLY WILL BE LED FROM FIFA, UH, SO THAT THERE'S SOME CONTINUITY AMONGST ALL HOST CITIES.
SO THE KIND OF THE LOOK, THE FIELD, THE UNIFORM, UH, IF SOMEBODY VISITED MIAMI, THEY'D KNOW OF VOLUNTEER THERE IF THEY WERE IN DALLAS, UH, THAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY, ONE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
AND THEN IT'LL FUNNEL DOWN TO US FROM A HOST CITY STANDPOINT.
BUT PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES, UH, LATER THIS YEAR, UH, THE FRAMEWORK, FIFA WILL HAVE THEIR FRAMEWORK PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN IN 2025 IS WHEN WE'LL START THE RECRUITMENT INTERVIEW PROCESS AND, AND THE LIKE.
SO ESSENTIALLY JUST FOLLOW FIFA'S WEBSITE AND THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT.
AND WE, WE HAVE OUR DALLAS 2026, UH, WEBSITE AS WELL.
UM, UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BE ON A NEWSLETTER.
WE'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AS WELL.
AND I'M SURE THROUGH NUMEROUS NEWSLETTERS AND, AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I'D LIKE IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, ON SOME OF THE OTHER LEGACY THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF FIELD DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, ALL THE WORK ON THE COTTON BOWL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER LEGACY PROJECTS THAT YOU ANTICIPATE?
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WELL, I THINK, UM, A FEW THAT WERE KIND OF IDENTIFIED OR A HOPE TO BE IDENTIFIED FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS STANDPOINT, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, WITHIN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, PLAN AND WHAT THE FRAMEWORK WE THINK IS GONNA LOOK LIKE FROM FIFA, WHERE WHETHER IT'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO HOMELESS, UM, THEY'RE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND THAT COMMITTEE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME LEGACIES THAT CAN BE LEFT NOT ONLY FROM A MAJOR EVENT STANDPOINT TO MOVE ON AFTER THIS WORLD CUP IS OVER AND TO GO TO THE NEXT SUPER BOWL, ET CETERA, BUT WHAT ARE PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN PUT IN PLACE THAT CAN STAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES, THAT CAN HAVE GREAT BENEFIT FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT, UH, LIVE HERE ON A DAILY BASE.SO THAT'S SOME OF WHAT THE COMMUNITIES OR THE COMMITTEES, EXCUSE ME, ARE GONNA START TO, TO BUILD OUT FROM A LEGACY STANDPOINT.
SO THIS IS TREMENDOUS WORK, I MUST SAY.
IT'S JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, WHAT I'M WONDERING THEN IS AS YOU OVERSEE ALL THESE COMMITTEES, THEN WHEN THEY HAVE, DO THEIR WORK AND THEN THEY SEE, YOU KNOW, THEIR LEGACY OR JUST THEIR, THIS EVENT SPECIFIC, BUT THEN, THEN IT WILL BE THEN HANDED BACK TO US FROM A POLICY AND A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CITIES SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO ROLL THOSE THINGS INTO OUR ANNUAL WORK.
IS THAT HOW YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT? WELL, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE CITY STAFF WERE ON A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES OF, LIKE, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY PIECE AND PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER.
UH, SO UTILIZING THE, I MAY NOT BE SAYING THE RIGHT WORDS, I'M SAYING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A MASTER PLAN FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT THAT CARLOS HAS SHARED WITH US.
SO WHAT ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT MAY BE ALREADY PARTY THE PLAN? HOW CAN WE TAKE IT UNDER THE, THE WORLD CUP SUSTAINABILITY SECTION AND MAYBE HELP TO MOVE SOME OF THAT ALONG? CAN'T GUARANTEE IT, BUT WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND INCORPORATE IT INTO SOME OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OR IF THERE WERE CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR EVEN TECHNOLOGY THAT MIGHT BE ON A, LIKE TO HAVE WISH TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WISHLIST TYPE OF THING.
HOW CAN WE, THROUGH THE WORLD CUP INCORPORATE THAT IN SOME OF OUR, OUR PLANNING TO MAKE IT THE EVENT A BETTER, UH, A A GREAT EVENT, UM, MAYBE A BETTER EXECUTION, UH, FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT OR FROM A VISITOR STANDPOINT.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO OUR OVERALL PLANNING AND THEN WE JUST, WE HAVE IT TO UTILIZE IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALREADY BUILT, UM, TO UTILIZE ACROSS THE VARIOUS CITIES.
THIS, AGAIN, IT'S TREMENDOUS IN THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S FOR SOME OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE, IT IS LITERALLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, ALSO GIVEN ALL OF THIS VOLUNTEER WORK AND THE COMMITTEES, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY USE THIS AS WE FLESH OUT OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY MM-HMM.
AND SO WE CAN REALLY USE THAT.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE, UH, QUICK ONES.
AND THAT IS FROM THE, UM, INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
HOW DO WE PLAN TO LEVERAGE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE OUR GLOBAL STANDING AND ATTRACT FUTURE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND INVESTMENTS? YOU CAN, AND THEN I, OKAY, SURE.
WELL, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE, AND THE, ALL THE AIRLINES THAT CARRY, I MEAN, WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING SURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE PLAN TO, TO DO, ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE IN WHICH CITIES OR WHICH COUNTRIES ARE COMING HERE, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE EXISTING WITHIN THE DALLAS METROPLEX AREA, AND WE'RE GONNA ACTIVATE THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO THOSE PEOPLE REALLY GO BACK, I MEAN THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES, BUT, UH, MONICA SAID AT THE STARTING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAN OF ATTACK AS TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, CONCEIVABLY THOUSANDS OF MEDIA HERE FOR MONTHS.
WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THOSE PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THEY'RE HERE.
THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DALLAS SITES WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
AND THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL THE STORY OF DALLAS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY ON THEM TO TELL THAT STORY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO, BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT FIFA IS IN INTERNATIONAL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SPILLOVER INTO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS HERE IN DALLAS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPITALIZING ON EVERY ASSET THAT WE HAVE AND EVERY CHANNEL WE HAVE TO GET TO THOSE INTERNATIONAL.
NOW WE'LL WALK UP
WE GONNA COME OVER HERE TO CHAIR BLACKMAN NOW.
AND, UM, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THIS IS, FEELS LIKE SUPER BOWL ON STEROIDS,
SO I KNOW IT'S IN A LOT OF WORK, BUT THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S
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A MEANINGFUL, AND AS I'VE SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, WE WILL BE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.AND SO A APPEARANCE IN DEFINITION OF WHO WE ARE, DEFINING WHO WE ARE DOES MATTER.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? UH, YOU KNOW, WE SIT HERE AND WE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, BUT, BUT HOW CAN WE MEANINGFULLY HELP YOU AND NOT GET IN THE WAY AND DON'T CREATE SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED YOU HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SO, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA BE A PARTNER AND BE SEEN AS A PARTNER.
SO ANYTHING, AND I THINK IF YOU SAID THIS IS WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE ALL 15 OF US SIGN UP AND, AND TO DO IT.
WELL, LET ME GET BACK WITH YOU ON MY FULL LIST.
BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I'M GONNA HAVE A FULL LIST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK RIGHT NOW, ONE, BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNICATION.
I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BASIL DOA SAID IT EARLIER IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.
UM, AND DEFINITELY WELCOME THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY NECESSARILY BLINDSIDED.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE GONNA BE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT COME UP, UM, AS WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THE PLANNING, UM, STANDPOINT, UH, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, SO JUST BEING OPEN TO US COMING BACK TO ASK, I, I THINK, UH, DEFINITELY SPREADING THE WORD, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE, WHETHER IT'S HOSTED E SUPPORT OR DONOR PROGRAM, THAT WE START FROM A FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THE MONEY TO, TO PUT ON THIS WORLD CUP, I THINK IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN REALLY IDENTIFYING LEGACY PROGRAMS, UH, OR OF IMPORTANCE WITHIN EACH OF YOUR, YOUR DISTRICTS, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO OUR LEGACY PROGRAM.
AND AT LEAST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT, UH, OTHER BUSINESSES OR EVEN TALKING WITH CORPORATE PARTNERS OR CORPORATE SUPPORTERS OF FIFA THAT WANT TO ENGAGE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I, THEY'RE GONNA ASK US TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL HERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THOSE, BUT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICTS.
WELL, I, I, LIKE I SAID, I DO THINK EVERYBODY HERE, UH, IS WILLING TO CHIP IN AND HELP.
AND, AND SO HOWEVER WE CAN DO THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR YOU AND, AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES, WE KNOW THOSE LEGACY PROJECTS AND THOSE ARE EXCITING TO SEE 'CAUSE I WAS HERE AROUND THE SUPER BOWL.
AND TO SEE THOSE, UH, THOSE ARE MEANINGFUL.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING, UH, BRIEFINGS WE'VE EVER HAD.
UM, AS A KID I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, THE 94 WORLD CUP WITH, WITH MY DAD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE SAME OPPORTUNITIES WITH, WITH MY DAUGHTER AND, AND SHARING THIS, UH, SPECIAL CELEBRATION WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD.
I SEE REUNION ARENA LIT UP WITH THE SOCCER BALL, UH, SHOWCASING ALL THAT DALLAS HAS TO OFFER.
UM, AS A KID, I, I PLAYED SOCCER NEARLY EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
SO, UH, SOCCER OR FOOTBALL IS, IS REALLY CLOSE IN EAR TO ME.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NINE GAMES BEING VERY IMPACTFUL, BUT ALSO, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE BROADCASTING CENTER.
WHERE ARE WE IN THAT TIMELINE AND, AND WHEN WERE FINAL SELECTIONS BE MADE? YEAH, SO WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH FIFA AND ANTICIPATE HERE OVER THE NEXT HOPEFULLY TWO MONTHS TO HAVE A DECISION THERE.
AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THEY WOULD START MOVING IN JANUARY, 2026.
SO, UH, AS TIME STARTS DWINDLING A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE NEED TO, TO FINALIZE THAT ANSWER.
SO, UM, STILL IN CONVERSATION THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE UP TO 48 DIFFERENT TEAMS WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT DALLAS IS A WELCOMING AND EMBRACIVE CITY AND THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING IN PEOPLE'S PREFERRED LANGUAGES FROM THE AIRPORT TO THEIR HOTEL, TO THE RESTAURANT, TO THE MATCHES? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE'VE TALKED WITH FIFA A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THEIR, THEIR FIFA APP AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IN IT, BUT I DO THINK THAT THROUGH SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE WORK, UH, I KNOW THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AT LEAST ON THE ARLINGTON SIDE OF THINGS, OF BASICALLY REUSING SOME OF THE, THE, UM, STUFF THAT WE HAD FOR THE SUPER BOWL IN TERMS OF, I KNOW THERE'S WAY MORE INTERNATIONAL, UM, ATTENDANCE HERE IN MANY MORE LANGUAGES.
BUT, UM, THINGS THAT WE HAD FOR, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, NOT ONLY FROM A LANGUAGE STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A RELIGIOUS STANDPOINT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO, NEED TO TAKE IN ACCOUNT.
SO THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE STARTED AT THE AIRPORT SIDE.
NOW I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND FROM EXPERIENCE ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, UH, HOTEL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH TEXAS, EVEN TARRANT COUNTY, UM, AND INCORPORATE WHAT OTHER RESOURCES DO WE NEED TO DEVOTE THERE FROM A GUEST SERVICES AND THAT, THAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE.
ON PAGE 12, YOU DISCUSSED THE COMMITTEES.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE COMMITTEE MAKEUP OR THE SELECTION AND, AND HOW THAT, UH, WILL PROCEED.
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SO WE ARE JUST, UH, FORMING SOME OF THE COMMITTEES AT, AT THIS POINT, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE, UH, EXPERTS IN CERTAIN SUBJECT MATTERS.OBVIOUSLY EVEN, UH, SUSTAIN LIKE SUSTAINABILITY.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, NAAR OVER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON.
SHE'S CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
SHE'S KIND OF THE CHAIR OF THAT.
BUT THEN INCORPORATING, HERE'S THE SUSTAINABILITY.
CARLOS EVANS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATIVES FROM ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH, FRISCO, THE AIR, BOTH AIRPORTS, UM, HAVE REPRESENTATION.
ALL OF OUR BASE CAMPS, ALL OF OUR TRAINING, FACIL FACILITIES, FOOD BANKS ARE ON THERE.
I I THINK IT'S AT, STARTED OUT AT 50.
AND I CAN EASILY SEE THAT CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO IF THERE ARE EXPERTS IN THAT FIELD, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WORK, UM, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT.
UH, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE WOULD LOOK TO DO, REPLICATE THAT ACROSS THE OTHER SUBJECT MATTERS.
UH, CRAIG, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE AMOUNT OF HOTELS? DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL HOTELS? AND THEN ALSO JUST TRICKLING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH, UH, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MOM AND POP, AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE INFORMED OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE WORLD CUP? GREAT QUESTION.
UH, YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF HOTELS.
AND I THINK IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE AT THE BASE OR THE, THE CENTER CORE, UH, OR PHASE ONE THAT I CALL IT ON THE HOTEL, UH, STANDPOINT, UH, THE NEXT LAYER IS GONNA BE THE COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES AND SOME OF THE BRANDS THAT ARE COMING IN AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY OTHER VENUES OR CONTRACTORS OR VENDORS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CATERERS TO PRINTERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
ALL OF THOSE COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES COMING IN ARE GONNA NEED TO OR WANT TO USE SOMEBODY LOCAL.
UM, FIFA HAS ALREADY ASKED US FOR OUR CERTIFIED MWBE LIST.
UM, AND FOR US TO CONTINUE TO, UH, EVOLVE THAT AND CONTINUE TO ADD VENDORS TO IT, UH, UM, AT SOME POINT I THINK THEY MAY COME TO US OR MAYBE SOME OF THE AGENCIES THAT THEY HAVE HIRED TO DO OVERLAYS AND, AND, AND CERTAIN THINGS FOR THEM, UM, TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN CATEGORIES FOR US TO EXPAND THAT MWBE LIST.
UM, IN ADDITION, I MENTIONED BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE FIFA APP.
THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, ASK US FOR ADD THE, THE, THE, UH, EXPERIENTIAL ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S RESTAURANTS TO ATTRACTIONS, MUSEUMS ACROSS THE BOARD, TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE INTO THAT APP SO THAT WHEN FANS GET OFF THE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE AIRPORT AND THEY'RE HERE OR IT'S NOT A MATCH DAY AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION.
AND COUNCILMAN, UH, MONICA DID SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH HOTELS RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE MORE HOTELS IN THE PLANNING AND PIPELINE IN THE DFW AREA THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THAN, THAN ENOUGH WHEN THE TIME COMES.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THESE FOLKS ARE, ARE NOT GONNA COME TO THE GAMES OR, OR LODGING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GONNA GO TO OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS AND RESTAURANTS.
AND SO SOMETHING I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IS THOSE REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, WE KNOW THAT ALL OF IT'S NOT GONNA JUST BE THROUGH TRANSPORTATION BY BY BUS.
IT'S GONNA A LOT BE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AREAS, A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIALLY INCREASE IN SCOOTER AND MOBILITY.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, AS WE'RE DOING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE NOT SOLELY LOOKING AT AT STREETS AND ROADS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, OUR SIDEWALKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT CAN, UH, BE CLOSED OFF TO, TO TRAFFIC TO ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY, UH, AND WALKABILITY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
UH, WE, WE WILL GO OFFLINE ON, ON EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, 'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT TO, TO DISCUSS, BUT LIKE I SAID, LET'S KEEP THOSE, UH, LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AND, UH, WE'RE READY TO, TO SHOWCASE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHAIR NAVE.
AND, UM, CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, UH, WITH, UM, THE SPORTS PORTION OF OUR CITY.
AND I WANNA START OFF WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, MONICA PA SPORTS.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A TITLE THAT'S GIVEN AND YOU HAVE EARNED THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT PLAY BALL ANYMORE OR DO THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU PLAY A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPORT.
AND THAT SPORT IS MAKING SURE THAT DALLAS IS ON NOT JUST THE LOCAL STAGE, THE STATE STAGE, EVEN THE NATIONAL STAGE, BUT THE GLOBAL STAGE.
AND THAT, THAT THAT TITLE IS GOAT GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
SO IT'S NOT OFFICIAL AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON IT, BUT I'M BESTOWING UPON YOU GOAT OF THE SPORTS COMMISSION AND SPORTS, UH, AND, AND FOR SPORTS HERE IN GENERAL BECAUSE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OVER THE YEARS, MANY YEARS,
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YOU HAVE BROUGHT MANY, MANY AMAZING EVENTS TO OUR CITY.BUT RECENTLY WE WERE NAMED THE BEST SPORTS CITY IN THE NATION, AND THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT OUR GOAT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE MADE SURE THAT DALLAS, UH, SHINES IN EVERY LIGHT IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AND NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS A LOVE AND A COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY THE WAY YOU DO.
EVEN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOMETIMES WE FORGET OUR LOVE AND EXCITEMENT FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO OTHER THINGS.
AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR SEE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER CITY THAT GOT NINE, EIGHT A SECOND, BUT DALLAS GOT NINE.
ONLY TWO CITIES GET A SEMI-FINAL.
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IMPACT HERE IN OUR CITY IS EXPONENTIAL.
I MEAN, WE'VE, WE HEAR NINE SUPER BOWLS AND EVEN THEN WE DON'T KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE A FINALIST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.
AND I HOPE THAT WHATEVER, IF WE NEED TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY TO GET THAT AND LAND THAT, LET US KNOW.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DEFINITELY WANT THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND I KNOW WE CAN DO IT EVEN BETTER THIS NEXT TIME.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I WASN'T HERE, I DIDN'T LIVE IN DALLAS IN 94, I WAS STILL LIVING IN THE UM, WELL TECH, NOW I WAS LIVING IN AUSTIN 'CAUSE I WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HOOK THEM HORNS GO, LADY LONGHORNS.
UM, HAD TO THROW THAT IN THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I REALIZED BY WALKING AROUND DALLAS AND TALKING TO FOLKS THAT WERE HERE IN 94, JUST THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE OF SPEAKING ABOUT WHEN WE HOSTED THE WORLD CUP HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND AT THAT POINT, WHAT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE IS THAT THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF SOCCER FOOTBALL IN THIS NATION.
WE WERE THE CATALYST, THE CITY OF DALLAS LED TO BRING THAT SPORT AND MAKE IT WHAT IT IS ACROSS OUR NATION BY HOSTING THAT WORLD CUP.
WE MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE PREMATURE, PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BACK THEN.
UM, I'M ONE OF THOSE FOLKS, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SOCCER, BUT I LOVE IT NOW.
IT JUST TOOK THE UNITED STATES, UH, SEVERAL DECADES TO CATCH ON, RIGHT? UM, WE HAD A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOTBALL AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS KIND OF CATCHING ONTO THAT AS WELL.
AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEY'RE GONNA GET TO EXPERIENCE THE COTTON BOWL THAT WE'RE INVESTING AND EXPANDING IN, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO EXPERIENCE, UM, THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO CONVENTION CENTER AND YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO PUT INTO PLACE.
AND THEY'RE GONNA GET TO START EXPERIENCING THAT.
AND CRAIG, YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, THAT THE WORLD DOESN'T REALLY KNOW DALLAS, THEY KNOW OF US.
RIGHT? THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW DALLAS.
AND I'VE HEARD THIS SAID ABOUT OTHER CITIES, UM, ACROSS THE WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE MOST UN NOT MEANING DALLAS SPECIFICALLY, BUT ABOUT THEIR OWN CITIES THAT THEY HAVE THIS, THAT, THE OTHER.
AND I'M LIKE, WOW, YOU DO, YOU HAD, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO DALLAS, WHEN I'M TRAVELING THE NATION OF THE WORLD AND PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT DALLAS AND THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC THOUGHT OF WHAT WE ARE AND THEN YOU START TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE REALLY ARE AND THEY SAY, I HAD NO IDEA.
AND I CAN TELL YOU CRAIG, THAT SINCE YOU BECAME THE LEADER OF VISIT DALLAS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT HERE, IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COUNCIL AND, AND VISIT DALLAS.
AND YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU AND MADE SURE THAT DALLAS, THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE FOLKS WHO ARE PAYING THE BILLS ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING PROMOTED.
AND YEAH, WE GOTTA SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE REGION A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, VENUES OR YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT PROMOTION, WHETHER IT'S NOT JUST SPORTS BUT THE ARTS DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, FOOD AND RESTAURANT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IS MAKING PEOPLE EVEN MORE WANT TO COME TO OUR CITY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT IS HOW DO WE GROW OUR CITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT THROUGH VISIT DALLAS BEING ONE OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT JUST ME BY MYSELF LIKE YOU SAY AS A TEAM, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION REALLY HAS OPENED MY EYES TO A LOT OF THINGS OF WHY WE DO THINGS.
OR WHEN PEOPLE ASK LIKE, WHY DID YOU INVEST IN THAT BACK THEN? AND 'CAUSE IT MAKES NO SENSE.
AND IT'S LIKE, NOW IT'S CATCHING UP.
NOT SAYING IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR WORLD CUP, BUT WORLD CUP, SUPER BOWL, YOU KNOW, ARTS THINGS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING UP, ALL THESE HOTELS, ALL OF THIS, IT ALL IS CONNECTED.
AND WITH THIS IS ECONOMIC, UM, IMPACT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AMAZING EXPERIENCES.
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IGNITE THE COTTON BOWL.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY JOBS THAT ARE GONNA BE NECESSARY, WHETHER THEY'RE PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
ALL BECAUSE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPORTING EVENT IS COMING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE THE BEST LARGE AIRPORT IN THE NATION NOW WE HAVE THE BEST MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORT IN THE NATION NOW.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, IT GIVES PRIDE TO NOT JUST ME AS CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SHOULD TO OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY OUR STAFF THAT WORK AT BOTH OF THOSE AIRPORTS.
'CAUSE ONE, THEY'RE THE BEST AT BOTH.
BUT THAT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT HELPS YOU TALK TO OTHER WHATEVER IT IS.
AND SAY YOU'RE GONNA GET IN, YOU'RE GONNA GET OUT.
YOU CAN FLY, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN FLY TO FRISCO LA AND YOU CAN BE BACK IN SIX HOURS IF YOU NEEDED TO BE RIGHT.
YOU CAN GET TO NEW YORK CITY, YOU CAN GET TO MIAMI, YOU CAN GET TO THE EDGES OF OUR COAST AND BACK WITHIN ROUGHLY SIX HOURS.
I MEAN, MINUS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SPEND IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE DALLAS, RIGHT? WE'RE DALLAS.
AND I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT BECAUSE LA AND THE WORLD IS GONNA GET TO SEE WHY I LOVE DALLAS SO MUCH.
AND I CANNOT WAIT MR. CHAIR, I WON'T BE ON THIS COUNCIL ANYMORE BY THAT POINT, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO WHATEVER YOU NEED HELP WITH WELCOMING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT WE ARE READY FOR THAT GLOBAL WORLD STAGE AND WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR US, MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET US KNOW WHILE I'M ON THIS COUNCIL, WHAT YOU NEED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT, HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
BECAUSE THIS INVESTMENT IS GONNA PAY SO MANY DIVIDENDS FOR OUR CITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT TIME AROUND WHEN THE CITY OF DALLAS WINS THAT FINAL MATCH.
BUT OVERALL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE THE GOAT.
UH, AND WITH THAT SAID, I'LL JUST UH, CLOSE THIS OUT WITH JUST SOME FINAL STATEMENTS.
AGAIN, UH, BEING FAIRLY NEW TO COUNCIL, NEW TO THIS ROLE, MONICA.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU WITH THE NEWLY, UH, CLAIMED GOAT, UH,
SO, UH, SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP, CRAIG, AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
ROSA, I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU IN PRIVATE, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, UH, OVER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA END THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, AND AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE IF WE NEED TO CLOSE THE MEETING FIRST OR GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST.
ALRIGHT, SO THE, THE TIME IS, UH, 4 37.
UH, THE TIME IS, IT IS UH, 3 4 30 7:00 PM ON MARCH 26TH.
THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 51, UH, 0 7 1 AND 5 51 0 7 2 AND 5 51 0 8 7 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA SEEKING THE ADVICE OF ATTORNEYS OF ITS ATTORNEYS ABOUT PENDING AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
SETTLEMENT OFFERS OF ANY MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TWO DELIBERATING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IF DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE CITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE THIRD PARTY OR THREE DISCUSSING OR DELIBERATING COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, UH, THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STATE OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE CITY WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATIONS OR DELIBERATING AN OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO THE BUSINESS PROSPECT.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING, UH, BACK TO SESSION, UM, THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND AN, UH, WAIT A MINUTE, IF, DO I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN? NO.
YEAH, YOU GOTTA ADJOURN YOURS.
THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND AD HOC COMMITTEE OF PER PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION HAS COMPLETED CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS, UH, 5 51 0.0 7 1 5, 51 0.072 AND 5 51 0.087 OF TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.
AND AT 5:20 PM ON MARCH 26TH, WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE SPORTS RECREATION AND RETENTION, UH, MEETING AT 5:20 PM I'M DONE.
AND THIS A TURN THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER ANNOUNCED WE ARE ADJOURNED.
UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPER COMMITTEE AT FIVE 20 MEETING ATTORNEY.