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THE CAMERAS IN THE MORNING.[Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention on December 2, 2024.]
THE TIME IS 4 0 1 AND WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TO ORDER.UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MINUTES.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SOME SECOND MOTIONS REMAIN PROPERLY APPROVED.
ALL, ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BRIEFING.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FIFA WORLD CUP, AND WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ONE, EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE INTER INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CENTER.
UH, SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO, UH, ROSA TO GET US STARTED.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, BOTH PRESENTATIONS.
UH, ONE IS AN UPDATE, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CENTER, UH, FROM THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL SAVE OUR QUESTIONS TILL AFTER.
SO WITH THAT, MS. FLEMINGS, YOU'RE ON.
I'M ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
WITH ME TODAY ARE BRETT WILKINSON, WHO IS THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS LIAISON FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
I HAVE ANTHONY LOPEZ, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR OVG, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND MONICA PAUL, WHO IS WITH VISIT DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION.
AND SO FOR THIS FIRST UPDATE, WE'RE GONNA DO A GENERAL UPDATE ABOUT THE WORLD CUP, GET YOU UP TO DATE ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE IBC AND GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION REGARDING WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND THE JOINDER.
MONICA PAUL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION.
UM, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AS WELL AS WHAT WE FORESEE HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, FEW MONTHS COMING UP.
SO, UH, FIFA HAS EXTENDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL HOST CITIES TO CREATE A HOST CITY POSTER.
UH, SO WE HAVE PUT THAT OUT TO THE, TO THE REGION, UH, ARE IN THE MIDST OF MAKING OUR FINAL SELECTIONS ON OUR POSTER.
UH, THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE $5,000 IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE, 2,500 EACH.
UH, THESE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US THEN TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THOSE WINNERS.
UH, FIFA WILL CREATE PRODUCT, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CELEBRATE THEM AND SHOW, UH, THESE DESIGNS OFF.
UH, WE ALSO, FROM A BRANDING STANDPOINT, LOOK TO REALLY START HAVING A LOOK AND FEEL, UH, OF THE WORLD CUP, UH, WHETHER IT'S MURALS, UH, IN DOWNTOWN AND VARIOUS DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE DALLAS AREA, UH, LATER IN 2025, AND THEN HAVE A FULL BRANDING PROGRAM THAT WOULD START IN 2026.
UH, IN TERMS OF FIFA FAN FESTIVAL, FAIR PARK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE FAN FESTIVAL, UH, LOCATION.
UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST SITE VISIT WITH, UM, FIFA, UH, AS WELL AS C3 PRESENTS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OVG OUT AT FAIR PARK, UH, AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, UH, TO REALLY DESIGN AND, AND DESIGNATE THE AREA, WHAT THE LOOK AND FEEL IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, OPENING, ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN FOR 39 STRAIGHT DAYS.
SO EVEN ON THE REST DAYS WHEN MATCHES AREN'T GOING ON, UH, WE WOULD LOOK TO HAVE ACTIVATIONS, CONCERT SERIES, UH, SOMETHING THAT REALLY SAYS DALLAS AND THE DFW AREA, UH, AND KIND OF STANDS OUT MAYBE A LITTLE, UH, UM, STATE FAIR, TEXAS MIDWAY FEEL AS WELL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS FEEL WELCOME THERE, BUT THEN ALSO A, A GREAT PLACE FOR OUR LOCAL, UH, UH, RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE AS WELL.
UH, SO WHAT'LL HAPPEN NEXT IS, UH, WE SHOULD GET FEEDBACK THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, SECURITY PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO GO ALONG WITH THE FAN FEST.
UH, WE HAD A, UH, A WORKSHOP IN, IN ATLANTA IN OCTOBER WHERE ALL HOST CITIES CAME TOGETHER.
FIFA REALLY OUTLINED WHAT THEIR SAFETY SECURITY FRAMEWORK LOOKS LIKE.
UH, THEY HAVE CREATED 18 DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS.
SO ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION, WE HAVE EMERGE, UH, UH, PLANNING TEAMS, UH, THAT, UH, COMMUNICATE FROM DALLAS TO FORT WORTH TO ARLINGTON TO, UH, FRISCO, A LOT OF OUR BASE CAMP LOCATIONS AS WELL.
UH, SO WE ARE STARTING MONTHLY MEETINGS, UH, TO, TO FORWARD THAT PLANNING PROCESS.
THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, SENT OUT A RFP FOR US TO SELECT A CONSULTANT AND THIRD PARTY TO PUT TOGETHER OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
UH, SO WORKING ACROSS THE CITIES, UM, OUR MOBILITY PLAN FIRST DRAFT IS DUE IN MARCH, AND THEN THE FINAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL BE DUE, UH, AT THE END OF 2025.
FIFA REALLY FOCUSES ON THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR TEAMS, THEIR VIPS, THEIR WORKFORCE, SOME OF THE MEDIA.
OUR FOCUS IS REALLY ON THE SPECTATORS AND ENSURING THAT THE SPECTATORS AND FANS THAT ARE ARRIVING TO AIRPORTS CAN GET EASILY TO HOTELS,
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UH, CAN GET OUT TO ARLINGTON, UH, ON MATCH DAY, UH, BUT THEN ALSO EASILY CONNECT THROUGH OUR TRANSIT SERVICES TO, UM, FAIR PARK FOR THE FAN FESTIVAL.AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, FROM A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR ABOUT A YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER NOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OTHER 10 HOST CITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ON SOME EMERGENCY SAFETY, SECURITY, UH, APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ELECTION AND, AND CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN, IN WASHINGTON DC WE FEEL LIKE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT IN, UH, EARLY 2025.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BID ON THIS IN 2017, WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOUR OR FIVE MATCHES.
OUR WORLD, UH, HAS, HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT NOW WITH NINE MATCHES PLUS, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT WE HAVE, AND REALLY FEEL THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
SO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY FROM A LOCAL STANDPOINT, BUT A STATE, A FEDERAL STANDPOINT, THAT THOSE AGENCIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER A SAFE AND SECURE WORLD CUP.
FROM A HOST CITY FOOTPRINT, UH, YOU'RE WELL AWARE WHERE THE MATCHES ARE TAKING PLACE.
AT, AT AND T STADIUM FAN FESTIVAL AT FAIR PARK, KAYLEE BAILEY HUTCHINSON FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, WE HAD FOUR BASE CAMPS.
UH, AN ADDITIONAL BASE CAMP WAS JUST ADDED LAST WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD POTENTIALLY TWO MORE BASE CAMPS IN, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
UH, WE COULD GET UP TO SEVEN TOTAL BASE CAMPS, SO SEVEN OUT OF A POTENTIAL 48 TEAMS. UH, WE, WE COULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOOTPRINT IN TERMS OF THE TEAMS THAT THAT COULD BE HERE IN ADDITION TO THOSE BASE CAMPS.
AND THEN COTTON BOWL AND SMU BEING OUR VENUE SPEC, VENUE SPECIFIC TRAINING SITES, UH, THERE ARE THREE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT FIFA HAS ASKED US TO IDENTIFY.
ONE BEING A FLEET DEPOT, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE THEY BRING THEIR CARS AND SEDANS AND, AND THEIR BUSES.
UH, AND THEY MANAGE THAT FLEET.
UH, THEY STAFF IT, UH, HANDLE THE CARS, EXCHANGES, UH, UH, TRAINING OF DRIVERS, ET CETERA.
UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, LOW STAR PARK AT GRAND PRAIRIE, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UH, OUT AROUND DFW, UH, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
UH, ANOTHER LOCATION IS THE VOLUNTEER CENTER.
OUR VOL, THIS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WILL BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGER ONES.
UH, SO A VOLUNTEER CENTER THAT IS OPEN FROM, UH, NOVEMBER, 2025, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF JULY, 2026.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, DID A SITE VISIT WITH FIFA AT FAIR PARK, AT THE FOOD AND FIBER AND EMBARCADERO BUILDING THERE.
UH, SO THINK THAT THAT'S ONE LOCATION THAT WE COULD SET UP, DO THE, UH, RECRUITMENT, DO THE ORIENTATION TRAINING, UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION, UH, AND THEN THE, THE POST-EVENT PARTY AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST REMAINING FOOTPRINT WOULD BE, UH, TICKETING CENTER, MAIN TICKETING CENTER.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, GREYHOUND TERMINAL BUILDING AS WELL AS UNION STATION.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE, UH, PUTTING FORTH A FEW OTHER OPTIONS TO FIFA HERE.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, DECEMBER, UH, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE FINALIZED.
WE DID OUR FIRST, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS KICKOFF, UH, OCTOBER 31ST, UH, IN A WORKSHOP.
UH, HAD WELL OVER 125 ATTENDEES.
OUR STAKEHOLDER LIST IS ABOUT 300.
SO WE'RE WELCOMING, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO, WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE WORLD CUP, UH, FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE.
UH, WE WILL BE HOSTING ANOTHER WORKSHOP IN JANUARY, UH, WITH FIFA.
IT'LL BE A VIRTUAL ONE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT THAT, THAT FRAMEWORK TOGETHER, WHICH IS DUE LATER IN 2025.
UH, FROM AN ACCOMMODATION STANDPOINT, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, FIFA SHOULD HAVE DESIGNATIONS FOR HOTELS, UH, HAVE AT LEAST THEIR BLOCKS CONTRACTED, AS WELL AS ALL RATES, UH, WHERE THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS WE'RE ABLE TO THEN TURN THAT INFORMATION OVER TO OUR SAFETY SECURITY TEAMS AND OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TEAMS TO REALLY KNOW WHERE THERE MAY BE VIPS, UH, WHERE ESCORTS MAY NEED TO, WHERE, WHERE WE MAY HAVE HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF SPECTATORS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UH, EXCITING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
UH, FROM A FUNDRAISING STANDPOINT, UH, THE MAYOR MAJOR EVENT, UH, REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM IS CRITICAL PIECE FOR US.
UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATED NUMBER IN MARCH OF 2025 WITH THE APPLICATION GOING IN, UH, LATER, UH, IN 2025.
AND THEN WE ARE STARTING, UH, THE PROCESS FROM A HOST, CITY SUPPORTER, PRO PRO PROGRAM.
WE CAN HAVE 10 HOST CITY SUPPORTERS, BUT THEN THERE'LL BE OTHER DONORS AND OTHER LEVELS THAT ALSO INCLUDE
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SUITES OR ACCESS TO SUITES, UH, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LEGACY COMPONENTS, WHETHER IT'S ON THE YOUTH SOCCER SIDE, SUSTAINABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, ET CETERA.UH, AND THEN JUST SOME KEY UPCOMING DUE DATES, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
UH, UM, ONE OF THE KEYS BEING TODAY IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA START THE PROCESS OF VEN NINE MATCH VENUE SERIES, AS WELL AS A FOUR MATCH VENUE SERIES, UH, SUITE PACKAGES, UH, ACCESS TO THOSE, UH, FOR SOME OF OUR HOST CITY SUPPORTERS DONORS, UH, KEY HOST, HOST COMMITTEE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, WE LOOK TO HAVE OUR FIRST DONOR PROGRAM, UH, KICKOFF ON DECEMBER 13TH.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, WITH REGULAR MEETINGS STARTING IN JANUARY ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO, TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY UPDATES.
SO WE WILL TRANSITION INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
SO FOR ABOUT THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH FIFA, UM, THE TERMS OF WHICH WE'LL YOU'LL SEE IN THE JOINDER AND IN THE COMPLETED CONTRACT FOR THE USE AGREEMENT WITH THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE AGREED ON THOSE TERMS, AND STAFF IS READY TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL THE JOINDER THAT WILL JOIN WITH THE OBG 360 CON, UH, CONTRACT.
AND WE'RE SEEKING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ON DECEMBER 11TH.
SO, IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS, AND AS, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MONICA, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DALLAS.
THE MASSIVE FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER WILL HOST THOUSANDS OF BROADCAST JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT INCLUDES, UM, JUNE THROUGH JULY, BUT ANTICIPATES AN EARLIER MOVE IN STARTING IN JANUARY, AS BRETT WILKINSON WILL GO THROUGH IN HIS PRESENTATION.
THEY'LL TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE NINE GAMES THAT ARE SCHEDULED HERE IN DALLAS, BUT GAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AND SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DALLAS TO CREATE A LEGACY IMPACT HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AS PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS, WE'VE AGREED TO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
NOW, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT SOME OF THESE WERE ALREADY ANTICIPATED AS WE START TO PHASE OUT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND START TO COMPRESS IT FOR, UH, HALLS A, B, AND C, RIGHT? SO, CHANGES TO THE ROOFING STRUCTURE, ET CETERA, SOME CLIMATE CONTROL.
THOSE THINGS WERE ALREADY ANTICIPATED.
WE'RE JUST MOVING THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE TIMELINE AS UNDISTURBED FOR THE MASTER PLAN.
SO WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE PHASING AND WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION FROM BRETT, AND FUTURE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GO THROUGH RELATED TO THE MASTER PLAN, STILL SHOW US DELIVERING THE CONVENTION CENTER IN 2029.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE BOTH OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
I REALLY WANNA THANK, WHILE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, IN PARTICULAR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION.
I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS ALONG WITH THE PLAYERS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRETT TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M BRETT WILKINSON, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST WITH THE CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO BE BACK AT THE CITY.
I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE WORKING ON FIFA WORLD CUP.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY INITIATIVES SURROUNDING WORLD CUP.
UM, MONICA JUST WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE.
BUT THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IS REALLY SOMETHING TRULY, UH, REMARKABLE FOR DALLAS AND OUR CITY.
UM, OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS LITERALLY GONNA BE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS UPDATE TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY AFTER NEXT WEEK, MAKE AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE WORLD THAT THIS IS GONNA BE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE'LL DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE IBC AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR DALLAS, UH, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR DALLAS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE IBC FOOTPRINT AND DISCUSS THE CITY SPACES AND SECURITY PERIMETER, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN THE PUBLIC.
AND I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, ONE THING ON THIS BULLET.
WE HAVE BEGUN CITY LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, UM, THAT IS WELL ATTENDED EVERY MONTH.
ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE.
UM, AND THE IBC IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, DISCUSSION EACH MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO GO ON.
AND I'LL TALK A A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE IB SKI IBC SCHEDULE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD.
WE'LL REVIEW THE KEY PROVISIONS IN THE CITY'S JOINER TO THE USE CONTRACT, WHICH ROSA TALKED ABOUT.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL REVIEW OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS.
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NEXT SLIDE.SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UM, SINCE DALLAS WAS SHORTLISTED, UH, TO POTENTIALLY HOST THE IBC BACK IN FEBRUARY, 2024.
AND WHILE THERE WERE SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOING THIS AT FAIR PARK, IT WAS ULTIMATELY DECIDED THE BEST LOCATION FOR THE IBC WOULD BE OUR VERY OWN KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, AND SINCE FEBRUARY OVG 360, THE CITY'S PRIVATE VENUE OPERATOR FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH FIFA ON THE TERMS OF THE USE OF A USE CONTRACT FOR THE FACILITY.
NOW, IN THE SECOND BULLET, I WANNA POINT OUT THE AG.
THE USE CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY IN AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIFA AND OVG 360, NOT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS THIRD BULLET HERE, UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY FIFA AS PART OF NEGOTIATIONS FALL OUTSIDE OF OB G'S CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, INCLUDING, AS ROSA SAID, NEEDED, NEEDED CAPITAL PERIMETER AND OTHER NEEDS, WHICH WE'LL REVIEW THOSE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, THE CITY NEEDS TO JOIN IN THE CONTRACT BETWEEN FIFA AND OVG 360.
AND IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND DEVELOP AND SUBMIT THE TERMS OF THE JOINDER TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE IBC IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR DALLAS.
DURING FIFA WORLD CUP 2026, THE IBC WILL BE THE CENTER OF TELEVISION, RADIO, MOBILE, AND OTHER NEW MEDIA OPERATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE COMPETITION SERVING AS THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HUB FOR ALL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICAL TERMS? WILL DALLAS IS ONE OF ONLY 16 CITIES THAT'S HOSTING, UM, A FIFA WORLD CUP IN NORTH AMERICA.
AND THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, WHICH WILL BE BROADCASTING ALL THE MATCHES PLAYED IN NORTH AMERICA THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER BROADCAST ACTIVITIES.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CONVENTION CENTER.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SECOND BULLET, THE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD WILL BE FROM JANUARY 14TH THROUGH AUGUST 24TH, 2026.
DURING THAT TIME, MOST OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE VENUE, UH, FOOTPRINT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WILL BE DEDICATED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF FIFA.
THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND SO THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS WILL BE HOSTING, AS ROSA SAID, THOUSANDS OF BROADCAST JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD PRIOR TO AND DURING WORLD CUP 2026.
AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR DALLAS AND ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LAST BULLET HERE, SERVING AS THE HOST FOR THE IBC WILL COME WITH SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC AND OTHER ANCILLARY BENEFITS TO THE CITY.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE IBC FOOTPRINT.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
UM, THE FOOTPRINT INCLUDES A VERY LARGE CARVE OUT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, EXCLUDING THE MEMORIAL ARENA AND T-BALL, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ALL THE WAY OVER TO LAMAR STREET, WHICH IS WHERE EXHIBIT HALL SEE ENDS.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EXHIBIT HALL'S, DENF AND OR ANY OTHER AREAS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER WEST OF LAMAR STREET.
IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THE PARKING AREAS IN FRONT AND SOME OF THE OUTDOOR SPACES BEHIND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THE DOTTED BLUE LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE INCLUDES SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE'VE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE PARTICULAR LANDOWNERS ABOUT USING, UM, THOSE AREAS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE.
SO AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S A MASSIVE FOOTPRINT THAT WILL BE CARVED OUT FOR FIFA FOR AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD IN TWO THOU IN 2026.
SO THIS IS JUST A LIST OF THOSE VENUE SPACES.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBIT HALLS, THE LOBBIES, THE BALLROOM, THE MEETING ROOMS, AND THE OTHER AREAS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE VENUE.
SO THE IBC WILL ALSO INCORPORATE SOME CITY SPACES, UM, OR THOSE AREAS NOT INCLUDED IN, IN THE VENUE OPERATOR SPACES MANAGED BY OVG 360.
EXAMPLES OF CITY SPACES INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, STREETS, RIGHTS OF WAYS, AND OTHER AREAS.
FIFA WILL BE FENCING OFF THE ENTIRE AREA AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE WITH THE FINAL, FINAL PERIMETER TO BE DECIDED ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD.
AND SO THIS IS WHY I MENTIONED OUR REGULAR CITY STAFF MEETINGS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION WATER, TO KNOW WHAT WILL BE BLOCKED OFF AND WHEN, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL COORDINATING COLLECTIVELY ON ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT BE TAKING PLACE, UM, IN THOSE AREAS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
AND IT'S ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY'LL BE IMPACTED BY ANY ROAD CLOSURES AND OTHER IBC ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, PRIOR TO FIFA TAKING OVER, UM, THE IBC WILL HAVE A SECURITY PERIMETER AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE, UH, WITH A SECURITY FENCE PROVIDED BY FIFA.
IT WILL BE A RESISTANT RESISTANT FENCE WITH ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SECURITY ENTRY POINTS FOR PERSONS, VEHICLES AND EMERGENCY
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SERVICES.AND THAT SECURITY PERIMETER WILL ALSO INCLUDE PARKING AREAS AND WALKWAYS.
SO AGAIN, MAKING SURE WE'RE COORDINATING ALL OF THIS CLOSELY WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IS CRITICAL.
LET'S LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND THE DIFFERENT PHASES, UH, OF THE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD, UH, FROM JANUARY 14TH ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST 24TH.
THESE INCLUDE THE SETUP, INSTALLATION, AND PRE-OPERATION PHASES, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHEN FIFA WILL BE GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD, THE OPERATIONS PHASE PHASE, WHICH IS SHORTLY BEFORE AND DURING THE COMPETITION, WHICH IS WHEN THE IBC WILL BE IN FULL ACTIVATION MODE AND BROADCASTING, AND THEN THE DEPARTURE AND DISMANTLING PHASES, WHICH IS WHEN EVERYONE WILL BE LEAVING THE FACILITY AND ALL THE TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL, UH, IS BEING DISMANTLED.
ALRIGHT, SO ON THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS FROM THE CITY'S JOINER TO THE USE CONTRACT.
AND WHILE OUR ATTORNEYS ARE STILL WORKING WITH FIFA'S ATTORNEYS IN ALL THE LEGAL, UH, FORM OF THE CONTRACT, THESE ARE THE KEY OVERALL, UH, PROVISIONS ON THE JOINDER, WHICH WE HAVE AGREED TO WITH FIFA.
UH, FIRST UP IS THE VENUE NAME, UH, WHICH WILL OFFICIALLY BE KNOWN AND MARKETED AS THE FIFA WORLD CUP 26 INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPETITION.
SO AS, UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ARE SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT NEED TO BE, UH, COMPLETED, WHICH ARE OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF OVG THREE SIXTY'S CONTRACT AND WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE IBC SITE FUND FUNDAMENTALS IN THE USE AGREEMENT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED HERE, ENSURING A WATERTIGHT ROOF AND RELATED DRAINAGE PROJECTS PROVIDING ADEQUATE CLIMATE CONTROL FOR PARKING LEVEL G IF FIFA NEEDS TO UTILIZE IT.
AND THAT'S STILL UNDETERMINED AT THIS POINT.
LE LEVELING THE AREAS AND LOADING DOCKS BEHIND THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR BROADCAST AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, INSTALLING TEMPORARY CARGO LIFTS FOR SETUP AND MOVEMENT OF EQUIPMENT BETWEEN LEVELS ONE AND TWO OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, PROVIDING ANY MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED REGARDING POWER SOURCING.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ENCORE ON THAT.
AND THEN ANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, UH, THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET THE IBC SITE FUNDAMENTALS, IF NOT COVERED BY OBG.
AND WHILE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT A LOT OF THESE ARE GONNA, OR, OR SOME OF THESE ARE GONNA COST AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH FIFA ON EXACTLY THE SCOPE AND WHAT'S NEEDED, ESPECIALLY ON THAT POWER SOURCING, WE DON'T EXPECT THOSE COSTS TO EXCEED $15 MILLION.
UM, SO, AND AS ROSA SAID, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE GONNA BE NEEDED ANYWAY.
ALRIGHT, SO IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIFA, ONE OF THE KEY CONCERNS HAS BEEN THE PLAN PROXIMITY CONSTRUCTION WORK ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAY ON TRACK WITH THAT, UH, WITH OUR SCHEDULE THERE AND MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL INTERRUPTIONS TO IBC OPERATIONS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH OUR PROJECT PARTNERS ON THE MASTER PLAN, ESPECIALLY INSPIRED DALLAS TO COORDINATE PRE FIFA DURING FIFA AND POST FIFA CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
UH, WE'VE ALSO AGREED TO INSTALL, UM, UH, AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE PARTITIONS AND NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES.
UH, AND THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE A WORKING GROUP, UM, TO MONITOR PROXIMITY CONSTRUCTION WORK ACTIVITIES THAT CONSIST OF OVG, THE CITY FIFA AND SOME OF THE, OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
AND IF IT'S DEEMED THAT ANY PLAN CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER ACTIVITIES COULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON IBC OPERATIONS, WE WILL DISCUSS IN GOOD FAITH TO FIND A MITIGATION SOLUTION.
UH, AND THIS WORKING GROUP WILL BEGIN MEETING REGULARLY, REGULARLY, ONCE THE AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED.
AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED LANG LANGUAGE IN THE JOINER TO ADDRESS THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO JUST A, A FEW OTHER ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
THE CITY NEEDS TO OBVIOUSLY DELIVER THE FACILITY IN A CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION, IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY CERTIFICATIONS.
UH, IT WILL BE NECESSARY, UH, FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACILITY DURING THAT PERIOD.
SO THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE THEIR CITY, I, UH, DALLAS, ID BADGE ON WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, IF O VGS CONTRACT EXPIRES OR IS TERMINATED, THE CITY AGREES THAT THE USE AGREEMENT SHALL BE FULLY ASSUMED BY THE CITY AND OR THE SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED CONVENTION CENTER MAN, CONVENTION CENTER MANAGER, INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL OBLIGATIONS SET OUT IN THE USE AGREEMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE KEY, UH, PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S JOINING FOR THE USE CONTRACT.
ALRIGHT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS.
SO, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS COMMITTEE TODAY FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE JAN, I'M SORRY, DECEMBER 11TH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE FINAL TERM OF THE CITY'S JOINDER TO THE USE CONTRACT BETWEEN OVG 360 AND FIFA TO
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FACILITATE AN EIGHT MONTH USER AGREEMENT.AND I KNOW THIS SAYS NINE MONTHS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO.
I FORGOT TO COUNT IN MY RETIREMENT HOW TO COUNT, UM, FOR USE OF THE HEY, BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER, DALLAS AND OTHER CITY SPACES IN 2026, AND AUTHORIZE THIS APPROVAL FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO JOIN IN THE USE CONTRACT APPROVED US TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND TO PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH A FINANCING AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 15 MILLION.
AND THE SOURCE OF THAT FUNDING WILL BE THE CON, UH, CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION FUND.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE HOPING TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE, UH, THAT DALLAS WILL BE THE HOST OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER AFTER THAT VOTE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT DAY UP IN THE FLAG ROOM.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON PLANNING FOR THAT, AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE, UH, ABOUT THAT AS SOON AS WE GET THE DETAILS WORKED OUT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA START, UH, TO MY LEFT AND I'M GONNA GO AROUND THIS WAY.
SO I'LL START WITH, UH, CHAIR MORENO.
UH, THIS IS, UH, NOT ONLY AN EXCITING DAY FOR, FOR DISTRICT TWO FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER TO BE ABLE TO HOST, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CENTER, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THAT DALLAS HAS TO OFFER.
UH, ALL EYES ARE GONNA BE ON DALLAS, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS IN TIP TOP SHAPE IN ORDER TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT'S GONNA OPEN UP FOR OUR LOCAL, UM, MERCHANTS, OUR RESTAURATEURS, UM, ALL THE LOCAL, UH, MARKETS HERE IN DALLAS.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE HIGHLIGHTED, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SEE WHAT DALLAS HAS TO OFFER.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, VOTE, UH, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS OFFICIAL.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS.
ONE OF THEM IS, UM, COUNCILMAN MORENO MENTIONED, UH, HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALL THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, SO AS WE RECEIVE RFPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM FIFA, WHETHER IT'S FROM FIFA, SOME OF THEIR VENDORS OR AGENCIES THAT THEY ARE HIRING TO DO VARIOUS OVERLAYS, UH, THEN WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OUT, NOT ONLY ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA, LINKEDIN CHANNELS, BUT THEN ALSO TO OUR ENTIRE DATABASE, UH, OF MWBE, UH, BUSINESSES.
AND THEN THAT IS FURTHER SHARED OUT.
IF THEY HAVE, UH, GONE IN AND REGISTERED, UH, IN SOME OF THE EARLY RFPS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, UH, THEN ANY FUTURE RFPS THAT, UH, GO OUT FROM FIFA, THEY SHOULD GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, WE TRY TO POST THEM ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE TO JUST TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
WE ANTICIPATE TO DATE, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, BUT HEAVILY ANTICIPATE IN 25, UH, AS THE PLANNING, UH, AND, AND OPERATIONAL PLANS, UH, GET SET FORTH, THAT THERE'LL BE MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE SUPPLIERS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ALSO PROMOTE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, DOES PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES ALSO INCLUDE PROMOTING CERTAIN AREAS? FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT FIVE BUCKNER HAS A LOT OF, UM, MEXICAN, UH, RESTAURANTS.
UH, IS IT GONNA INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THAT? SO WE ARE JUST STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS.
I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM MONICA AND HER TEAM JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO WE DISTRIBUTED IT TO PROCUREMENT AND TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'LL BE HOSTING SOME MEETINGS WITH THEM TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MENU OF OPTIONS IS.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE GUIDANCE OF FIFA AND MONICA'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THEIR PARAMETERS, AND THEN WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
BUT THE GOAL IS YES, TO MARKET ALL OF DALLAS.
ON ON THE FIRST SLIDE, THERE WAS A MENTION OF EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUESTS.
WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT FUNDING BE USED FOR? SO THE, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUEST IS REALLY FOR THE SAFETY, SECURITY, THE FIRE, THE MEDICAL, THE ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT MAY LIE OUTSIDE OF WHAT A TRADITIONAL EVENT MAY NEED.
KEEP IN MIND MAJOR EVENTS, UH, SUPER BOWL'S, FINAL FOURS USUALLY TAKE PLACE IN ONE CITY, RIGHT? SO FOR, FOR WORLD CUP, YOU'VE GOT 39 STRAIGHT DAYS IN 16 CITIES OR 11 CITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT ARE NEED NEEDED.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE SHARED STAFF, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO, UH, THAT IS HIGHLY, UM, HIGH MAJORITY OF THAT IS ALL, UH, SAFETY, SECURITY RELATED.
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THANK YOU.THE LAST THING I HAD IS THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT MENTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST GLOSSED OVER REALLY QUICKLY OR IF I MISSED IT.
UM, BUT COULD YOU, UM, ELABORATE ON THAT SLIDE, PLEASE? YES.
UH, SO, UH, EACH CITY HAS TO PUT TOGETHER A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK.
FIFA HAS JUST RELEASED THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK EARLIER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY TWO TO THREE MONTHS AGO.
NOW IT'S UP TO US, UH, E EACH HOST CITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN OUR CITY AND WITHIN OUR REGION, AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS THAT WE WOULD PUT FORTH THROUGH THAT.
SO THAT TAKES THE, THE AIM OF WHETHER IT'S HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, LABOR'S TRAFFICKING, SEX TRAFFICKING, MIGRANT WORKERS, UH, ACCESS TO REMEDY, UM, UM, HOMELESSNESS POPULATION, UM, THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY MAY HAVE, UM, VARIOUS ISSUES.
UH, SO WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO IS, UH, WITH US FROM NOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WORLD CUP, UH, AND WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH HOUSTON ON A STATE LEVEL, UM, TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK IS.
SO THE HUMAN, I MEAN, THE FIFA WORLD CUP PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUSION.
IT'S ONE OF THEIR KEY ELEMENTS.
UH, NOT ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT THEN SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THE RHETORIC AROUND IMMIGRATION IN OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY THE RECENT COMMENTS REGARDING DEPORTING UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS, ALIGNS WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, FIFA PROMOTES? WELL, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY HEAVILY WORK WITH FIFA AS WELL AS, UM, OUR STATE.
WE WANNA BE SEEN AS A WELCOMING CITY, A VERY INCLUSIVE CITY.
UH, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO WELCOME ALL THE TEAMS THAT MAY BE HERE, WHETHER IT'S BASE CAMPS OR TRAINING HERE, OR FANS WHO ARE COMING HERE, UM, TO, TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD CUP, EVEN THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE TICKETS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL LOOK TO GAIN SOME GUIDANCE FROM OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TO MENTION THAT A CM LIZ
AND SO THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT FRAMEWORK, I THINK ONE OF THE BEST AT FI HAS SEEN DATE.
AND SO AS WE WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UH, CONCERNS AND, AND ISSUES AND STATEMENTS AND, AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR Y'ALL'S RESPONSES.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TICKET CENTERS.
I MEAN, TELL ME WHAT THAT, BECAUSE USUALLY IT COMES THROUGH YOU ON YOUR PHONE.
SO HOW DOES A TICKET CENTER WORK FOR THIS? WELL, UH, TICKETS WILL STILL BE DIGITAL.
UH, BUT FIFA ALSO, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS, BUT FROM WHAT I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS FIFA STILL MAYBE HAS SOME SPECIALS OR DISTRIBUTIONS THE DAY OF DAY BEFORE.
MAYBE THERE'S AN ISSUE, UH, WITH TECHNOLOGY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL GUEST.
AND IT'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ISSUES ONCE THEY GET TO THE STADIUM.
AND THEN YOU ASKED THE HUMAN RIGHT ONE.
UM, SO BACK TO THE SECURITY AT THE IBC AND YOU SAID THERE'S A FENCE AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IS THAT GONNA BE IT FOR SECURITY OR THE BE TELL ME WHAT, TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY AROUND THIS, BECAUSE I COULD SEE THIS BEING, IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL HUB FOR, FOR, FOR HARM.
AND BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO ANYTHING THAT, THAT GETS US IN TROUBLE.
OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE OUR SECURITY VERY SERIOUSLY IN THE, IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN, UM, COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY.
MONICA SAID THERE'S 18 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE LOOKING AT SECURITY, SO WE WILL BE WORKING OUR POLICE.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN HEAVILY ENGAGED.
ROCKY VASE IS, IS HELPING WITH SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
SO IT WILL BE A VERY, VERY SECURE PERIMETER BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS A 24 7, IT'LL BE, THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THE GAME, THIS IS HAPPENING THE WHOLE TIME.
SO I COULD SEE WHERE IT COULD DRAW A LOT OF HOOPLA.
AND SO, SO FIFA'S IN CHARGE OF THAT COORDINATING WITH OUR LOCAL FOLKS? THAT'S CORRECT.
YES, THERE'S A WHOLE PLAN AROUND IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY DONE TWO OR THREE SITE VISITS FROM A SAFETY SECURITY STANDPOINT, JUST FROM A IBC UH, PERSPECTIVE, THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR LOW, OUR LARGER, UH, REGIONAL PLAN AS WELL.
UM, SO WE ARE ASKING TO PUT IN 15 MILLION FOR THE UPGRADES THAT THEY NEED TO CREATE THE IBC.
HAVE WE DONE WHAT AN ECO, AN ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD BE THAT WOULD WE'LL SEE THE VALUE, THE ROI COMING FROM THIS INVESTMENT, BECAUSE I MEAN, HOW MANY DAYS DID YOU SAY THEY'RE
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GONNA BE HERE? 24 7 30 SOME MORE THAN THE A MONTH AND A HALF, SIX WEEKS.39 STRAIGHT DAYS OF COMPETITION.
UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE, UH, BROADCAST CENTER SOMEWHERE MIDDLE TO END OF MAY OPENING UP, UM, DEFINITELY JUNE 1ST, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
GIVE IT JULY 20TH, 21ST, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE, UH, THE MATCHES BEFORE THEY, THEY SHUT DOWN.
SO HAVE WE DONE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT? SO, UM, FIFA HAS DONE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOR EACH OF, UH, EACH OF THE HOST CITIES.
UH, AND IT WAS PROBABLY DONE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE WERE WAITING ON SOME OF THE DATA THAT WAS PUT IN ON THE BACKSIDE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO OUR OWN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AS IT RELATES TO THE MAJOR REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THE NUMBERS THAT CAME BACK FROM THE FIFA ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY WERE 2 BILLION, ROUGHLY.
DID YOU SAY BB 2 BILLION, UH, DOLLARS IN OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE JUST TO DALLAS? FOR THE REGION.
UH, SO THIS NEXT STUDY, UM, ONCE, ONCE SOME OF THE HOTEL RATES, NUMBERS, ALLOCATIONS FELL OUT, UH, BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
UM, WE WILL ADD IN THE OTHER BASE CAMP THAT HAS, HAS COME ALONG, UH, WE WILL TURN THAT INFORMATION OVER TO OUR ECONOMIST, AND THAT'S OUR HOPEFUL MARCH, 2025, WE'LL HAVE A NEW UPDATED ESTIMATE.
SO DOES THE 2 BILLION INCLUDE THE IBC AS WELL? YES.
I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, IF I MAY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THIS IS REALLY TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING, BUT I'LL START WHERE MY COLLEAGUE LEFT OFF OF THE, UM, HOW MUCH OF THE 15 MILLION WAS ANTICIPATED ANYWAY? PROBABLY ABOUT 8.5 OF IT WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED.
UM, WE'LL BRING A BRIEFING TO YOU SOON THAT WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE CONVENTION CENTER PHASING.
AND THAT'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JULY OF 2025 IS WHEN WE START TO DETACH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO WE WILL, UH, REMOVE THE CONNECTION OVER LAMAR AND START TO LOOK AT, AT MOVING THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT TO THE WEST OF LAMAR.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THAT WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE BUILDING OFF AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE HVAC, EVERYTHING WAS ANTICIPATED SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE PROGRAMMING THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH IT NOW, WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS AND I'LL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO TURN IT OVER TO ANTHONY LOPEZ SO HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ROOFING REPAIRS THAT HAVE ALREADY, UH, ESTIMATED.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERWAY.
WE'LL NEED TO FINISH THEM AS PART OF THIS JOINDER.
SO WE WERE GONNA DO CLIMATE CONTROL IN THE GARAGE SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO RENT THAT SPACE AS LEASEABLE SPACE TO GIVE MORE ACCESS.
ANTHONY LOPEZ, UH, GENERAL MANAGER, UH, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH OAKVIEW GROUP? UH, YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROCESS, UH, WITH, WITH THE FOLKS FROM FIFA.
UH, AND SOME OF IT AS, AS, AS EVERYBODY STATED HERE TODAY, SUCH AS THE ROOF REPAIRS IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH TO THE CLOSING OF THE FACILITY, THERE WAS WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE.
I THINK ROSA, PREVIOUS SESSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT A DIAPER FORM AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, THOSE REPAIRS ARE A GOOD CHUNK OF THOSE.
UH, AND, AND, UH, AGAIN, I THINK IT JUST EXPEDITED, WE GOT 'EM DONE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER KNOWING THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY WATERTIGHT.
UH, THERE'S SOME WORK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE, UH, WITH SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES OFF OF THE ROOF, UM, RELATED TO, UM, UH, HALLS A AND B WHERE THERE'S SOME WATER THAT COMES IN THROUGH THE SIDES.
WE, WE WE'RE GETTING ESTIMATES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT WITH THAT 15, UH, MILLION DOLLARS NUMBER, UH, A LOT OF IT IS LOOKED AT AS POTENTIAL.
UH, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE PARKING GARAGES.
A A POTENTIAL AREA THAT THEY MAY WANT TO USE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN CRATE STORAGE.
AND, AND THE, THE, THE FOLKS AT FIFA HAVE BEEN REAL GOOD TO WORK THROUGH WITH THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THEY'VE LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING THAT SPACE IN THERE AT ONE TIME.
THEY LOOKED AT PUTTING IT INTO THE PARKING LOTS.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR OUTDOOR SITES.
IF WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WORK, WE WON'T, WE, WE PROBABLY WON'T END UP DOING THE, THE CLIMATE WORK IN THAT SPACE.
SO, SO FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE THOUGH, IF I TAKE YOUR NUMBERS, YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING AT CLOSER TO, IT'LL BE UNDER 10 FOR THE, IN TERMS OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THIS PROJECT.
AND SOME OF THOSE, AS, AS ANTHONY WAS SAYING, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO AS WE GO FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, UM, IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE, WITH THE OMNI AND USES OF THEIR BALLROOMS, ET CETERA, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO USE SOME OF THAT OUTDOOR SPACE THAT'S PLANNED.
SO THAT COST WOULD COME, COME OFF.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN EXPENDING THESE FUNDS, WE'LL
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OBVIOUSLY UPDATE YOU ALL BY MEMO TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE GOT TO THAT SWEET SPOT AND WHERE OR NOT WE ACTUALLY EXPENDED THE 15 MILLION OR, OR UNDER.I'M GONNA TRY TO RUN THROUGH THESE.
'CAUSE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, HOW MANY BROADCASTERS ARE WE EXPECTING? I, I, I THINK, UH, THE HEIGHT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2000.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY HALL PLAZA TO BE, WE COULD LEVERAGE THIS OPPORTUNITY, I THINK TO REALLY ACTIVATE IN NEW WAYS, SIMILAR TO HOW WE JUST DID WITH THE AURORA FESTIVAL AND SOME OTHERS.
UM, MIKE, NEXT QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE AN ORGANIZED WITHIN OUR OWN CITY MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP? DO WE HAVE, UM, AN ORGANIZED EFFORT, UM, FOR THE MEDIA TO, TO, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE MEDIA FILL TIME TO PROMOTE THE CITY ITSELF? I KNOW WE HAVE VISIT DALLAS, THEY'RE SUPER STRONG, BUT ARE WE, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THE CITY ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS? AND PARTICULARLY, UH, AT THE OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, IN TERMS OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF HIS DISTRICT, IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUBMIT TO YOU ALL TO JUST FOR OUR OWN INTERNAL PACKAGES? YOU KNOW, HERE'S EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PART OF DALLAS, OR THAT PART OF DALLAS, JUST IN CASE WE PUT PACKAGES TOGETHER? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE WILL ACTUALLY BE HOSTING, UH, A COMMERCIAL AFFILIATE IN BROADCAST SUMMIT IN MARCH OF 2025.
UH, WHERE SOME OF THOSE BROADCASTERS, UH, WILL BE HERE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE'LL PUT OUR FIRST PACKET OF INFORMATION TOGETHER.
AND THOSE ARE THE WHERE TO EAT THINGS, TO DO WHAT MAKES, UH, UH, OUR REGION AND OUR CITY SPECIAL, UH, DAY TRIP ITINERARIES, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALREADY IN MARCH AS THEY START TO PREPARE TO REALLY MOVE HERE AND, UH, SPEND AN EXPANDED PERIOD OF TIME IN, UH, 2026, THEN WE WILL HAVE A MUCH LARGER, UH, EXTENDED PACKET.
BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, THEY'LL BE HERE BEFORE THE MATCHES START.
RIGHT? SO WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE OUT IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UH, EXPERIENCE OUR RESTAURANTS, THINGS TO DO, UM, AND, AND THAT OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
SO WE WILL HAVE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
IT MAY BE IN DIFFERENT LEVELS AND STAGES SURE.
AS WE BUILD UP TO 2026, WELL, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR US, SO THAT, THAT WAY YOU CAN'T, YOU WON'T HEAR ANY OF US SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
IF YOU, IF WE ACTUALLY GAVE YOU THE LIST OURSELVES.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE VERY QUICKLY, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, ON THE FAN, ON THE FAN FAIR, I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S, UM, AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN SOME WAYS, I THINK IN ADDITION TO THE, OF COURSE, THE STATE FAIR THEME, I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THAT FROM A, LIKE A WORLD'S FAIR KIND OF PERSPECTIVE IS SOMETHING JUST TO KEEP IN MIND SINCE WE WERE WORKING ON SUCH A STRONG CONCERTED EFFORT TO POSITION DALLAS THAT WAY AS WELL.
SO IT COULD BE, AGAIN, A WIN-WIN.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, DO WE, ARE WE WORKING CLOSELY AS YOU DO ALL THE TRANSPORTATION AND ALL OF THAT, ARE WE WORKING ON INVESTING IN ANY PERMANENT OPTIONS THEN THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE AND USE LATER AFTER FIFA? WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A SYSTEMS EVALUATION OR ANYTHING, JUST TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND? 'CAUSE MY GUESS IS THAT THE, THE EXPERTS WITH FIFA WILL PROBABLY GIVE US INFORMATION THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE GET AROUND AND HOW THEY GET AROUND AND WHAT THEY NEED.
SO IF WE COULD, AGAIN, LEVERAGE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR, OUR REGION, I THINK IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.
YES, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GUS, UH, TO IDENTIFY SOME NEEDS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, UM, POTENTIAL, UH, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING NEEDS AROUND, UH, FAIR PARK.
UH, I THINK THE REGIONALISM PIECE WILL COME INTO IT AS WELL, ESPECIALLY JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MUCH LARGER SCOPE WHERE THE TEAMS NEED TO GO, UH, AS WELL AS THE VIPS AND HOW THEY MAY GET AROUND.
SO I THINK IT'D BE SOME GREAT LESSONS LEARNED THAT OUR, OUR FIFA, UH, TEAM COULD, COULD, UH, GIVE TO US.
WELL, OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY, UH, CAN DO TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AND WAYS TO HELP YOU.
UM, SO FIRST I WANNA START, UM, WITH THE, UM, THE BROADCAST CENTER AND THOSE CHANGES.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF LIKE OTHER THINGS WE'VE HAD WHERE WE PUT A MAX ON THE PRICE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING 15 MILLION
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IS THE MAX.SO I JUST WANT YOU TO REITERATE THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS.
THE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S 8.5 MILLION THAT WE ALREADY KNEW WAS GONNA HAPPEN, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT UP A MONTH ON ONE OF THE THINGS.
RIGHT? AND SOME OF THEM ARE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE, 'CAUSE IT WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE ANYWAY.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE, OH, THEY NEED $15 MILLION.
IT'S, CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT VERY CLEARLY? 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THE, THE, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, UM, DON'T START GETTING ON US AS A CITY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THIS POTENTIALLY $15 MILLION.
SO I WANNA ANSWER THAT A A COUPLE WAYS.
THE FIRST IS WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR ABOUT 6.5 MM-HMM.
AS WE TOOK THE BUILDING DOWN, WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE BUILDING FUNCTIONAL.
UM, THE SECOND IS THAT THROUGH THE USER AGREEMENT AND THE RENTAL, UM, FOR THE BUILDING WILL MAKE A BIG CHUNK OF THAT BACK.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, IF I, IF I HAD A, A CRYSTAL WALL, I WOULD SAY WE ARE PROBABLY NOT GONNA SPEND THAT ENTIRE 15 MILLION I THINK ARE NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIFA ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
I THINK IT IS JUST GOOD PLANNING ON OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE APPROVAL TO SET THE FUNDS ASIDE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A SLOW DOWN IF WE DO HAVE TO SPEND THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS CLEARLY, UM, ITERATED TO, UM, OUR PUBLIC IS BECAUSE YOU, WE ALL KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER IN ITS CURRENT STATE IS GOING AWAY.
AND IT'S KINDA LIKE, WELL WHY ARE YOU GONNA PUT 15 MILLION INTO THIS BUILDING? AND WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE LIST.
NOT WE'RE JUST CHUNKING EVERYTHING OUT.
UM, AS SOON AS FIFA WORLD CUP IS OVER, SOME OF THESE THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE REGARDLESS.
WITH AN OLD BUILDING THAT'S ABOUT TO GO AWAY, YOU STILL HAVE TO INVEST.
UM, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU TEAR DOWN A BUILDING, IT COSTS MONEY TO TEAR IT DOWN TO PICK UP ALL THE WHAT'S LEFT OVER TO GO DUMP IT SOMEWHERE.
AND SO THIS IS PART OF THOSE COSTS THAT WE ALREADY HAD.
AND THERE ARE OUR EVENTS THAT ARE PLANNED POST FIFA, RIGHT.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL SPORTING EVENTS AND OTHER CLIENTS WHO ARE COMING IN IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
AND IN ORDER FOR OBG TO CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB FOR VISIT DALLAS AND MONICA WITH THE SPORTS COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PARTS OF THE BUILDING READY FOR CLIENTS TO CONTINUE TO COME IN.
JUST LIKE IN 2026, I MEAN, WHEN THIS IS ALL GONNA BE STARTING, THE DALLAS WINGS WILL BE STARTING HOPEFULLY IN, IN THE ARENA RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
UM, IF NOT, THEY'LL BE AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER.
BUT I MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE WORKED TOGETHER.
AND Y'ALL ARE THE ONES REPORTING TO US HOW THAT'S BEEN WORKING SO FAR.
AND THIS COMMITTEE Y'ALL BEEN WORKING WITH, RIGHT? YES.
NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE CREDIT THAT, YEAH, SO, BUT I GET IT.
IT'S, I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY GOOD LEADERS HERE WORKING ON THIS ALL TOGETHER AND, AND YOU'VE LISTED A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND THIS IS A, YES, IT'S THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT IT'S A HUGE REGIONAL EVENT WITH ALL PLAYERS.
YOU KNOW, HAVING NCT COG THERE ALSO IS HUGE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE USED THEM, UM, IN ORDER TO HELP US.
WHEN WE BROUGHT, UM, WWE E BACK, THAT WAS OUR FIRST TEST TO SEE IF, AND I KNOW IT WAS A TEST TO SEE WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO FOR FIFA WORLD CUP IN 2026.
UM, SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS IS NOT LIKE, OH, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
THIS IS LIKE, WE'VE BEEN TEST RUNNING THINGS ALREADY.
SO OF THE, OF THESE DOLLARS, IT'S A, IT'S A MINUSCULE AMOUNT.
STUFF WAS ALREADY GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY MORE, I MEAN THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH 2000 JOURNALISTS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH RUNNING A GLOBAL 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK SPORTING NEWS ORGANIZATION, ESSENTIALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AKAY.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
YOU HEARD IT FOR A WHOLE THING.
2 BILLION IN INTERNATIONAL IMPACT.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER HAVE THAT TYPE OF A THING THAT'S GONNA COME ANYTIME BETWEEN THEN OR AFTER.
'CAUSE I THINK, WHAT DID Y'ALL SEE? HOW MANY SUPER BOWLS IS A FIFA WORLD CUP? AND THE
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CITY OF DALLAS HAS HOSTED ONE SUPER BOWLUM, MAYBE NOT EVERY FOUR YEARS, BUT WE COULD DO IT.
I, BUT I DON'T, BUT I DON'T WANNA KILL YOU MONICA.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO INVEST A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER TO GET THIS HUGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
UM, THAT STARTED WITH THAT APPLICATION IN 2017.
AND, UM, LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HUGE DEAL FOR ALL OF US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, THIS MORNING I, I COMMENTED ON MY COLLEAGUE'S HORSE VOICE AND UM, HOW SHE LOST IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS 'CAUSE SHE WAS CHEERING ON THE TEXAS LONGHORNS LAST NIGHT, HOOK THEM HORNS.
BUT I FOUND OUT IT'S 'CAUSE SHE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE IBC CENTER COMING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD REASON TO CHEER AND BE EXCITED.
UM, BECAUSE THE WORLD CUP IS SOMETHING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
IT IS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PUTTING DALLAS ON CENTER STAGE GLOBALLY.
AND FOR THAT, IT'S LIKE, I KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD, UM, WILL BE ON CENTER STAGE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HAVING THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BROADCAST CENTER IS LIKE ICING ON AN ALREADY GIGANTIC WORLD CUP CAKE.
'CAUSE WE GOT NINE MATCHES, EVERYBODY.
IN CASE YOU, YOU FORGOT THAT THAT LAST I REMEMBER, NO OTHER CITY GOT NINE MATCHES.
WE GOT A SEMIFINAL, WE GOT A QUARTERFINAL, WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THERE, FAN FEST.
AND TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER HERE AS WELL.
LET ME TELL YOU, WE WON THE WORLD CUP OF ALL THE 16 CITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN IN OUR GREAT CITY, VAMOS, VAMOS, DALLAS, LAKI.
I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
AND AGAIN, YOUR CONTINUOUS WORK AND HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND MANAGING TO DO THIS AS A UNIT, NOT IN SILOS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FULLY MAXIMIZE THAT 2 BILLION, UH, AND PARTICULARLY GETTING A BULK OF THAT COMING INTO THE DALLAS AREA.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'M GONNA MAKE THIS QUICK.
UM, HERE, KIND OF FOLLOWING ALONG THE, THE SAME, UH, QUESTIONING OF MY COLLEAGUE HERE.
CAN YOU, HE TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW BUSINESSES AND THINGS AND I'M, I'M ASSUMING THEY'LL SET UP SIMILAR TO, UH, FAIR PARK, HOW THEY REALLY MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A VENDOR AT FAIR PARK.
SO I'M HOPING AS, AND I GUESS I'M MAKING THIS COMMENT OUT LOUD AS WELL, BUT AS WE, UH, WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROCUREMENT, UH, MANAGING THOSE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE, UH, UH, TO, TO, TO BE A VENDOR FOR AN ORG FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS AND THE MAGNITUDE.
SO REALLY MANAGING THE EXPECTATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN POSITION, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL THERE.
THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT THE EXISTING VENDORS.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THE EXISTING VENDORS, UH, WITHIN THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND ALL THAT, HOW THEY WILL BE IMPACTED BY ALL OF THIS? YES.
UH, JUST IN A, IN A COUPLE PLACES WE HAVE, WE HAVE CERTAIN VENDORS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE VENDORS IN THE FACILITY.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH,
AND THEN IN SOME CASES BE ABLE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK FOR 'EM ON SITE.
UM, FIFA UH, UH, HAS A, A FAIRLY OPEN RFP PROCESS, BUT THEY WERE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T END UP WITH A, A MAJOR DISRUPTION TO THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY FOR US, OUR CLEANING COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH AND, AND, AND PROVIDE CLEANING SERVICES FOR THEIR EVENTS ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, DOING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IN SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO, IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT WE DO, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP MOST OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS BUSY AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE OTHER PART FROM AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND THIS IS A PIECE I'M, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, I KNOW WE TALKED AT $2 BILLION, BUT ALSO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW ON AVERAGE, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT A CITY STILL SEES THE BENEFIT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS? UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 2 BILLION FROM THAT ACTUAL TIMEFRAME, THAT WINDOW OF WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE.
UH, BUT THEN THERE'S ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SETS UP AS A RESULT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, 3, 2, 3 YEARS AFTER, THERE'S STILL SOME REMNANTS OF OF THAT.
IS THERE ANY STUDY ON THAT OR WILL THERE BE A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT KIND OF? YEAH.
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LARGE OR SMALL, WE'LL DO A POST EVENT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND GET ACTUALS DATA FROM TICKET HOLDERS, HOW LONG THEY WERE HERE, AVERAGE SPEND, ET CETERA.UH, SO, WE'LL THAT'S PROBABLY WITHIN THE YEAR AFTER THE WORLD CUP.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, ANYTIME WE HOST A MAJOR EVENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ONE, THE, THE, THE DAY THAT WE WERE ANNOUNCED AS A HOST CITY, NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT WE HAD NINE MATCHES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CONTINUED TO GET INCREASED NUMBER OF CALLS OF OTHER SPORTING EVENTS THAT WANTED TO, TO COME HERE.
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS THAT WE HAD NOT TALKED TO OTHER NATIONAL TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WANT TO SEE DOWN LIST, UH, ON A CYCLE SO JUST BY THAT ALONE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S INCREASED, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITY FOR US FROM A SPORTS COMMISSION STANDPOINT TO BOOK, UH, FUTURE EVENTS, UM, LARGE OR SMALL.
SO, UH, WHILE I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME MAYBE THAT THAT RESIDUAL FR FROM THE WORLD CUP WILL LAST, I DO KNOW THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S UPON US TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEIZE THAT.
AND THEN ARE, WILL THERE BE WAYS, AND THIS MAY BE A VISIT DALLAS QUESTION TOO, BUT ARE, WILL THERE, WILL THERE BE WAYS TO CAPTURE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THIS MANY GUESTS COMING INTO A CITY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHICH IS AN EXCITING THING.
SOMETIMES THEY SEE DALLAS IN A DIFFERENT LENS.
SO WILL THERE BE A WAY WE CAN CAPTURE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEW, NEW VENUES OR NEW, UM, UH, AREAS AROUND THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MAYBE HAD SOME BENEFIT FROM THIS THAT WE WERE, MAY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKING IN OUR DISTRICTS.
KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES OF GIVING A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO THROUGH IN, IN THE DISTRICT.
ARE THERE WAYS WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA REALLY HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC FROM THIS EVENT.
SO VISIT DALLAS DOES USE A SOFTWARE, I'M BLANKING ON THE NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S A SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE THAT KIND OF LOOKS AT VISITORS THAT COME INTO THE CITY CENTER AND WHERE THEY GO, WHETHER THEY'RE VISITING ARTS AND CULTURE, CERTAIN RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET A REPORT FROM VISIT DALLAS SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
I THINK IT TAKES 'EM 30 TO 45 DAYS POST EVENT TO ACTUALLY PULL A REPORT TOGETHER THAT CAN SHOW US, UH, WHERE VISITORS WENT, UM, WHO TRAVELED HERE BY PLANE, WHO DROVE IN, ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
IT'LL BE ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS POST THOUGH.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR, YOUR BRIEFING.
THIS IS, UH, ACTUALLY JUST A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, MONICA, YOUR WORK AND CONTINUING TO SHOW THAT DALLAS IS NOT JUST A SPORTS CITY, BUT WE ARE A CITY OF ENTERTAINMENT AND OPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT OPENS UP THE CITY OF DALLAS, REALLY THE REGION.
UH, BUT WE REPRESENT IN DALLAS, SO IT OPENS UP DALLAS AND WE'RE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, OPENS UP DALLAS TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
UH, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS GIVES US, THE CITY, GIVES THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD WHO WE ARE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE PIECE OF BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND THAT IS TO MAKE A MOTION.
I, I WAS GONNA, I MOTION THAT WE FORWARD THIS TO THE COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND, MOTION'S BEEN MADE PROPERLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AT 4 59, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.