WEBVTT 00:00.701 --> 00:01.101 EDDIE. 00:01.101 --> 00:01.935 >>YOU'RE HIRED. 00:01.935 --> 00:03.036 >>THANK 00:03.036 --> 00:04.171 YOU. 00:04.171 --> 00:04.605 [LAUGHTER] 00:04.605 --> 00:05.506 >>NOW TO A LOOK AT WHAT COULD 00:05.506 --> 00:06.406 BE THE 00:06.406 --> 00:08.008 CITY'S NEWEST 00:08.008 --> 00:09.409 SPORTS 00:09.409 --> 00:10.244 VENUE. 00:10.244 --> 00:11.245 >>THE CITY 00:11.245 --> 00:12.212 AND STATE 00:12.212 --> 00:12.813 SPENDS 00:12.813 --> 00:13.947 PUBLIC TAX 00:13.947 --> 00:14.681 DOLLARS NEAR 00:14.681 --> 00:15.816 MCCORMICK 00:15.816 --> 00:16.216 PLACE. 00:16.216 --> 00:17.417 THE 00:17.417 --> 00:18.051 SUN 00:18.051 --> 00:19.786 TIME'S 00:19.786 --> 00:20.320 REPORTS THERE 00:20.320 --> 00:21.488 THERE IS A PLAN FOR A 00:21.488 --> 00:22.356 STAUD 00:22.356 --> 00:22.956 FOR 00:22.956 --> 00:24.024 DePAUL UNIVERSITIES BASKETBALL 00:24.024 --> 00:25.659 TEAM TO DOUBLE AS A CONVENTION 00:25.659 --> 00:27.628 VENUE ALONG WITH TWO NEW 00:27.628 --> 00:28.295 HOTELS, 00:28.295 --> 00:30.364 NORTH AND WEST OF McCORMICK 00:30.364 --> 00:30.697 PLACE. 00:30.697 --> 00:33.367 THE PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED 00:33.367 --> 00:33.667 WITH 00:33.667 --> 00:35.135 125 MILLION IN PUBLIC 00:35.135 --> 00:37.070 FUNDS. 00:37.070 --> 00:37.971 THAT'S 55 MILLION IN GIFT 00:37.971 --> 00:39.840 FUNDS 00:39.840 --> 00:41.708 AND 75 MILLION IN HOTEL 00:41.708 --> 00:42.042 TAXES. 00:42.042 --> 00:43.744 ACCORDING TO SOURCES, 00:43.744 --> 00:44.077 ANOTHER 00:44.077 --> 00:44.978 70 MILLION WOULD COME FROM 00:44.978 --> 00:45.579 DEPAUL. 00:45.579 --> 00:47.414 JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE MERIT 00:47.414 --> 00:48.148 U.S. 00:48.148 --> 00:49.016 OF PUBLICLY FUNDED 00:49.016 --> 00:50.150 CENTER 00:50.150 --> 00:52.019 IS ALLEN 00:52.019 --> 00:52.619 SAN 00:52.619 --> 00:55.556 DERSON. 00:55.556 --> 00:55.956 SANDERSON. 00:55.956 --> 00:57.391 WE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM 00:57.391 --> 00:58.358 THE CITY, 00:58.358 --> 00:59.259 DePAUL AND 00:59.259 --> 01:01.428 THE 01:01.428 --> 01:02.196 METROPOLITAN EXPO SIGNIFICANCE 01:02.196 --> 01:03.764 AUTHORITY BUT THEY ALL 01:03.764 --> 01:04.164 DECLINED. 01:04.164 --> 01:05.032 WE'RE GLAD YOU DIDN'T. 01:05.032 --> 01:06.333 THANK YOU FOR COMING 01:06.333 --> 01:06.834 IN. 01:06.834 --> 01:08.969 TELL ME, SHOULD TAX 01:08.969 --> 01:09.536 DOLLARS, 01:09.536 --> 01:11.138 PUBLIC TAX 01:11.138 --> 01:11.305 DOLLARS 01:11.305 --> 01:13.440 BE SPENT TO 01:13.440 --> 01:15.809 BUILD A 01:15.809 --> 01:17.211 STADIUM FOR 01:17.211 --> 01:17.744 DePAUL? 01:17.744 --> 01:19.079 >>IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A 01:19.079 --> 01:20.180 BASKETBALL ARENA 01:20.180 --> 01:21.281 BY ITSELF IS 01:21.281 --> 01:22.683 USED SO INFREQUENTLY, 01:22.683 --> 01:23.584 MAYBE 10 01:23.584 --> 01:24.451 OR OR 20 01:24.451 --> 01:25.853 TIMES A YEAR FOR 01:25.853 --> 01:26.320 GAMES. 01:26.320 --> 01:28.055 THE UNITED CENTER, ON THE OTHER 01:28.055 --> 01:28.889 HAND, HAS 01:28.889 --> 01:31.725 BOTH TWO MAIN 01:31.725 --> 01:32.192 TENANTS, 01:32.192 --> 01:33.460 BLACKHAWKS AND BULLS 01:33.460 --> 01:33.927 AND YOU 01:33.927 --> 01:35.295 THROW IN THE 01:35.295 --> 01:36.163 CONCERTS AND 01:36.163 --> 01:37.598 CIRCUSES AND YOU COULD GET 01:37.598 --> 01:37.898 INTO 01:37.898 --> 01:38.866 200 NIGHTS A 01:38.866 --> 01:40.334 YEAR AND THEN IT 01:40.334 --> 01:41.335 PAYS. 01:41.335 --> 01:42.469 BUT SOLDIER FIELD IS USED 01:42.469 --> 01:45.706 SO 01:45.706 --> 01:46.139 INFREQUENTLY. 01:46.139 --> 01:47.641 SO IN SOME WAYS, THERE'S 01:47.641 --> 01:48.175 AN OL 01:48.175 --> 01:49.376 JOKE ABOUT A GUY 01:49.376 --> 01:50.277 WHO GETS 01:50.277 --> 01:51.078 MUGGED 01:51.078 --> 01:52.613 AND RESISTS AND 01:52.613 --> 01:53.480 THEY 01:53.480 --> 01:53.947 EVENTUALLY 01:53.947 --> 01:55.082 WRESTLE HIM TO THE 01:55.082 --> 01:56.483 GROUND AND 01:56.483 --> 01:57.584 TAKE $3 OUT OF HIS POCKET AND 01:57.584 --> 01:58.886 WHY DID YOU PUT UP SUCH A 01:58.886 --> 01:59.419 FIGHT 01:59.419 --> 02:00.787 FOR P DOLLARS? 02:00.787 --> 02:02.256 OHWORKS I THOUGHT YOU WANTED 02:02.256 --> 02:02.523 THE 02:02.523 --> 02:03.991 $200 IN MY SHOE. 02:03.991 --> 02:04.591 I 02:04.591 --> 02:06.026 THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE 02:06.026 --> 02:07.027 GOING 02:07.027 --> 02:07.628 ON. 02:07.628 --> 02:09.463 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE 02:09.463 --> 02:10.364 WHATSOEVER SO BUILD THIS 02:10.364 --> 02:11.331 AS A 02:11.331 --> 02:12.266 BASKETBALL 02:12.266 --> 02:12.699 ARENA. 02:12.699 --> 02:14.401 >>THE CITY IS SAYING IT WOULD 02:14.401 --> 02:15.802 ACTUALLY -- THEY HAVEN'T SAID 02:15.802 --> 02:16.103 MUCH. 02:16.103 --> 02:17.137 THEY'RE BEING 02:17.137 --> 02:18.105 CLOSED MOUTHED 02:18.105 --> 02:19.139 ABOUT IT. 02:19.139 --> 02:20.440 BUT IN A RELEASE THEY SAID 02:20.440 --> 02:20.741 THE 02:20.741 --> 02:22.843 CITY IS LOOKING FOR A 02:22.843 --> 02:23.944 STATE-OF-THE-ART EVENT 02:23.944 --> 02:24.545 CENTER. 02:24.545 --> 02:26.079 , WHICH WOULD 02:26.079 --> 02:27.281 BE ATTRACT 02:27.281 --> 02:27.848 CONVENTIONS, TRADE 02:27.848 --> 02:28.916 SHOWS AND 02:28.916 --> 02:29.616 SPORTING EVENTS. 02:29.616 --> 02:30.984 SO DOES THIS KIND 02:30.984 --> 02:31.451 OF 02:31.451 --> 02:32.019 COMBINATION 02:32.019 --> 02:33.053 WORK IN AN 02:33.053 --> 02:34.054 EVENT CENTER? 02:34.054 --> 02:35.255 >>NOT REALLY. 02:35.255 --> 02:36.857 IT'S JUST THE VENUES DON'T WORK 02:36.857 --> 02:37.891 IN TERMS OF WHAT 02:37.891 --> 02:39.126 A CONVENTION 02:39.126 --> 02:40.961 WANTS AND WHAT A 02:40.961 --> 02:41.895 SPORTING EVENT 02:41.895 --> 02:42.196 WANT. 02:42.196 --> 02:43.463 THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER WELL AND 02:43.463 --> 02:45.065 THERE HAVE BEEN CITIES THAT 02:45.065 --> 02:45.832 HAVE 02:45.832 --> 02:47.534 TRIED IT'S AND 02:47.534 --> 02:49.102 LARGELY 02:49.102 --> 02:49.536 UNSUCCESSFUL. 02:49.536 --> 02:51.038 WE THAT TO POSSESS, THE CITY AS 02:51.038 --> 02:52.206 A WHOLE, THE LARGEST 02:52.206 --> 02:54.975 SQUARE 02:54.975 --> 02:55.742 FOOTAGE, 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET 02:55.742 --> 02:57.010 OR SOMETHING, FAR MORE THAN 02:57.010 --> 02:57.544 ANY 02:57.544 --> 02:59.446 OTHER CITY ALREADY. 02:59.446 --> 03:00.080 >>ONE THING THE CITY 03:00.080 --> 03:01.481 IS SAYING, 03:01.481 --> 03:02.716 THOUGH, IT'S KIND OF SELLING IT 03:02.716 --> 03:03.817 AS A SITE FOR 03:03.817 --> 03:04.751 CONVENTIONS 03:04.751 --> 03:05.786 THAT 03:05.786 --> 03:06.787 ARE TOO 03:06.787 --> 03:07.855 SMALL FOR McCORMICK 03:07.855 --> 03:09.456 PLACE BUT TOO 03:09.456 --> 03:09.957 BIG 03:09.957 --> 03:10.457 FOR 03:10.457 --> 03:11.959 NAVY 03:11.959 --> 03:13.560 PIER. 03:13.560 --> 03:14.328 >>AGAIN, 03:14.328 --> 03:16.230 YES, NAVY PIER ON 03:16.230 --> 03:16.597 THE 03:16.597 --> 03:18.165 ONE HAND AND 03:18.165 --> 03:18.498 McCORMICK I 03:18.498 --> 03:18.966 S 03:18.966 --> 03:19.499 ANOTHER UNIT. 03:19.499 --> 03:21.535 THERE 03:21.535 --> 03:22.402 ARE SEPARATE 03:22.402 --> 03:26.373 BUILDINGS. 03:26.373 --> 03:27.908 ALSO, I THINK THE 03:27.908 --> 03:28.909 OTHER THING, 03:28.909 --> 03:30.277 THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE 03:30.277 --> 03:31.445 BETWEEN -- AS WE LOOK 03:31.445 --> 03:32.045 AT 03:32.045 --> 03:33.280 MCCORMICK PLACE OR A LOT 03:33.280 --> 03:33.647 OF 03:33.647 --> 03:35.115 POTENTIAL ELECTIONS THAT 03:35.115 --> 03:35.482 THE 03:35.482 --> 03:36.517 MICHAEL 03:36.517 --> 03:37.584 REESE PROPERTIES, 03:37.584 --> 03:39.052 THE 03:39.052 --> 03:39.953 ABOVE-GROUND CHICAGO 03:39.953 --> 03:40.554 BEARS 03:40.554 --> 03:41.788 PARKING 03:41.788 --> 03:42.856 LOT, 03:42.856 --> 03:43.824 THE SOLDIER 03:43.824 --> 03:44.591 FIELD 03:44.591 --> 03:45.926 ITSELF, ONE SHOULDTHY ABOUT 03:45.926 --> 03:46.260 THAT. 03:46.260 --> 03:47.427 THERE'S ANOTHER 03:47.427 --> 03:47.895 800-POUND 03:47.895 --> 03:49.396 GORILLA IN THE ROOM AND THAT'S 03:49.396 --> 03:50.364 A 03:50.364 --> 03:51.231 CASINO BECAUSE CERTAINLY THATS 03:51.231 --> 03:53.000 THAT TO BE PART OF THE 03:53.000 --> 03:53.667 PROCESS. 03:53.667 --> 03:55.769 DOES THE MAYOR THINK WE'LL HAVE 03:55.769 --> 03:57.171 A CASINO IN A YEAR OR 03:57.171 --> 03:58.038 TWO, 03:58.038 --> 03:58.438 ABSOLUTELY. 03:58.438 --> 03:59.673 HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH THE 03:59.673 --> 04:00.974 BASKETBALL ARENA, THE TWO 04:00.974 --> 04:01.608 HOTELS 04:01.608 --> 04:02.676 AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 04:02.676 --> 04:03.510 >>THEY'RE NOT SAYING A WORD 04:03.510 --> 04:04.845 ABOUT A CASINO AT THIS 04:04.845 --> 04:05.445 POINT, 04:05.445 --> 04:05.779 EITHER. 04:05.779 --> 04:07.614 LET ME READ YOU 04:07.614 --> 04:08.015 WHAT 04:08.015 --> 04:09.850 METROPOLITAN CE. 04:09.850 --> 04:10.884 EO JIM 04:10.884 --> 04:11.451 RILEY 04:11.451 --> 04:11.852 SAID. 04:11.852 --> 04:13.253 HE SAID MOST OF THE 04:13.253 --> 04:13.854 COMPETITORS 04:13.854 --> 04:15.355 HAVE AN EVENT CENTER THAT 04:15.355 --> 04:15.789 ALLOWS 04:15.789 --> 04:17.357 A RANGE OF SHOWS THAT WE 04:17.357 --> 04:17.958 CANNOT 04:17.958 --> 04:20.260 CURRENTLY ATTRACT IN A 04:20.260 --> 04:20.894 COST-EFFECTIVE FASHION. 04:20.894 --> 04:22.563 THE PROPOSED MULTI 04:22.563 --> 04:23.397 PURPOSE EVENT 04:23.397 --> 04:24.765 CENTER AT McCORMICK PLACE WILL 04:24.765 --> 04:27.768 IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT 04:27.768 --> 04:29.837 SHOWSES AND WILL PUT INTO 04:29.837 --> 04:31.405 OVERDRIVE 04:31.405 --> 04:32.873 THE ENTIRE 04:32.873 --> 04:33.207 PROGRAM 04:33.207 --> 04:34.107 WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. 04:34.107 --> 04:35.475 THIS WOULD HELP REVITALIZE 04:35.475 --> 04:36.176 THE 04:36.176 --> 04:37.744 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, 04:37.744 --> 04:38.178 CREATING 04:38.178 --> 04:39.613 OPPORTUNITY IN THE PROCESS WHICH 04:39.613 --> 04:41.148 WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY AND 04:41.148 --> 04:44.618 REGION. 04:44.618 --> 04:45.953 REGION WHAT'S YOUR REACTION. 04:45.953 --> 04:47.087 >>THAT'S A PRESS RELEASE AND 04:47.087 --> 04:48.622 YOU CAN SCRATCH OUT THE NAMES 04:48.622 --> 04:49.723 AND PUT ANY 04:49.723 --> 04:51.091 EVENTS YOU WANT OR 04:51.091 --> 04:52.125 ANY PARTICULAR BUILDING 04:52.125 --> 04:53.393 OR JOB 04:53.393 --> 04:53.861 WORK'S 04:53.861 --> 04:54.261 PROGRAM. 04:54.261 --> 04:55.362 SO IT'S A PRESS 04:55.362 --> 04:56.396 RELEASE. 04:56.396 --> 04:57.931 IT'S A PUBLIC RELATIONS 04:57.931 --> 04:58.298 DOCUMENT. 04:58.298 --> 05:00.200 IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A 05:00.200 --> 05:01.034 BENEFIT-COST STUDY, WHICH IS 05:01.034 --> 05:02.503 WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 05:02.503 --> 05:02.936 HAVE. 05:02.936 --> 05:04.404 >>WHEN YOU DO THAT 05:04.404 --> 05:05.072 COSTS 05:05.072 --> 05:06.507 BENEFIT STUDY WITH 05:06.507 --> 05:08.208 AN EVENT 05:08.208 --> 05:09.176 CENTER, MULTI PURPOSE 05:09.176 --> 05:09.543 CENTER, 05:09.543 --> 05:13.180 WHAT WILL THE RESULTS 05:13.180 --> 05:13.580 BE? 05:13.580 --> 05:15.015 >>SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT BEING 05:15.015 --> 05:16.783 PAID TO DO IT, I THINK 05:16.783 --> 05:17.351 WOULD 05:17.351 --> 05:18.352 SHOW IT DOESN'T 05:18.352 --> 05:19.520 MAKE 05:19.520 --> 05:21.889 SENSE. 05:21.889 --> 05:23.056 VIRTUALLY EVERY CONVENTION 05:23.056 --> 05:23.857 CENTER IF THE UNITED STATES 05:23.857 --> 05:24.791 LOSES MONEY. 05:24.791 --> 05:25.859 WHY THERE ARE CERTAIN 05:25.859 --> 05:27.828 CONVENTIONS THAT ARE HELD AND 05:27.828 --> 05:28.262 EACH CITY 05:28.262 --> 05:29.196 AT AN 05:29.196 --> 05:30.797 ARM'S RACED AS 05:30.797 --> 05:31.732 UPPED THE 05:31.732 --> 05:32.099 ANTE AND 05:32.099 --> 05:32.966 WE'RE TRYING 05:32.966 --> 05:34.134 TO GET INTO 05:34.134 --> 05:35.302 ONE OTHER 05:35.302 --> 05:36.370 ASPECT TO 05:36.370 --> 05:37.171 COMPETE WITH ORLANDO 05:37.171 --> 05:37.804 AND LAS 05:37.804 --> 05:38.205 VEGAS. 05:38.205 --> 05:39.540 >>WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD IT DO 05:39.540 --> 05:40.941 FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? 05:40.941 --> 05:42.709 WOULD IT BRING IN RESTAURANTS, 05:42.709 --> 05:43.777 BARS, SMALL 05:43.777 --> 05:44.178 SHOPS. 05:44.178 --> 05:44.978 >>HARD TO SAY. 05:44.978 --> 05:45.979 HOW MUCH IS 05:45.979 --> 05:46.580 REDISTRIBUTED FROM 05:46.580 --> 05:47.848 SOME OTHER PART OF 05:47.848 --> 05:48.649 THE CITY? 05:48.649 --> 05:50.484 FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE THINK ABOUT 05:50.484 --> 05:50.984 THE 05:50.984 --> 05:51.885 ARENA 05:51.885 --> 05:52.920 ITSELF, 05:52.920 --> 05:53.387 APPROXIMATELY 05:53.387 --> 05:54.521 100 PERCENT OF 05:54.521 --> 05:55.489 DePAUL 05:55.489 --> 05:56.323 FANS ARE 05:56.323 --> 05:57.391 FROM CHICAGO SO 05:57.391 --> 05:58.625 THEY'RE 05:58.625 --> 05:59.693 CHOOSING 05:59.693 --> 06:01.228 TO SPEND FOUR HOURS THERE AS 06:01.228 --> 06:03.764 OPPOSED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 06:03.764 --> 06:05.299 REALLY, OF ALL OF THE MAJOR 06:05.299 --> 06:06.600 ACTIVITIES, THERE'S ONLY ONE, I 06:06.600 --> 06:07.734 HATE TO SAY THIS AS 06:07.734 --> 06:09.169 A WHITE 06:09.169 --> 06:09.703 SOX 06:09.703 --> 06:10.737 FAN BUT THERE'S ONE 06:10.737 --> 06:11.205 FRANCHISE IN 06:11.205 --> 06:12.339 TOWN THAT HAS 06:12.339 --> 06:13.173 THE SIGNIFICANT 06:13.173 --> 06:14.808 ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY OF 06:14.808 --> 06:16.109 CHICAGO AND THAT'S THE CHICAGO 06:16.109 --> 06:17.578 CUBS. 06:17.578 --> 06:18.312 BECAUSE THEY DRAW SO 06:18.312 --> 06:19.213 MUCH FROM 06:19.213 --> 06:20.113 OUTSIDE. 06:20.113 --> 06:21.315 >>HOW DO YOU THINK THE CUBS 06:21.315 --> 06:22.716 FEEL ABOUT THIS DEAL? 06:22.716 --> 06:24.985 HERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE TAX 06:24.985 --> 06:26.420 DOLLARS WHICH THE CUBS DO NOT 06:26.420 --> 06:27.821 HAVE ANY ACCESS TO ACCORDING 06:27.821 --> 06:28.288 TO 06:28.288 --> 06:29.523 THE LATEST PLAN, FOR 06:29.523 --> 06:30.257 A 06:30.257 --> 06:31.024 STADIUM 06:31.024 --> 06:32.326 THAT'S AN 06:32.326 --> 06:32.793 EVENT, 06:32.793 --> 06:34.161 MULTI USE EVENT 06:34.161 --> 06:35.863 CENTER BUT 06:35.863 --> 06:36.697 DePAUL UNIVERSITY 06:36.697 --> 06:37.598 BASKETBALL TEAM? 06:37.598 --> 06:38.665 >>IT WAS ALSO 06:38.665 --> 06:39.766 OFFERED FREE RENT 06:39.766 --> 06:41.068 OR FREE SPACE TO PLAY 06:41.068 --> 06:41.835 THEIR 06:41.835 --> 06:43.303 GAMES AT THE UNITED 06:43.303 --> 06:43.737 CENTER AND 06:43.737 --> 06:44.872 THEY TRN IT DOWN OR 06:44.872 --> 06:45.772 AT LEAST THE 06:45.772 --> 06:46.206 THE MOMENT. 06:46.206 --> 06:47.674 SO I SUPPOSE THE CUBS AREN'T 06:47.674 --> 06:48.041 ALL 06:48.041 --> 06:48.709 THAT HAPPY. 06:48.709 --> 06:50.544 I DON'T IMAGINE THE BULLS 06:50.544 --> 06:52.312 AND 06:52.312 --> 06:52.646 PLAWX ARE 06:52.646 --> 06:53.547 HAPPY EITHER. 06:53.547 --> 06:54.882 IT'S A COMPETITOR. 06:54.882 --> 06:56.216 >>WHY WOULD DePAUL TURN THAT 06:56.216 --> 06:58.752 DOWN ZM. 06:58.752 --> 06:59.186 DOWN? 06:59.186 --> 07:00.187 >>THEY WANT SOMETHING WITH 07:00.187 --> 07:01.488 THEIR OWN NAME ON IT. 07:01.488 --> 07:02.890 AGAIN, DePAUL, AND 07:02.890 --> 07:03.423 I'M NOT 07:03.423 --> 07:04.024 FOR 07:04.024 --> 07:05.259 THEM OR AGAINST 07:05.259 --> 07:06.727 THEM, BUT IT'S 07:06.727 --> 07:08.328 A 07:08.328 --> 07:10.264 SECOND 07:10.264 --> 07:11.532 TIER BASKETBALL POWER. 07:11.532 --> 07:12.566 >>WHAT ABOUT THE 07:12.566 --> 07:13.634 IDEA OF 07:13.634 --> 07:14.668 PUTTING PUBLIC 07:14.668 --> 07:15.936 MONEY, HOTEL 07:15.936 --> 07:16.870 FUBDS INTO A 07:16.870 --> 07:19.640 STADIUM OR AN EVENT 07:19.640 --> 07:20.040 CENTER? 07:20.040 --> 07:21.108 >>IN ALL CASES IT 07:21.108 --> 07:22.009 DOESN'T MAKE 07:22.009 --> 07:23.210 SENSE TO DO THAT. 07:23.210 --> 07:24.244 JUST RECYCLING 07:24.244 --> 07:25.179 MONEY WITHIN AN 07:25.179 --> 07:26.980 AREA AND MOST LOSE MONEY BECAUSE 07:26.980 --> 07:27.915 AS WE SAID 07:27.915 --> 07:28.749 EARLIER 07:28.749 --> 07:30.117 THERE'S LOW 07:30.117 --> 07:31.919 OCCUPANCY 07:31.919 --> 07:32.653 RATES. 07:32.653 --> 07:33.620 >>SO IF THAT'S 07:33.620 --> 07:34.788 KNOWN, WHY THE 07:34.788 --> 07:36.390 BIG PUSH FOR THIS? 07:36.390 --> 07:37.691 IS THERE SOMETHING WE DON'T 07:37.691 --> 07:39.560 KNOW, OTHER THAN THE 07:39.560 --> 07:40.060 CASINO. 07:40.060 --> 07:41.161 >>I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING 07:41.161 --> 07:42.629 ELSE GOING 07:42.629 --> 07:43.397 ON, SORT OF 07:43.397 --> 07:44.264 MY SHOE 07:44.264 --> 07:45.399 JOKE AT THE 07:45.399 --> 07:45.799 OUTSET. 07:45.799 --> 07:48.001 BUT 07:48.001 --> 07:48.168 ALSO, 07:48.168 --> 07:51.038 IT'S NOT ORIGINAL WITH 07:51.038 --> 07:51.438 ME. 07:51.438 --> 07:52.606 IT'S HARD FOR A MAYOR 07:52.606 --> 07:54.942 TO KEEP 07:54.942 --> 07:55.609 A 07:55.609 --> 07:56.777 CONCRETE PROMISE TO THE 07:56.777 --> 07:57.110 PEOPLE. 07:57.110 --> 07:58.745 SO WHAT HAPPENS 07:58.745 --> 07:59.313 HERE, IS 07:59.313 --> 08:00.714 SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BENEFIT 08:00.714 --> 08:02.783 FROM THIS AND THE QUESTION IS, 08:02.783 --> 08:03.083 WHO? 08:03.083 --> 08:04.084 AND THAT WE DON'T KNOW. 08:04.084 --> 08:05.452 WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS AND 08:05.452 --> 08:05.819 WE 08:05.819 --> 08:08.755 DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE THE OTHER 08:08.755 --> 08:10.424 PIECES TO 08:10.424 --> 08:10.891 THISLE. 08:10.891 --> 08:12.626 >>IF THERE IS 08:12.626 --> 08:13.627 A CASINO, 08:13.627 --> 08:14.628 DOES IT 08:14.628 --> 08:15.796 MAKE MORMON TEAR 08:15.796 --> 08:16.296 SENSE? 08:16.296 --> 08:18.031 >>PROBABLY SO BECAUSE AGAIN IN 08:18.031 --> 08:18.999 THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, A LOT 08:18.999 --> 08:20.534 OF THE GAMBLING IN CHICAGO THAT 08:20.534 --> 08:23.203 TAKES PLACE IS THE 08:23.203 --> 08:24.304 MAYOR'S BAND. 08:24.304 --> 08:25.305 WE HAVE 08:25.305 --> 08:26.173 CASINOS IN CHICAGO. 08:26.173 --> 08:27.674 THEY HAVE TO BE LOTIONED 08:27.674 --> 08:28.475 IN 08:28.475 --> 08:29.610 WISCONSIN AND INDIANA AND 08:29.610 --> 08:30.043 IOWA 08:30.043 --> 08:31.044 SO THIS 08:31.044 --> 08:31.812 WOULD 08:31.812 --> 08:34.681 BRING THE 08:34.681 --> 08:35.048 GAMBLING 08:35.048 --> 08:36.450 MONEY BACK INTO THE CITY, AS 08:36.450 --> 08:37.751 WELL AS OUTSIDE OTHER STATES 08:37.751 --> 08:38.886 INTO CHICAGO. 08:38.886 --> 08:39.953 >>ALL 08:39.953 --> 08:40.287 RIGHT. 08:40.287 --> 08:44.287 THANK