How BIG Handouts are DESTROYING Vegas…
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- The Oakland Athletics want nearly half a billion dollars to fund their new stadium, but as we peel back the lawyers, the deal is a losing deal for Las Vegas, the people that live here, and the Las Vegas Strip as a whole.
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for any of you Vegas residents who watched this--CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE and tell them how you feel.
yes! Call them and praise their decision not to give half a billion tax dollars to a private enterprise -- one which enjoys an anti-trust exemption! Politicians really appreciate calls praising their actions, because most people who call are pissed off!
Your insight about this debockle is right on point and very informative with true details about the A's.
Keep up your great work!
I miss the past with more frequent episodes tho.
I've got the LV fever!
THEY DON'T CARE!!!
Would love to, they don't listen....
Those conversations would go like this, “Representative, thank you for passing the bill, we want a baseball team!”
I hope the A's are stuck in Oakland.
So do us Oakland fans, only people that want them to move are the owner and president
Yeah, believe it or not us Oaklanders actually want the team!
@Relyk 42 I'm Australian and never been to a game but live and die with the A's, will be devastated if they move cause I'm also a Sharks fan
We will own the stadium.great deal for Vegas
Not if they go to an Western Canadian city in the province of Alberta to relocate where the Alberta Government and the Edmonton mayor will welcome the A’s to a local former baseball stadium and build a new baseball stadium with a retractable dome roof stadium design and rename the current MLB American League West team the Edmonton Trappers
I’ve been a fan of your channel for a few years now, but an Oakland A’s fan for decades.
I appreciate your perspective on the ever changing LV landscape. Las Vegas is among my top 3 return destinations and often make two to three visits per year.
That being said, while I agree with your analysis of the prospective move to LV, I have to take umbrage with the framework that this an “”Oakland A’s” problem - it’s a JOHN FISHER problem. We have had to put up with this POS for too many years. Our greatest hope is that Las Vegas shuns HIM, and he sells the team to Bay Area interests. Las Vegas deserves an expansion team like the successful GK. Oakland deserves a John Fisher-less A’s team! You’d be hard pressed core of a fan base than those that have followed the A’s (I think even Giants fans would agree with that).
Save your city from the slime bucket that is John Fisher, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that he represents the true Green and Gold.
Thanks!
Nailed it!! Looking forward to tomorrow nights game, the drummers will be back in protest to the move out in Oakland.
Thank you! I couldn't have said that any better myself! Fisher is a money-grubbing sack of garbage, and Vegas deserves much better. They deserve a homegrown expansion team with ownership/management that gives a crap about the community, about baseball, and about putting together a product that Vegas locals can truly be proud of, not the unmitigated disaster that is the Athletics with Fisher as their miserable excuse for an owner.
Whenever you visit LV and stay in any motel and hotel, you are helping to pay for the Raiders stadium.
It has been proven they don't want to invest into the team so why would anyone want to attend their games.
To see the away team on a road trip to Vegas
@StarrWolf64
Nahh as a San Diego resident/Padres fan, we are totally not coming to vegas to see the Padres play. People who visit vegas are not gonna visit for baseball, myself included.
@@RyanGiroux22 They are coming to Watch a hockey or Football game.
Thanks for revealing this! No way we would have know what they are doing.
Welcome back Steven! Unfortunately this is Typical of the management and Ownership of the team that inspired “Money Ball”. Avaricious Sleaze balls. As to the Politicians…TERM LIMITS! To lose the Iconic Trop as we’ve lost so many Icons before (Sands, Riviera, the DI and the Stardust for instance) would be tragic. It would be best to modernize the physical structure and keep the Name and the Theme. A little homage to Old School Vegas.
You know if all these elected officials gathered together on an official holiday that this deal stinks and that they must be guaranteed some sort of kickback.
If Vegas wants an MLB team then build it away from the strip. It sounds very sketchy. I’m not a taxpayer in Vegas but I wouldn’t want to have to pay for it. Too fishy.
True, If all of us pay an extra $5 bucks a day to stay there when we got to Vegas because of this.................
Somewhere near the landfill would be best.
Good to see ya Steven!
So the owners of our local MLS Team, Cols Crew, tried this with us tax payers when they wanted to build a new soccer stadium. We turned it down so they had to fund it themselves. I think we ended up paying some kind of residual taxes from the original stadium, but not nearly as much as they wanted for the new one.
Did the Oakland A's benefit the city of Oakland? How could Las Vegas benefit from having the A's there if Oakland didn't? I predict that the deal does not go through. Charlie Finley didn't run the team that way. The Tropicana Hotel/Casino should stay where it is.
Actually, Finley, in some ways, did run the team the same way by selling off all his good players and trying to sell the team to a buyer who planned to move the team to Denver. Walter Haas has easily been the best owner the A's have had since moving to Oakland.
If went through! Congratulations, you own a last place team!
@@harukuhitoki2991 What are you talking about? Am not an A's fan. I in fact want the Tropicana to stay where it is. No public financing for stadiums. The teams are owned by very rich people.
I agree with one exception when you said “they’ll just find another city to deal with”. My answer is there’s no other city that wants the A’s. None.
Why put another stadium on the strip? What about the traffic issues? How does the stadium make money in the off-season?
Exactly. If they built the place in a local area (with acres of room) with auxiliary venues like little league fields, expanded ice rink offerings, pop warner football, soccer, water park, diversified concert styles, car shows, bowling....Lk Mead and Rancho.
Besides EDC needs a better location near town...Lk Mead/Rancho has that kind of space.
so does the NFR....
in fact one of the huge drawbacks of relocating the NFR has always been the STENCH from the animals. Well with a facility near the NLV airport you eliminate this issue. Yes Lk Mead and Rancho sits next to a major airport facility as well. Easy in easy, out for many (higher end spending people) coming to the spot.
EDC, NFR and the As should all be located near the landfill. Keep all the smelly crap together on the far side of town.
How are the touristes going to pay for this?
Hi, glad to see you back. You make good points and are correct about the money and jobs. It’s not just the A’s that pull this on cities and states when it comes to relocation or a new stadium. I live in Pennsylvania and both our teams in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, football and baseball got new stadiums several years ago and the state, county and cities all put up money to get it done. The only new stadium I have seen being proposed without major money from the government is the Chicago Bears that are planing to move to where the old Arlington Park race track is located. They bought the land themselves and so far have not asked for government money to build the new stadium. Of course it’s still early in the process and I am sure they will get something. But the A’s deal is bad for both Las Vegas and the state of Nevada.
Very few good paying full time jobs and little chance the bonds will be paid off by the A’s. It would be better for some money to be given to the casino company to make updates to the old Tropicana. More full time jobs and tax revenue from both the hotel and gambling.
Taking on the worst team in baseball and tearing down a historical Las Vegas Gaming site is insane.
Don't worry, they said most people will walk to the stadium, and games will start around 4pm and they'll make up low attendance with playoff games. .PLAYOFFS? You're a last place team! 😂
Man the trop was a dump anyway. Wasn’t making any money. They had rooms for $25 and was on the worst hotel and casino list year after year. Glad the team is coming. Deal was finalized yesterday 😂😂😂😂😂
Excellent video Steve. Been looking fwd to hearing/seeing you talk about this. Thanks so much.
Play baseball indoors at Allegiant. It's been done before. It's OK, no one is going to show up anyway. MLB is a TV sport.
The NFL and MLB has a rule against multi use stadiums. The rules are that teams cannot do that any longer.
@@NOTLeavingLV Rules can be changed… OTOH an owner’s desire to control a stadium it doesn’t pay for is apparently a constant in the, um, American universe.
Great job Sir!
Vegas is all about excitement- Baseball is the exact opposite. Seems like a HORRIBLE fit.
Yep...Locals (who don't do vegas) are not going to the Strip 81 times a year, no way no how.
The senate is set to approve it and move it to the assembly. If you’re against it go to the legislative building in Clark county or Carson city and give your testimony of opposition.
I was born and raised in Oakland during the 80s and 90s, and all that you said, is RIGHT ON THE MONEY!!!!
This ownership is as crooked as they come. John Fisher is a trust fund baby who has basically driving his inherited company into the ground and is using the A’s to try and compensate for that.
The A’s fans have suffered mightily under this ownership and it’s not fair to them, for all of their loyalty and dedication to this team.
Great Info thank you!
John Fisher also owns the Earthquakes soccer team did this same thing with the Earthquakes. Never improving the team
Thank you for the video, Steven! Hearing the business aspects about this deal was quite interesting. I'd hate to see the Tropicana get torn down, as I connect some great memories with it. We stayed at that hotel for almost 2 weeks on my first Vegas trip in 2011, and really had a great time there! 🙂
Hi Steven, it's great to see you again. As far as using public money to build a stadium is so stupid. After all it is a business so they should get there own loans to build with.
Baseball stadiums are occupied 81 days per year. That's 22.2% of the year.
Hockey and basketball arenas are occupied 41 days per year. 11.2% of the year.
A combined hockey/basketball arena will be occupied 82 days per year. That's 22.5% of the year.
A football stadium is occupied 9 days per year. Only 2.5% of the year.
Even if you add a few playoff or preseason games to the schedule, those stadiums will be unoccupied for the vast majority of the year. *Stadiums are a poor "investment" for taxpayers.*
Good style of video. Like the content, i dont follow this topic normally. So its nice to hear the well told story.
Always happy to see you got an inside scoop on the real Las Vegas, not just the surface glitz and tourism standard line….
Hi steven...love from Colorado!!...we are coming to Vegas in October...I love the videos...hope your doing good
GAP is all you need to know about the owner.
Nevada would be silly to give John Fisher a single penny. He's worth $3 billion. He's a terrible owner.
I said this from the jump... Baseball is not Football. Baseball will not sell in the entertainment capital of the World. That team and that stadium is not pulling casual fans away from partying, shows, food, gambling and other entertainment avenues in Vegas. At least the Raiders had a fan base to sell out every home game... the Athletics probably havent sold out a game since the Bash Brothers, aka, The Smash Brothers...cuz they was smashing them Peds. 😂
Exactly a huge chunk of the Raiders Biz is old LA Raider fans. The ones who now live here and the ones who will come once or twice a yr for a game. The A's have pushed their fans away over the years.
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Ughhhh....No thank you !
I'm a local. 😃
just tuning in - this is gonna be a good one...
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Bringing the "A"s to the Vegas Strip is insanely bad.
Good stuff Seve
Well explained
You perfectly summed this up. I hope the lawmakers there are smart enough to realize that this bill isn't worth it, shoot it down and position themselves in a more favorable spot when it comes to landing an expansion team.
Good video !
Steven, could not agree more with you!
As a long suffering A’s fan under John Fisher’s ownership, I totally agree with you. He has been trying for years to get public funding for a new stadium in Oakland, while taking welfare payments from MLB to make a profit. In my opinion, once a new stadium is built, the market value of the A’s will increase substantially and he will sell to make a hefty profit. Fisher is only objective is to make money by using public funding to increase the sales price of his team.
Keep the A's in Oakland, where they belong. Nevada should NOT give hundreds of millions of dollars to Fisher.
Great job Steven I think they should keep the Tropicana I don't go to Vegas to see sport teams play I go there to see other things.
By the way, why exactly do they want to implode the Tropicana Hotel??? What if it won't implode???
My thoughts exactly.
Great video
Well Las Vegas, John Fisher and Dave Kaval are now your problem. You can’t say that you weren’t warned. Good luck, you’re going to need it
I believe it was last month I commented on the A's, I didn't use the word scam but I did indicate my skepticism the deal would ever go through. I've seen nothing to change my view, I'll believe it when the stadium is going up.🤨🤨🤨
Sorry I don't agree with everything you said. The Tropicana was an iconic property many years ago. Now it's a ghost town . I used to stay there many times in the 70"s and 80"s , but it's never been updated. The A" s stadium is a dump, worst stadium in MLB. So this benifets both parties. The team will be popular in Vegas, with a new hotel / casino on the stadium property, that will be the place to be. There are 81 home games per year, I can't wait to see it. The A"s owners are bad, they will probably make a few years profit in Vegas, then sale the team.
The Tropicana site was rushed in after they abruptly left the Wild Wild West site. The renderings of the stadium look like pure fantasy. It is supposed to be nine acres but looks to take nearly all of the Tropicana site in the drawings. I say go away Fisher . That deception is enough for me to say no thank you
Great video Steven- Baseball is funded by television first, and yes there is a revenue sharing system. I live 90 miles north of Miami, and the Marlins laid out the blueprint for the A's- get taxpayers to fund a stadium, rake in TV and revenue sharing, send away players when they get expensive, and count all the loot that's left over. Going to a game there is like going to a movie theatre. Interesting to note that the Giants funded their own park, which just happens to be one of the most beautiful in the league. And I'm also not sure how the leagues Anti-Trust exemption factors into the degree of financial transparency that is required. Does Vegas really need the A's? I think not. If the A's want to come to the city, let them figure out how to make it happen and how they pay for it.
I do not support the Oakland As move to Las Vegas. For too many reasons to list here. Excellent video NLLV👍
Great analysis! Now how do we stop it?
Good information to know should be shared😊
Oakland drew 27,759 for their “Reverse Boycott” tonight. It was great to see. The crowd was so loud all night. Another thing not many people are talking about: MLB’s role in this. It is clear they are in the bag for the move to Vegas! On the MLBtv produced highlight package they intentionally turned down the crowd noise and didn’t show any of the protest signs. I hope both Oakland and Las Vegas can one day each have a team with John Fisher nowhere near any of them.
Thank you for shining a light on this. I am an Oakland A’s fan and I don’t think Fisher will change if gets to Vegas. It’s sad.
And you should let your A's fan base understand why past and present mayors of Oakland are against public funded money to help the team build a new stadium so it would stay.
@@tommydong8070 Thank you for trying to help. Oakland had a very concrete plan on the table. Here is a quote from the current mayor, "The reality is the A's ownership had insisted on a multibillion-dollar, 55-acre project that included a ballpark, residential, commercial and retail space. In Las Vegas, for whatever reason, they seem satisfied with a 9-acre leased ballpark on leased land. If they had proposed a similar project in Oakland, we feel confident a new ballpark would already be under construction." The site in Oakland was much larger, I think 30 acres.
@@EliseMarie Personally I would vote against public money for someone else’s benefits. I’m a resident of Alameda County since 2003.
We have Hicks in Carson City - unsophisticated to say the least - making these kinds of deals ? The "payback" scheme is based on increased rev in the area ? What about the periodic downturn that always comes ? It will take 100 years to break even
They'll create 1000's of jobs? Sure lots of temporary construction jobs but how many jobs will be lost? Hotel staff, casino staff, food and beverage? Lots of people out of work.
According to that photo if the ball park which looks bigger than 9 acres is placed in the middle if the site. Where is the space for the hotel casino and resort
Correct, and under the deal, it i a 35 year lease that is renewable that Ballys controls.
What a mess if they end up coming to Vegas, sure give away tax money 💰 smh
I'd agree Lombardo is definitely trying to establish a legacy with this stadium, but the overall picture in regards to the politicians is contrary to the opinions many of them have raised. Only a few appear to be a slam dunk Yes and it would be a stretch to get passed without the A's making concessions, as the Democrats don't seem to be as on board..
As I understand it, the memorial day hearing was more of a consequence of the A's presenting the bill 4 hours before the deadline on a 120 day legislative session and I don't think the bill would have even been raised again (so soon at least) if it wasn't for Lombardo forcing a special session.
It is clear the A's are looking for free money and I don't trust any of their metrics at all. I'd rather see an expansion team come to Vegas, but if the city votes No for the A's, the MLB may hold it against them - not to mention there doesn't even seem to be a large vocal movement for an expansion team locally.
The deadline for a decision was I believe june 5th, they either did not think it out or felt it so super important to hold a special session or it’s as I suggested, sketchy regardless.
@@NOTLeavingLV Definitely sketchy, as the A's sent it through right before the deadline and I can't imagine that was an accident. They didn't vote on it because of budget disputes that ran until the very last few hours of the session and eventually required a special session of its own to resolve. The A's bill may have died then and there at the end of the regular session if it wasn't for Lombardo calling *another* special session specifically for the ballpark bill.
As odd as it sounds, the real wild card here in my opinion is the timing of the Golden Knights in the finals - if they pull it off, I imagine watching the city celebrate a championship while you are considering bringing in another team can be... persuasive.
Yes Steven, I actually watched that Memorial day (night) meeting, it was ridiculous, other than hearing more No than Yes on moving A's to Oakland. I really believe the owners only objective in this matter is to move the team and sell it.
oops I meant moving to Las Vegas
Las Vegas should get a mlb team if the citizens want it. But it’s obvious fisher wants to use the state of Nevada and Clark county to get a new arena. And then sell the team. He is a smile ball
Most Baseball stadiums are unoccupied 77.8% of the year. Even if a baseball team makes the playoffs & goes to the World Series, the stadium will be onoccupied *over nine months of the year!* Office buildings, stores, and factories are occupied over 200 days per year. Casinos are occupied 365 days per year.
*Baseball stadiums are a poor "investment" for taxpayers.*
I live an hour from Oakland. The A’ cannot get anyone to go to there super old never upgraded stadium. They are in last place. Mostly, as you walk to Bart after the game there are gangs hanging out to rob you or knock you out. The politicians remind me of how they use our tax dollars to add another lane to ease congestion. But no, it’s a toll lane and now you have to pay to use it.
Q: What is the plan for the current Tropicana Las Vegas property?
A: The plan is for us to develop a new resort bearing the Bally’s name on the Las
Vegas Strip. Once we do so, Tropicana Las Vegas employees will be given preference
on employment opportunities and Bally’s will maintain employee seniority.
Politians being politians. Chargers left for LA. San Diegans didn't want to pay for ANOTHER stadium....(I liked visiting the Trop. Had a nice pool area.)
Oakland native; never went to A's game (Giants and NL fan). These teams are private companies seeking public handouts. The A's are just a farm team for the rest of baseball. Hope NV invests elsewhere - like education.
SPorts is a business and should run like a business. Government should not get involved using OUR money.
Vegas/NV politics is challenged. Of course true for the whole nation. Nothing you described is a surprise. Just par for the course. Waiting for the recession to see what it does to the city. The unions, casinos and politicians will shake. Wonderful !!!
Not many baseball fans anymore.
The Raiders fid the same thing in Irwidale. They have no intention of building a stadium.
I will not go to Vegas anytime. The hotel fees are used to pay for the stadiums already and there ski high
Steven, great video. The Nevada tax payer should not be footing a opaque business entities project. Politicians should say no thank you!!
Privatize the profits. Socialize the losses. Tired of cities paying for billionaires sports/concert venues, while they squeeze every cent from fans attending the venue.
Vegas would be crazy to give the A's money.
It’s all about the Money! 💵💵💸💸💸
The As can fund it themselves but don’t tear down a property and disrupt traffic at one of the busiest intersections when there is vacant property you can build on.
very interesting. I still think the A's end up in LV one way or another even if the this deal falls through.
It is too hot during the summer baseball season to play outdoors in that heat. It will be too hot for any fans to sit out there for hours. This should be an easy NO, No way, no how
I hope nothing bad happens to Fisher.
i would be sad
Great video . Good perspective on it . I couldn’t agree more stop looking for handouts and having the tax payers flip the bill . The A’s have a terrible product and an outdoor stadium as shown will not work for a major league team in Vegas
If the tax payers of Clark Co. are being asked to fund the ball park, then "the tax payers" should be able to get any unsold tickets for free.
They need to leave the Tropicana alone.
We just saw how bad the hotels are struggling to get staff and you are TOTALLY right but short on the 200 staff it takes. I have lots of friends working for baseball its a big time commitment in the middle of the day 3 hours before the game starts and 2 hours after its over all over the month THEN you have to have a second job that will fit that schedule ? Good luck you are right
Q: If approved, would a new casino hotel resort and baseball park offer new employment
opportunities?
A: Yes, the new casino hotel resort and baseball park would create new employment
opportunities and we would share information about career opportunities and job
openings.
The Tropicana is an aging dump. If anything Bally's should tear it down, build new. Using public money to build a stadium is not a good thing. If you add another half a percent to the resort tax, it would put Las Vegas at 13%, Oakland is 14%. So people might complain, but Las Vegas is still below most competition. Including Oakland whom seems to be so poorly financially managed they cannot keep a professional sports team.
Save the TROP! This idea is bs!
They should tell the owner that they’ll give them 500 million in tax dollars if he sells it
I still dont think Fisher is going to actually put up his side of the bargain let alone start investing in the team when he moves. The amount thats supposed to come from him is may more than hes ever spent in the last 20 years. Cant see that happening.
They basically did amendments to the bill all day today Monday June 12th. That means I do think it will pass… like it or not :/
Gotta call those representatives asap and make sure this tire fire of a team doesn’t end up as the only MLB team in Vegas. An expansion would be 1000x better than the A’s.
Nevada politicians could have waited for an expansion team.
They could have done the right thing.
They accepted a corrupt bargain that screws both A's fans and Nevada residents.
Certainly agree with much of what you’re saying however, to say that the old Oakland Athletics are embezzling the revenue sharing money I think that’s a bit of a stretch
Have they done a damn thing in the Post-Canseco era to improve their product? Nope. But keep sending us money MLB. Same goes for the Cal Angels as well.
So I agree with you that this is not a good deal. I would rather have SB 496 bringing in the motion picture studios so that we can grow that into another business here locally by giving tax credits and no real money up front. MLB in Vegas is a good idea however bringing the A’s here is not so great. We should have gotten a new franchise like the Knights did which makes more sense. This A’s deal isn’t really going to benefit us unless you see major stars on this team which will not happen. Also the Tropicana is a crap hole and has been under water for years. Just look at all of the past ownership and transactions in the past few years. No love loss for me on getting rid of this dump of a hotel.
I hope the whole dwal does not go through. Rediculous place for a baseball stadium.
The As should pay their own way. They are desperate to get out of Oakland. Vegas is probably not even a good location for them. The proposed location at the current Tropicana hotel is a giant mistake. There is plenty of land on 15, south of 215.
Or they could build out by the area of 215 and Durango.
Hard to compare moving a team that's been in Oakland for 55 years to a hockey team that's been in Vegas for 6
Who just won the Stanley cup 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@lutherodanielsjr7876 whats that got to do with comparing them to a moving team, only too $8m over the cap to do it aswell
Hi Caroline
I’m disappointed that there was no prompt from UA-cam for this video, instead of it just appearing in the algorithm feed. Anyway, I am glad the A’s won’t get a subsidized or free stadium. The idea of playing in their AAA teams stadium will be what happens in the short term I believe. Because now that it’s public, they are coming since they burned their Oakland bridge. It’s crazy to hear that their plan is to tear down the Tropicana for a stadium. I just don’t see that not being a problem and getting roundly criticized by anyone who has lived in the city long enough to call it home. Either they pay for their original spot, or they pay for the heavily rumored spot to replace the concert venue that is marked by tragedy adjacent Mandalay Bay with a stadium that will be in an area of the Strip that has the room to grow and accommodate a stadium of that size without totally screwing up traffic at the south end of the Strip for two years. Just my thoughts. Great video Steven!
Jason, they passed the funding 13-8 this evening it appears. Sorry you didn’t see a prompt. What sort of prompt do you mean?
@Not Leaving Las Vegas - a Vegas Video Channel Yeah I just read. I don't see how they think it'll be productive to tear down an established (though older but original) casino and build a baseball stadium that will employ either the same or less amount of people. I also don't see an increase in the value of the property to offset whatever costs are due after $380 million and make it a worthwhile investment. Anyway, I meant the UA-cam notification that occurs when you load a new video for your subscribers. It's always hit and miss if I get them when you initially release them.
The question that need to be asked is are tourists going to go and watch a baseball game and will baseball bring people to Las Vegas. At lest f1 is a international sport that will bring in tourists and Americans football is get very popular internationally so it’s not just the locals who will go to see the game.
Oh the Yankees were worse when it came time to build their new stadium in the 00s. They, the most valuable sports franchise in the US received $431 million in subsidies. Much of that coming from the impoverished community their stadiums have thrived in for a century. There were benchmarks they promised to the community in exchange for this, to date, they've only followed through on one of those. Sure, they put money into their team, unlike Oakland. But... They are just as shady. Shady with a free pass.
the GOV is ran just like the MOB they over budget everything and then skim money off the top ... it's also all pay to play with these people especially with these huge construction jobs , if you want the winning contractor bid you better pay up and pay the right people
Steven I miss you and live streaming, when are you coming back live, please tell