TOM COLE: HI IM TOM COLE FOR WGTE PUBLIC MEDIA AND WELCOME IN TO 4 CORNERS.

WE ARE SO VERY GLAD YOUR WITH US TODAY.

WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SHOW FOR YOU FULL OF OPTIMISM FOR A GUARDED RETURN TO A LIFE WE ONCE KNEW.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK WITH 4 FANTASTIC GUESTS WITH SOME OF OUR INCREDIBLE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY WILL ALL SHARE VERY IMPORTANT POSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENING OF ENTERTAINMENT IN OUR TOWN.

ITS ALL GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING IT TO YOU TODAY.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE MANGO TREE RESTAURANT AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

TOM: HI TOM COLE FOR 4 CORNERS AND WELCOME IN TO WGTE PUBLIC MEDIA AND CERTAINLY AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE HERE.

AND I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST FOR YOU TODAY.

MR. STEVE MILLER WHO IS THE GM FOR HUNINGTON CENTER AND SEAGATE AND REALLY HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY.

STEVE HOW ARE YOU?

STEVE: I AM DOING GREAT, TOM.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TOM: STEVE I ADMIRE SO MUCH, KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME AND ADMIRE SO MUCH WHAT YOU HAVE MEANT TO OUR COMMUNITY RUNNING THESE GREAT FACILITIES IT PUTS TOLEDO ON THE MAP WITH CONCERTS AND ACTIVITIES AND PUTS US IN YOU KNOW A MID SIZED CITY WE ARE BUT IT PUTS US IN A BIG TIME CATEGORY BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOUVE DONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO CLASSY AND RUNS SO WELL.

AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN IN TOLEDO AND THINGS ARE GOING GOOD AND READY TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS AGAIN, RIGHT?

TOM: THATS A PERFECT SEGWAY STEVE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT, FALL ENTERTAINMENT AND THE VENUES YOU MANAGE WHICH ARE SO CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I DO THAT THOUGH LET ME JUST TOUCH ON ONE THING I KNOW IS DIFFICULT AND I AM SURE I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY REAL CONCEPT OF HOW DIFFICULT BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW REALLY HARD IT WAS FOR YOU WITH YOUR FOLKS, YOUR STAFF AND EMPLOYEES DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

STEVE: YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE, WE HAVENT HAD AN EVENT AT THE ARENA AND CONVENTION CENTER SINCE MARCH 9 OF 2020.

SO WE JUST STARTED DOING EVENTS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER BACK IN JANUARY WITH VERY LIMITED CAPACITIES BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS WITH THE GOVERNORS PLACED, RIGHTLY SO BY THE WAY BUT YOU KNOW WE HAD TO FURLOUGH 30 OF OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE KNOW, BUT WE ARE STILL VERY SHORT STAFFED AND IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND I FEEL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY STUCK TOGETHER WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND THEY HAVE REALLY STUCK WITH US AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET THE MAJORITY OF THEM BACK HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET BACK TO A FULL CAPACITY OPPORTUNITY TOM: STEVE THATS ANOTHER PERFECT SEGWAY.

WE WERE CHATTING OFF AIR VACCINATIONS ARE GOING WELL IN OUR AREA, WE ARE GOING TO VACCINATE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS.

ITS WORKING AND THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER NO QUESTION.

THAT BEING SAID STEVE, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE FEEL FOR WHATS COMING AT HUNINGTON, SEAGATE, POSSIBLE EVENTS THIS SUMMER, THIS FALL AND I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ALSO IN PROMENADE PARK WITH PROMEDICA KIND OF GIVE US A FEEL FOR WHAT FOLKS IN TOLEDO WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR THINGS TO DO STEVE, WHATS POTENTIALLY ON THE HORIZON?

RIGHT WELL I GUESS I WILL START WITH SAYING THAT THE SEAGATE CENTER HAS NOW BEEN OPEN AND WE HAVE 25% CAPACITY WHICH IS ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE IN THE FACILITY WE HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW DANCE COMPETITIONS CHEERLEADING COMPETITIONS, SOME SWAP MEETS SO JUST VERY SMALL TYPES OF EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO SOME OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO COME BACK FOR THAT.

OVER AT WE HAVE BECOME MORE OF A PROM AND GRADUATION SCENEREO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

WE HAVE 5 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS AND A COUPLE PROMS TAKING PLACE IN MAY AND THEN WE ARE HOPEFUL.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF SHOWS ON THE BOOKS THAT ARE BEING RE-SCHEDULED.

REBA MACENTIRE IS SCEDULED FOR AUGUST 7TH WE HAVE BRIT FLOYDD SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 15 WE ARE TRYING TO PUT OUR MONSTER JAM SHOW TOGETHER WICH ALWAYS TAKES PLACE IN MARCH FOR MAYBE LATE AUGUST.

THATS ALWAYS GOING TO BE CONTINGIENT UPON HAVING A CAPACITY THAT ALLOWS THOSE EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND RIGHT NOW AT THE ARENA WE ARE LIMITED TO 2050 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING WHICH IS OUR 25% CAPACITY BUT AGAIN WITH THE VACCINE IM HOPEFUL PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO WE CAN GET OURSELVES TO FULL CAPACITY SO EVERYONE CAN START ENJOYING THAT.

TOM: AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE HORIZON FOR PROMENADE, STEVE?

STEVE; WELL PROMENADE PARK WE JUST ANNOUNCED GWEN STEFANI AND CHRIS YOUNG AS PART OF OUR SOLHEIM CUP SERIES WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 3RD AND 4TH WHEN THE BEST WOMENS GOLFERS IN THE WORLD ARE GOING TO BE HERE COMPETING AT INVERNESS CLUB.

WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MANAGERS AND ARTISTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR THE CONCERT SERIES BUT WE ARE HIPEFUL WE WILL START SOMETHING HOPEFULLY IN JULY AND STILL HAVE A SERIES.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS AMOUNT OF SHOWS WE WOULD NORMALLY DO BUT WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SERIES BUT AGAIN ITS ALL CONTINGIENT ON HOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET OUR CAPACITY NUMBERS UP TO APPROPRIATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHOWS MAKE SENSE FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.

TOM: SO IN ALL 3 VENUES WE WILL START KIND OF UNLIMITED CAPACITY BUT WE ARE STARTING, THATS THE GOOD NEWS.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER, ARE THERE OTHER SAFETY FACTORS FOR THE CITIZENS WHEN THEY ATTEND THAT YOUR DOING UHH THE SPACING STEVE, WHATS, THATS GONE I THINK THE GOVERNOIR WENT FROM 6 FEET TO 3 FEET FOR SCHOOLS.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS CHANGED IT FOR YOUR FACILITIES.

STEVE: WE HAVENT CHANGED THAT AND THERE IS 2 SCENEREOS.

ONE IS INDOOR CAPACITY.

IS 25% AND WE STILL HAVE A SOCIAL DISTANCING NEED FOR EVERYBODY SO WE WANT THE SAME FAMILIES, IF THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER THATS FINE BUT IF YOUR NOT FROM THE SAME FAMILY WE ARE HOPEFUL YOULL BE KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE MANDITORY MASK WEARING UNLESS YOUR ACTIVELY EATING OR DRINKING IN YOUR SEATS WE ARE NOT ALLOWING ANYBODY TO WALK AROUND WITH FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

WE WANT THEM TO BE SITTING DOWN SO WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR MASK OFF THEY ARE KIND OF IN A CONFINED SPACE SO THATS BOTH THE RULES AT THE ARENA AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND PROMENADE PARK THE CAPACITY LIMITS HAVE BEEN RESCINDED SO THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON CAPACITY HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL THE SAME MASK MANDATES, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME EATING OR DRINKING WHEN SEATED.

OBVIOUSLY WITH US PARTNERING WITH PROMEDICA ON THIS CONCERT SERIES, THEY ARE EXPERTS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY.

TOM: ON THE WAY OUT STEVE UMMM IM GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.

A LITTLE DIFFERNET CONCEPT BUT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THING, THE DECONIAN VIRUS HAS BEEN HORRIBLE AND ALL THESE EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING POSITIVE THATS COME OUT OF IT AS FAR AS PROCEEDURALLY YOULL CONTINUE TO USE OR YOUVE LEARNED SOMETHING TO MAKE THE BUSINESS BETTER EVEN AFTER THIS HAS GONE AWAY.

HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

STEVE: YOU KNOW THATS A GREAT QUESTION TOM HONESTLY ITS COMMUNICATION.

BEING ABLE TO COMMUNOICATE WITH YOUR STAFF.

WE ALL GET SO BUSY IN OUR DAILY LIVES.

I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

I RELY ON A GREAT STAFF AND JOB I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY STAFF MORE AND I THINK THEY APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK THEY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLIY.

ALL BOSSES SAY THEY ARE OPEN DOOR BUT ARE THEY TRUELY OPEN DOOR AND I THINK I HAVE LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC THAT THATS WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE IF YOUR THE LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR LEADING PROPERLY BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO MAKE SURE YOUR ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES TOUGH QUESTIONS YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE FOR YOU AND I THINK THATS THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THAT I HAVE FROM GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

TOM: STEVE MILLER, YOUR A COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT LEGEND IN THIS TOWN AND YOUVE ALWAYS DONE IT RIGHT.

ITS ALWAYS BEEN CLASSY.

YOU HELP PUT TOLEDO ON THE MAP WE ADMIRE WHAT YOU DO.

AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON 4 CORNERS STEVE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

TOM: HI KNOW ITS A REAL HONOR FOR ME TO WELCOME INTO 4 CORNERS A GENTLEMEN, A LONGTIME ADMIRED FOR HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AT WLBRIDGE PARK JUST AN ALL AROUND GREAT GUY.

MR. HENRY PAULEY.

HENRY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON 4 CORNERS TODAY.

HENRY: MY PLEASURE.

TOM: WALBRIDGE PARK HAS HAD SO MUCH HISTORY.

YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

HELPUNG TO ADMINISTER THIS WONDERFUL PARK HOW TOUGH HAS IT BEEN TRYING TO DO THINGS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC?

HENRY: WELL OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING GOT CANCELLED IMIDIATLY AND UHH OUR COMMITTEE RUNS THE SHELTERHOUSE, THE OUTSIDE SHELTER OF THE GAZEBO AND THATS WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDS FROM THE RENTALS AND WITH THOSE FUNDS WE MAINTAIN THOSE 3 VENUES AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS OUR FUNDS STOPPED ABRUPTLY.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SECURITY, WELL THE SECURITY IS FROM THE CITY BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING THROUGH OUR SAVINGS BUT ITS DIFFICULT TO RUN PROGRAMS WHEN YOU HAVE NO CONSTITUENTS AND UHH WE HAVE OVERCOME THAT PARTIALLY.

TOM: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR THE SUMMER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL WALBRIDGE PARK IN FALL?

WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE GOING TO GO ON HENRY: WELL WE ARE ABLE THE CAPACITY OF THE SHELTERHOUSE EXCUSE ME IS UHH 135 BUT WE WERE CUT BACK TO 50 PEOPLE SO WE CAN MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STILL MAINTIN THE SHELTERHOUSES USE FOR CERTAIN SMALLER GROUPS.

WE TOOK OUT 1/2 THE TABLES AND CHAIRS ETC AND UHH BUT WE HOPE WE CAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE OPEN THAT BACK UP TO FULL CAPACITY THE OUTSIDE SHELTER BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE WE CAN STILL RENT THAT OUT AND UHH WE DO OUR CONCERT SERIES LAST SUMMER AND OUR PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS ON OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WHICH IS A HUGE NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATION TO ROUND THE HARVARD CIRCLE UHHH WHICH IS WHERE WE GET 400-500 PEOPLE AT IT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY BUT OF COURSE THOSE WERE CANCELLED WE WOULD PREFER OR REALLY LIKE TO OPEN THAT BACK UP.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CITY AND CDC DETERMINE IS THE PROPER THING TO DO HOPEFULLY WITH PEOPLE GETTING SHOTS AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OUTSIDE VENUES WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE THE CONCERTS AND POSSIBLY A SMALLER VERSION OF THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

TOM: SO HOPEFULLY HENRY WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT WHEN THE PARK IS FULL AND PEOPLE ARE USING GRILLS AND USING THE SHELTER HOIUSES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

HENRY: LAST SUNDAY UHH I WENT BY AND THE PARK WAS CROWDED AND FAMILIES WERE GATHERED AROUND THE PICNIC TABLES AND THE GRILLS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RUN OUR CONCERT SERIES BECAUSE OTTAWA PARK AND WALBRIDGE PARK DO RUN CONCERT SERIES THE CITY THE OTTAWA PARK CONCERT SERIES IS SPONSORED BY THE CITY WE SPONSOR OUR OWN THROUGH THE FUNDS WE GET FROM RUNNING THE SHELTERHOUSE WE DONT DRAW IN ANY FUNDS.

WE LIKE TO HAVE 6,7, OR 8 CONCERTS A YEAR IN JUNE AND JULY IT DEPENDS ON OUR NEIGHBOR THE ZOO.

WE DON'T COMPETE WITH THEM FOR WHEN THEY HAVE A CONCERT BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE ITS VERY EASY WITH OUR VENUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE YOU CAN HAVE 20 FEET BETWEEN ALMOST EVERYBODY AND STILL UHHHH LISTEN TO THE BANDS AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.

HOPEFULLY THE OTTAWA PARK SERIES WILLA LSO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS SUMMER.

I KNOW THEY ARE READY.

TOM: YOU KNOW HENRY FOR THE WALBRIDGE PARK CONCERTS WHICH I KNOW ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW NOW YOU HAVE A GENERAL IDEA WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK OR WEEKEND THOSE WILL BE ON AND A TIMEFRAME?

HENRY OUR CONCERTS RUN ON THURSDAY FROM 7-9 EVERY THURSDAY AND ITS THE NEIGHBORS KNOW IT AND WALK OVER AND RIDE THEIR BIKES AND ITS A, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY COME TO ATTEND OUR CONCERT WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 200-400, 450 PEOPLE BUT BECAUSE OF THE LARGE EXPANSE OF AREA, SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT A PROBLEM.

TOM: WELL HENRY, UHH AGAIN I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU IN YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO WALBRIDGE PARK.

IT REALLY IS HISTORIC.

ITS THE 1ST PARK IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO AND YOU DO A REMARKABLE JOB WITH YOUR STAFF AND COMMITTEE AND I THINK YOU PAINT AN OPTIMISTIC PICTURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUTDOOR SUMMER CONCERTS AT WALBRIDGE PARK AND UHH PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PICNIC AND GRILL AND SAFELY WITH THE LARGE TERRITORY, GATHER AND IN A SAFE FASHION.

SO HENRY PAULEY I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT WAS GREAT HAVING YOU ON 4 CORNERS.

HENRY: WELL THNAK YOU TOM IT WAS MY PLEASURE.

TOM: TAKE CARE HENRY.

IT REALLY IS AN HONOR FOR ME KNOW TO WELCOME IN A LONG TIME FRIEND, SOMEBODY I HAVE ADMIRED.

THE WAY THEY HANDLED THEIR WORK, THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT THEIR WORK.

EVERYDAY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE GM OF THE MUD HENS ERIK IBSEN WHO IS MR MUD HENS OF COURSE ALONG WITH JOE NAPOLI AND GOOD FRIEND NEIL NUKEM WHO DOES THE WALLEYE BUT ERIK WELCOME INTO 4 CORNERS, ITS REALLY AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.

ERIK: THANKS TOM!

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

IM EXCITED TO TALK.

WE HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR SO LONG OVER THE PAST YEAR.

EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE MUD HENS.

TOM: YEAH IT IS OUR PRIVELGE AND THIS IS ALL UM HOPEFUL AND ASPIRATIONAL AND ALL POSITIVE BUT OFF THE TOP I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THE ANSWER AND A WAY CERTAINLY I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA.

HOW DIFFICULT HAS THIS PAST YEAR BEEN FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR FOLKS.

KIND OF PUT THAT IN CONTEXT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU COULD ERIK.

ERIK: SURE, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WITH THE LAST YEAR, 15 MONTHS HAS DONE TO EVERYBODIES LIVES NO MATTER WHAT INDUSTRY OR JOB YOU HAVE IT HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.

YOU KNOW THE MUD HENS AND WALLEYE, WE ARE AN EVENT DRIVEN BUSINESS OUR BUSINESS IS PREDICATED ON PEOPLE COMING TO 5/3 FIELD AND THE HUNINGTON CENTER TO TAKE IN MUD HEN AND WALLEYE GAMES AND WITHOUT THAT ITS HAD A SEVERE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS AND ITS BEEN A REAL DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS INDUSTRY REALLY BASE ON WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.

OUR STAFF HAS BEEN SEVERLY IMPACTED WE HAVE HAD TO SHRINK THE STAFF WE ARE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE BACK YET THE STAFF THAT JHAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB DEALING WITH CONSTANT QUESTIONS AND UNKOWNS AND FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN MORE QUESTIONS THEN ANSWERS ON EVERYTHING WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO.

THE MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN IMPACTED GREATLY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE OUR FANS IN ATTENDANCE AT OUR VENUES.

TOM: GIVE ME A ERIK, GIVE ME OPENING DAY, GIVE ME A LOOK AT YOU KNOW HOW YOU SEE IT, HOW YOU PICTURE IT, WHAT THE FANS CAN EXPECT.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STADIUM CAPACITY AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO RUN.

ERIK: SURE.

THE AAA SEASON GOT PUSHED BACK A MONTH SO MAY 4TH IS THE DATE.

WE ARE GOING TO GET THINGS GOING AGAIN.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY UNDER CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS.

SAFETY IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR AND THIS YEAR ITS GREAT WE ARE GETTING BACK TO SOME DEGREE OF NORMALCY, HAVING GAMES HAVING FANS AT 5/3 FIELD.

ITS STILL GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THEN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCUSTOMED THE 1ST 18-19 YEARS AT THE BALLPARK IT REALLY IS NOT GOING TO SNAP ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHAT PEOPLE KNOW REALLY WELL UNTIL 2022 BUT WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FANS AT YTHE BALLPARK.

THERE WILL BE MUDHENS BASEBALL.

THERE IS GOING TO BE VISITING TEAMS COMING IN AND YOULL GET THAT GAME EXPERIENCE.

ITS BEEN ABOUT 600 DAYS SINCE WE HAVE HAD WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU THINK ITS BEEN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 SINCE THE LAST MUD HENS GAME TOOK PLACE.

CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS WE ARE AT 30%.

THERE IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS WE HAVE TO FOLLWO.

THERE IS STATE OF OHIO PROTOCOLS, MLB PROTOCOLS, OUR OWN PROTOCOLS WE WANT TO PUT IN PLACE BUT WE ARE AT ABOUT 30% SO DEPENDING UPON HOW PEOPLE PURCHASE TICKETS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE YOULL BE BETWEEN 3000-4000 IN ATTENDENCE AND THAT RANGE IS DEPENDENT UPON THE OFFERING WE HAVE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOUVE LEARNED ORGANIZATIONALLY AS FAR AS HOW TO DO BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS, COMMUNICATIONWISE OR DIFFERENT THINGS YOULL KEEP IN PLACE.

ERIK: YOU KNOW THATS A GREAT QUESTION TOM AND THERE ARE.

I THINK FOR MAYBE SOME SPECIFIC BUSINESS PRACTICES WOULD BE WE TAKE OUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND TOLEDO IS SUCH A FABULOUS MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS MARKET I MEAN THERE IS DOCUMENTATION THAT BACKS THAT UP.

THE FACT THAT THE MUD HENS AND WALLEYE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS HAVE STUCK WITH IT THROUGH THIS UHH I THINK WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 90-95% OF OUR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR REFUNDS PUSH THERE MONEY FORWARD TO HELP SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS SO WE HAVE DEFINITLY LEARNED THAT.

OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT WE ARE VALUED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE TAKE OUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE THE BEST MINOR LEAGUE MARKET IN THE COUNTRY NO DOBT.

SO THATS A MAJOR TAKEAWAY AND THERE IS DEFINITLY BUSINESS PRACTICES I THINK EVERYBODY ON THEIR ZOOM AND MICORSOFT TEAMS CALLS AHEV LEARNED HOW THEY CAN OPERATE DIFFERENTLY THEN THEY HAVE BEFORE.

WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THEN THAT.

I THINK THAT MAY BE A BENEFIT TO US WHEN THE MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS YOU HAVE LONG HOURS GETTING THERE AT 9 IN THE MORNING AND LEAVING AT 11 AT NIGHT AND NOW THAT WE KNOW WE CAN WORK DIFFERNETLY THAT MIGHT BE SOME BENEFICIAL TAKEAWYAS FOR OUR STAFF THAT FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK THERE IS A TECHNOLOGICAL COMPONENT I THINK THINGS LIKE DIGITAL TICKETING WHICH WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BUT IT NEVER REALLY HAD THAT PUSH TO DO SO AND NOW OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE.

I THINK THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT FROMA TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO DO IT QUICKER THAN WE WERE GOING TO AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL STICK AROUND SO THERES A LIST OF THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR INDUSTRY THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE SO YOU TRY TO TAKE THE GOOD AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE LAST YEAR AND THERE WILL BE THINGS WE WILL LEARN THAT WILL MAKE US BETTER AND STRONGER AND ALLOW IT.

WE JUST WOULD HAVE PERFERED NOT TO HAVE THIS LONG PAUSE TO GT THERE.

TOM: SURE.

ERIK ITS SO GREAT HAVING YOU ON 4 CORNERS.

WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE JOB THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO AND MUD HEN BASEBALL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR COMMNITY AND WE ARE READY TO PLAY BALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH GM.

THANK YOU TOM!

HAPPY TO BE HERE.

TOM: CERTAINLY AN HONOR FOR ME TO WWELCOME IN A VERY TALENTED YOUNG LADY, PEYTON LYONS-GLASHOUSER FROM CENTENIAL TERRACE, CENTENIAL RECREATION, ONE OF THERE KEY PEOPLE, KEY ADMINISTRATORS.

PEYTON WELCOME TO 4 CORNERS!

PEYTON: HI!

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU TOM AND TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE SO THANK YOU.

TOM: GREAT!

THIS IS ALL POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC I REALLY TRUELY THINK WE ARE VACCINATING OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.

DECRONIAN VIRUS THAT WAS SO HORRIBLE FOR FOLKS.

WE ARE WINNING.

WE ARE GETTING ON THE PLUS SIDE OF IT ITS GOING TO ALL WORK OUT.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE POSITIVE WE JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU BECAUSE IT WAS SO HARD FOR SO MANY PEOPLE AND BUSNIESSES AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW TOUGH WERE THESE LAST 12-14 MONTHS.

YEAH IT WAS VERY TOUGH ON OUR STAFF WE WERENT ABLE TO BRING ON ANY OF OUR SEASONAL STAFF LIKE WE GENERALLY DO.

HOWEVER I WORK WITH AN AWESOME TEAM AT SYLVANIA RECREATION WE ARE ABLE TO ADAPT AND BE VERY FLEXIBLE SO WE STILL HAD OUR PROGRAMS RUNNING AND SO WE KIND OF HAD TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT.

I ACTUALLY HAD TO GO HELP WITH PROGRAMS AT SOME POINT SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADAPT AND MAKE IT WORK BUT IT WAS VERY TOUGH AND WE WERE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO CHANGE WHAT WE HAD PLANNED SO TOM: THINGS ARE OPENING UP NOW.

THINGS ARE GETTING MORE POSITIVE.

PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BOOK SHOWS I KNOW YOU CANT NAME, AND YOUVE HAD BIG ACTS THERE.

I HAVE SEEN SOME VERY BIG NAME ACTS AT CENTENIAL AND I KNOW \ YOU ARE STARTING TO BOOK EVENTS AND BOOK MUSICAL ACTS YOU CANT GIVE THE NAMES OUT I KNOW THAT BUT CAN YOU GIVE US PEYTON AN IDEA OF THE MONTHS THAT THIS IS STARTING IN PEYTON: YES SO WE ARE PLANNING ALL OF OUR NATIONAL CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND PRIVATE EVENTS SO OUR SEASON GENERALLY RUNS FROM MAY TILL AUGUST.

THIS YEAR IT HAS KIND OF SHIFTED BACK SLIGHTLY AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR MORE OF OUR EVENTS IN JULY AND GOING INTO SEPTEMBER SO IT WILL JUST SHIFT A LITTLE BIT BUT WE ARE EXCITED AND WE HOPE EVERYTHING CAN TAKE PLACE EVEN IF ITS UNDER LIMITED CAPACITY SO.

WE ARE EXCITED AND ARE PLANNING AND GETTING IT READY.

TOM: DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO DO?

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER.

DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK NUMBER YOU CAN GIVE US PEYTON?

PEYTON: YES AND NO.

I WOULD SAY WE ARE HOPING FOR A LOT OF VP EVENTS TO COME BACK AND SO YOU CAN EXPECT A LOT OF THOSE.

A LOT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR SO WE ARE HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RELEASE AN ENTIRE EVENT SCHEDULE OF KIND OF COME TO PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE.

THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING WE HAVE COMING.

TOM: OK AND IM SURE YOUVE SEEN IN THE PAST YEARS A NUMBER OF THE SHOWS.

GIVE ME PEYTON'S TOP 1,2 3 SHOWS YOUVE SEEN.

PEYTON: SEE ITS VERY TOUGH.

I DURING CONCERTS A LOT OF TIMES I AM KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IM MONITORING TRAFFIC CONTROL, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS IN PLACE SO I REALLY DON'T GET TO WATCH VERY MANY SHOWS SO I WILL SAY NOT EVEN THINKING OF THE CONCERTS, BUT I PREFER WHEN THE LOCAL BANDS COME.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM AHVENT BEEN ON A STAGE THAT SIZE.

THEY HAVENT BEEN WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM AND SO TO SEE THERE FACES LIGHT UP THE MOMENT THEY START PLAYING AND THEY ALWAYS SOUND SO GOOD AND THEY ARE KIND OF LOOKING AROUND LIKE DO YOU HERE US THIS IS US AND SO I WILL SAY, MINE IS THE LOCAL BANDS.

I DO LOVE WHEN THE NATIONAL CONCERTS COME, OBVIOUSLY GREAT PLACE.

WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR VENUE AND THEY ALWAYS DO SUCH A GOOD JOB.

WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT MAKSE IT ALL HAPPEN.

GREAT VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE IT WORK SO.

VERY TOM: ON THE WAY OUT.

KIND OF AN UNUSUAL QUESTION FOR YOU PEYTON.

YOU HAVE DONE SO WELL SO WE WILL THROW IT AT YOU ANYWAYS.

THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A DIFFICULT PERIOD OF TIME SO HORRIBLE IN MANY WAYS.

BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT GOOD THATS COME OUT OF IT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION AT CENTENIAL OR MAYBE BUSINESS PRACTICES THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE AS WE VACCINATE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.

PEYTON: YEAH SO THE ONE NICE THING AT FIRST IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING.

WE ALWAYS HAD TO ME AND MY TEAM ARE A SMALL TEAM.

WE WERE PLANNING THESE EVENTS AND THEN IT WAS LIKE OK WE ARE NOT HAPPENING AND WE ARE PLANNING THESE EVENTS AND THEY ARE NOT HAPPENING AND SO IT FORCED US TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE AND WE REACH A POINT WHERE IT WAS OK EVENTS ARENT GOING TO HAPPEN SO WE TRANSITIONED OK OUR PROGRAM AND ATHLETIC, THEY ARE ABLE TO HAPPEN SO WE SHIFTED GEARS SO OUR EVENT STAFF GOT TO TRANSITION TO THE PROGRAM STAFF AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN OUR ORGANIZATION WERE WORKING.

YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GO INTO THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS DOING AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND ON CENTENIALS SIDE WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND EACH YEAR AT THE END OF THE SEASON WE MAKE A MASTER LIST OF OK WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE X,Y, AND Z AND THEN THE NEXT SEASON COMES AND ITS LIKE OK WE ARE TOO BUSY THATS NOT HAPPENING AND SO THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT YEAR ITS LIKE OK WE WILL MAKE OUR LIST, WE WILL DO THIS AND SO THIS YEAR WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SIT DOWN FOCUS ON THESE CHANGES AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE EXCITED.

THERE WILL BE CHANGES INTERNALLY, THE WAY YOU COME INTO THE FACILITY.

IT WILL BE EXCITING AND SO WE ARE EXCITED FOR IT SO TOM: PEYTON IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU ON 4 CORNERS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH TO THE CONCERT SERIES OUT OF CENTENIAL.

PEYTON: YEAH THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TOM: WE WILL SEE YOU OUT AT A CONCERT PEYTON!

PEYTON: SEE YOU THERE!

TOM: ALRIGHT!

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME WITH THIS DICRONEAN VIRUS.

AND ARE STILL DEALING WITH IT IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT THE VERY ASPIRATIONAL GOOD NEWS IS OUR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP THIS SUMMER AND FALL.

SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVE MILLER GM FROM HUNINGTON AND SEAGATE CENTER, HENRY PAULEY FROM WALBRIDGE PARK, ERIK IBSEN GM FOR THE TOLEDO MUD HENS, AND PEYTON LYONS GLASSHAUR FROM CENTENNIEL RECREATION.

AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

STAY SAFE AND I HOPE WE CAN ALL CONNECT AT 4 CORNERS.

ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE MANGO TREE RESTAURANT AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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