WEBVTT 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:12.240 Hey folks, welcome to good news York. I'm Matt 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.660 major from growth mode content and This is our 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:20.399 99th. We are so close We I feel we are so close 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:22.059 in fact that we were actually thinking today 00:00:22.059 --> 00:00:24.019 was the hundredth and then I know it's like hey 00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:26.539 guys Um, actually I told our guest yesterday 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:29.260 I said, I'm so sorry you were one off but 99 00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:31.839 still cool. You know, it's Wayne Gretzky's number 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:36.439 I was off. This is this is definitely 99 hiding 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:38.990 the spiky hair this morning. I am hiding it But 00:00:38.990 --> 00:00:40.890 he's rocking a Syracuse hat, at least, for once. 00:00:40.909 --> 00:00:42.390 Yeah, I got my Syracuse hat, by the way. Shout 00:00:42.390 --> 00:00:44.649 out. He finally figured out how to do the local 00:00:44.649 --> 00:00:46.049 virtue signaling. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Trying to 00:00:46.049 --> 00:00:47.729 teach him for months. Well, I'm getting there. 00:00:47.990 --> 00:00:49.890 I'm getting there. This is not Ithaca. And I 00:00:49.890 --> 00:00:51.909 color -coordinated for you. I love it, buddy. 00:00:52.369 --> 00:00:55.109 I love it. Mike, go ahead and introduce our guest 00:00:55.109 --> 00:00:58.149 again, our returning champion here. Listen, we 00:00:58.149 --> 00:01:01.030 are excited to bring back a very special guest 00:01:01.030 --> 00:01:06.959 from Visit Syracuse. That's it. Our man Danny 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:09.920 is back in the studio again. Dan, you are not 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:14.400 only back, but you're looking good. You're looking 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.459 like things are going well. Welcome back to the 00:01:17.459 --> 00:01:20.079 show. We love having repeat guests. Yeah. You 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.000 know, it feels good. Yeah. When I got the invite, 00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:23.819 man, I was pumped up. It's great to be back. 00:01:23.900 --> 00:01:26.700 Thanks for having me. We love having you. Danny, 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.180 if you wouldn't mind, let's just give folks a 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:31.620 real quick recap of kind of what Visit Syracuse 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:34.000 is. And we don't have to go too in depth, but 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.689 yeah. Give them the spiel. Visit Syracuse, we're 00:01:36.689 --> 00:01:39.450 the official tourism agency, marketing agency 00:01:39.450 --> 00:01:42.170 for Onondaga County, and also in the film realm 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:45.150 as well. So we're the official film develop, 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:47.670 movie development, and televisions commercials, 00:01:47.730 --> 00:01:50.390 those sort of things for Onondaga County. We're 00:01:50.390 --> 00:01:52.980 funded through the tax that's on hotel rooms, 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.680 the occupancy tax, and a marketing group, but 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:57.799 we're also a sales group too. We try to bring 00:01:57.799 --> 00:01:59.780 large meetings, conventions, sporting events 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:02.560 to the area. And we also have a seat at the table 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:04.959 with some of the large economic development projects 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.579 that are, you know, shovels are in the ground. 00:02:07.780 --> 00:02:10.360 We were part of those at the start. So that's 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.280 kind of a unique part of our role, but it's something 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.580 that's come on with time and as we proved our 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:19.669 value to the county. That's awesome. That's really 00:02:19.669 --> 00:02:21.949 great and you know, you're the guys we talked 00:02:21.949 --> 00:02:23.650 about this before I remember it was on the off 00:02:23.650 --> 00:02:26.669 -the -air but I mentioned you have the best job 00:02:26.669 --> 00:02:28.770 in the world because you just get to promote 00:02:28.770 --> 00:02:32.689 all the fun stuff and you know as many folks 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:35.789 are in a Government or pseudo government role. 00:02:35.789 --> 00:02:38.110 There's a lot of a lot of nonsense You're over 00:02:38.110 --> 00:02:40.610 here telling people where the funds at and and 00:02:40.610 --> 00:02:42.969 all those good times So I I can't say that I'm 00:02:42.969 --> 00:02:45.310 not a little jealous of you, but it's it's a 00:02:45.310 --> 00:02:47.229 great gig But you know the people that that work 00:02:47.229 --> 00:02:50.210 on my team make it a whole lot more fun because 00:02:50.210 --> 00:02:52.870 We're all competitive, but we're winning a lot 00:02:52.870 --> 00:02:54.810 of these battles and it's thanks to my team I've 00:02:54.810 --> 00:02:57.389 got a world -class team. I'd put them up against 00:02:57.389 --> 00:02:59.830 just about anybody Yeah, I would agree because 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:02.310 every time I see the visit Syracuse account on 00:03:02.310 --> 00:03:05.889 social media I have I have FOMO like I feel like 00:03:05.889 --> 00:03:08.289 I'm missing out. Yeah, which is what you want 00:03:08.289 --> 00:03:11.210 You know that means you're doing your job I mean 00:03:11.210 --> 00:03:13.789 it just you really capture what's going on in 00:03:13.789 --> 00:03:16.069 Syracuse and why you should visit it I just I 00:03:16.069 --> 00:03:19.240 love it. Yeah I mean, you so many agree. Our 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.740 good friend Robin is just out there every day. 00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:25.659 It seems like hitting the pavement and showing 00:03:25.659 --> 00:03:28.740 off the area and cool things. And I just love 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:32.099 it. Yeah, I think if I start of about a year 00:03:32.099 --> 00:03:35.259 and a half ago, I always assess where we're at 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:38.020 and maybe what our weaknesses are. And maybe 00:03:38.020 --> 00:03:40.759 not a weakness, but maybe an area that we needed 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.770 to. really go out and make a bang with was community 00:03:45.770 --> 00:03:47.870 relations and kind of tooting our horn. We've 00:03:47.870 --> 00:03:50.949 been very humble for too long, but getting somebody 00:03:50.949 --> 00:03:52.270 out in the community. And I thought about it 00:03:52.270 --> 00:03:54.650 for a long time. And I'm like, man, this is a 00:03:54.650 --> 00:03:56.729 tough gig for somebody. I'm not sure that it's 00:03:56.729 --> 00:03:58.330 going to take me a long time to find this person. 00:03:58.409 --> 00:04:00.449 And she landed on my doorstep. And I think I 00:04:00.449 --> 00:04:03.030 knew within 40 seconds I had to have her. And 00:04:03.030 --> 00:04:05.449 she didn't come in for that reason. It's just 00:04:05.449 --> 00:04:08.729 that personality. She's really connected, represents 00:04:08.729 --> 00:04:11.469 the brand. Extremely well. Yeah, we couldn't 00:04:11.469 --> 00:04:13.870 have a better ambassador. Honestly. No, she's 00:04:13.870 --> 00:04:16.389 she's wonderful She was she was a guest on one 00:04:16.389 --> 00:04:19.509 of our clients podcasts not long ago yes out 00:04:19.509 --> 00:04:21.370 and all kinds of great things happening around 00:04:21.370 --> 00:04:23.629 here and just like I said just a great super 00:04:23.629 --> 00:04:26.670 impressive team and And we'd love to see it because 00:04:26.670 --> 00:04:29.230 it's in all honesty We have very similar missions 00:04:29.230 --> 00:04:31.930 at least with this this podcast in your organization 00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:34.029 in that we're here to promote the good stuff 00:04:34.029 --> 00:04:37.149 you know and and let people know the good stories 00:04:37.149 --> 00:04:42.120 and This month we've had close to a million views 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:45.259 on videos featuring a couple local businesses 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:47.540 and the thing that's like, the thing that's blown 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:50.100 my mind is kind of the most common comment on 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:53.420 both two different places was I live right near 00:04:53.420 --> 00:04:55.120 here and I had never heard of this place. I'm 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.129 gonna check it out. That's the best. And that 00:04:57.129 --> 00:04:58.829 just, you know, that's the whole point. That 00:04:58.829 --> 00:05:03.930 is the whole point. So many of us are just determined, 00:05:04.009 --> 00:05:05.189 we've got to go to vacation, we've got to go 00:05:05.189 --> 00:05:06.290 to another state, we've got to go to the other 00:05:06.290 --> 00:05:07.709 side of the country, we've got to do these things. 00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:10.790 You can drive a half hour and see some of the 00:05:10.790 --> 00:05:13.329 most incredible things that you're going to wait 00:05:13.329 --> 00:05:15.029 in line and pay three times the price tour in 00:05:15.029 --> 00:05:19.899 another state. But anyway. Danny, tell us about 00:05:19.899 --> 00:05:22.600 some of the things that folks can look forward 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.240 to. What's coming up maybe this fall, this winter 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:27.579 that they might want to check out in our area? 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.279 It's obviously a great time of year fall in central 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.220 New York. It's a peak season for us. October, 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:37.779 September, once that chills in the air, those 00:05:37.779 --> 00:05:40.160 leaves start changing. We kind of change gears. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:43.740 It's just promoting all the great things, especially 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:46.720 on the agriculture side, getting people to stop 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.420 at some of these farms and these orchards to 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:52.620 maximize their time there, help the local agriculture 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:55.759 industry. really one of our biggest strengths 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.019 here is what we have from that side of things. 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.120 Plenty of conventions coming through town, Syracuse 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:05.699 football. We help Coach Brown any way we can 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:09.120 because what he's done with that team, somebody 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.439 asked me, why do you get so involved with athletics? 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.259 Look at it this way, and Coach Brown mentioned 00:06:15.259 --> 00:06:17.459 this at my annual meeting, and I kind of gave 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:20.329 him the notes, but. The year before he came in, 00:06:20.350 --> 00:06:23.769 football was roughly round numbers, 20, 22 million 00:06:23.769 --> 00:06:26.009 dollar economic impact on the local economy. 00:06:26.110 --> 00:06:29.050 So think about not just when they're on the road, 00:06:29.209 --> 00:06:30.889 people are in bars and restaurants. When they're 00:06:30.889 --> 00:06:32.410 home, you can think, obviously, it's a massive 00:06:32.410 --> 00:06:34.829 effect. His first year, that number jumped up 00:06:34.829 --> 00:06:38.790 almost 35, 40 million dollars. Wow. So that's 00:06:38.790 --> 00:06:40.730 major tourism. So whatever we can do to help 00:06:40.730 --> 00:06:42.949 him win, we're going to we're going to jump in. 00:06:43.009 --> 00:06:45.550 Same with basketball. So it's a great time of 00:06:45.550 --> 00:06:48.730 year. Just. I'm a baseball guy. It's the perfect 00:06:48.730 --> 00:06:50.329 time of year, right? The Syracuse Mets had a 00:06:50.329 --> 00:06:52.449 great year. Now we're on to Syracuse Athletics, 00:06:52.589 --> 00:06:55.430 LeMoyne Athletics, conventions, fall season. 00:06:55.689 --> 00:06:58.120 It's just... There's just so much going on. I 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.439 can't point in one direction. It's just a great 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.480 time of year. It's our favorite. And my team 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:05.439 was out doing some great content yesterday, which 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.500 you'll see on social over the coming days to 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.160 welcome in that fall season and really showcase 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.439 what we have to do. I mean, people don't realize 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.399 like people that don't watch sports sometimes 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:16.899 don't realize that when a when a local sports 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:19.800 team is doing well on the field and there's excitement 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.339 around the team. I mean, it's a butterfly effect 00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:25.060 across the board and it's better for everybody. 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:26.860 It's not it's not just about It's about the games. 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.439 It's about the excitement in the air. People 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.879 got a little bit of an extra pep in their step. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.980 And Syracuse football, it's felt that way for 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:36.819 the last couple years, thanks to Fran Brown. 00:07:37.019 --> 00:07:40.519 He's different. He is different. And I think 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:42.819 that's part of the excitement. You knew when 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:46.259 he came along that you just went, this feels 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:50.480 a little bit different than before. And that 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.100 generates excitement. And then if they start 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:55.980 playing well, then the snowball is going. Community 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:58.240 prides through the roof. I would say the Clemson 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.620 game is probably his signature win. What's the 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:02.600 first thing he says when he was being interviewed? 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.040 He thanks the Syracuse community. He thanks the 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.470 community, right? Say no more. That blew my mind. 00:08:08.569 --> 00:08:10.250 And I'll tell you what. And it's like that with 00:08:10.250 --> 00:08:11.889 the Bills. That's why it's exciting for the Bills 00:08:11.889 --> 00:08:14.350 right now. You know, other teams and other, you 00:08:14.350 --> 00:08:16.410 know, journalists come to these games and they 00:08:16.410 --> 00:08:19.250 go, man, you know, Buffalo and Syracuse has got 00:08:19.250 --> 00:08:21.310 such like a tight, you know, the community is 00:08:21.310 --> 00:08:23.569 very intertwined with the team. And that's when 00:08:23.569 --> 00:08:25.329 you know you're doing it right. The team and 00:08:25.329 --> 00:08:26.949 the city feel intertwined. And that's exactly 00:08:26.949 --> 00:08:28.550 what's going on. I'm just lucky we don't have 00:08:28.550 --> 00:08:31.970 a Syracuse mafia yet. Well, I could just imagine 00:08:31.970 --> 00:08:34.090 just hordes of people dressed like Otto trying 00:08:34.090 --> 00:08:36.389 to. What would we jump through, though? We can't. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:40.379 That's what I'm saying. We'll jump through like... 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:42.440 That orange suit is hard to navigate. Recycling 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.840 bins. I gotta ask our intern. I think he's secretly 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:48.340 auto. He might be. We shouldn't say that on the 00:08:48.340 --> 00:08:52.919 show. I get going. Danny, I gotta ask you because 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.679 you mentioned the Syracuse Mets and as you know 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.500 they have a naming contest. Do you have an entry 00:09:00.500 --> 00:09:03.120 or what you think the new name of the Mets should 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.559 be? I mean, I don't know that my offer carries 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:09.700 any weight. Yes, it does. Thousands and thousands. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:11.720 Well, ours didn't. We came up with really great 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:14.279 names. They didn't even listen. Jason Smoral, 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:17.960 right? I had the Smorials. Hello. That's actually 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.519 really good. Thank you. Thank you, Dan. That's 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.250 kind of neat. They didn't. But so now we're soliciting 00:09:23.250 --> 00:09:24.830 any names that anybody wants to come up with. 00:09:25.029 --> 00:09:28.210 What do you got? The Visit Syracuses? Visitors? 00:09:28.509 --> 00:09:30.789 I have a German Shepherd. How come there aren't 00:09:30.789 --> 00:09:33.070 any teams that have a cool shepherd mascot? Wait 00:09:33.070 --> 00:09:36.269 a minute, man. Just the look of that. OK. So 00:09:36.269 --> 00:09:38.769 it's maybe not the most, but like the canines 00:09:38.769 --> 00:09:40.590 or the shepherds or something. I have always 00:09:40.590 --> 00:09:43.090 said that. I love that. The breed of dog that 00:09:43.090 --> 00:09:45.330 always blows my mind is the German Shepherd. 00:09:45.509 --> 00:09:48.169 Yeah. Because I mean, that's what the police 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:51.570 use because they're the smartest. They're loyal, 00:09:51.669 --> 00:09:54.549 they're protective. I mean, these people will 00:09:54.549 --> 00:09:57.649 sniff this cup and then be able to go find me 00:09:57.649 --> 00:09:59.870 in Ithaca, you know? It's crazy. They're goofy, 00:10:00.210 --> 00:10:02.110 too. You know, my dog works at golf courses. 00:10:02.549 --> 00:10:04.470 She's got the best life in the world, you know? 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:07.009 Ride around in a golf cart, swim in the pond, 00:10:07.149 --> 00:10:10.450 chase a few things. Come home. Damn. And then 00:10:10.450 --> 00:10:12.750 my kids like, for some reason, they like squirrels, 00:10:12.750 --> 00:10:14.389 so we were talking about the flying squirrels. 00:10:14.509 --> 00:10:18.490 It's an inside family joke, but it's a great, 00:10:18.490 --> 00:10:21.750 I think it was a great move on their part. We're 00:10:21.750 --> 00:10:25.090 one of the few, I think maybe two or three that 00:10:25.090 --> 00:10:28.909 have the parent name where others have something 00:10:28.909 --> 00:10:31.049 that's kind of born in the community. I think 00:10:31.049 --> 00:10:32.789 that's important. It's gonna help them from a 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:35.070 merchandising standpoint. I can tell you as a 00:10:35.070 --> 00:10:38.129 Yankee fan, it's really hard for me to buy. something 00:10:38.129 --> 00:10:40.950 Mets. Sure. Me too. But if it was neutral, if 00:10:40.950 --> 00:10:43.529 it was the squirrels or whatever, you know, the 00:10:43.529 --> 00:10:46.830 the small makes a lot of sense. Like, yeah. You're 00:10:46.830 --> 00:10:48.750 you're you're good. Thank you. You're absolutely 00:10:48.750 --> 00:10:51.269 right, because we we we did a shoot at the I 00:10:51.269 --> 00:10:52.909 wasn't even thinking about that. The Syracuse 00:10:52.909 --> 00:10:55.250 Mets game. And I saw all this great merchandise, 00:10:55.289 --> 00:10:57.269 but I'm a Yankees fan. I can't rock that, you 00:10:57.269 --> 00:10:59.970 know. So, you know, if we had the Syracuse Shepherds 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:02.350 or but again, this goes back to what you said 00:11:02.350 --> 00:11:04.210 earlier about we were talking about community 00:11:04.210 --> 00:11:06.210 and the team being intertwined. Yeah. Right. 00:11:06.289 --> 00:11:08.830 I mean, look, Look at what Jason Somoro and the 00:11:08.830 --> 00:11:10.629 Syracuse Mets are doing. They're including the 00:11:10.629 --> 00:11:12.250 community. And that's great. Yeah, it's a great 00:11:12.250 --> 00:11:13.730 move. And we're happy to be part of that. We're 00:11:13.730 --> 00:11:17.309 the big sponsor for that. And just the traffic 00:11:17.309 --> 00:11:20.149 we're seeing from that is great. But again, it's 00:11:20.149 --> 00:11:21.669 community pride. People are getting involved. 00:11:21.750 --> 00:11:24.330 They've got a stake in this now. So I think it's 00:11:24.330 --> 00:11:26.509 a really brilliant idea. It was awesome. It was 00:11:26.509 --> 00:11:29.070 an awesome idea. I'm excited to see it. I'm not 00:11:29.070 --> 00:11:31.350 necessarily a baseball guy, but we went to opening 00:11:31.350 --> 00:11:35.009 day. And it's just the facility is just absolutely 00:11:35.009 --> 00:11:39.490 incredible. And Jason talked about everything 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:41.330 that they do with a different event. It's crazy. 00:11:42.509 --> 00:11:45.070 It's like Super Sunday, Manic Monday. They really 00:11:45.070 --> 00:11:48.029 figured it out. I'm a huge, you guys know I coach 00:11:48.029 --> 00:11:49.690 baseball. I love my baseball. But whenever I 00:11:49.690 --> 00:11:52.409 go to a game there, I end up seeing very little 00:11:52.409 --> 00:11:54.149 of it because it's just like a social event. 00:11:54.289 --> 00:11:56.750 And that's great. And it appeals to anyone. You 00:11:56.750 --> 00:11:58.350 don't have to be a baseball fan. Go there and 00:11:58.350 --> 00:12:00.870 enjoy. And they always have some wacky contests 00:12:00.870 --> 00:12:02.710 going on. It's cool. It's a really cool scene. 00:12:03.529 --> 00:12:07.399 No, it was a good time. It was a good time. Danny, 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.279 let's talk a little bit about film. There's been 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.879 some different headlines about different things 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:14.759 happening. Give us kind of an update on just 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:18.100 the status of the kind of film program that's 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:21.039 happening in our area. Yeah, I think it's really 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.620 unleashed now once the governor Once her budget 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:27.740 came out, that announced the tax credits being 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:30.759 good through, I think it's 2034, 36, something 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.120 like that. We had a lot of folks that got to 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.879 the start gate and just sat there until that 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.179 was re -upped. So now we're starting to see three 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:41.639 or four productions at a time. We've seen massive 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.480 private development here with an animation studio 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:46.980 and a post -audio production studio downtown. 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:50.019 Also down where case supply is, those buildings 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:53.200 have been repurposed into sound stages. is just 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:56.740 to ramp up for what we see as amazing growth. 00:12:57.659 --> 00:12:59.679 And then with the new aquarium, the county executive 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.899 mentioned dovetailing some of the aquarium into 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:05.240 the film industry, which makes good sense. So 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.559 I think we're going places there. We've hired 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:10.940 a consultant that's in the industry. We market 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.659 to those folks, but we're kind of outsiders. 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:15.159 So we have somebody on the inside pushing from 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.299 the opposite direction. So he's been with us 00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:19.940 for about six months, and we're starting to make 00:13:19.940 --> 00:13:21.320 really good traction. And we were doing great 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:23.299 before, but I think think over the course of 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:25.200 the next few years, I think it's going to grow 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.820 exponentially, especially with the county putting 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:29.899 some more money in to go on top of the state 00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:33.580 incentive. That's awesome. You talked about kind 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:35.799 of repurposing these things as sound stages and 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.100 stuff, and I know I think we talked about this 00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:39.820 a little bit previously, but what kind of goes 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:43.559 into doing that? Say you've got an existing place 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.450 and you want to make it ready to shoot. What 00:13:46.450 --> 00:13:49.210 do you got to do? Yeah, it's not really a tedious 00:13:49.210 --> 00:13:51.970 process at all. I mean, obviously you want clear 00:13:51.970 --> 00:13:55.330 span, very few pillars, high ceilings. I mean, 00:13:55.490 --> 00:13:57.950 adding soundproofing is pretty inexpensive. So 00:13:57.950 --> 00:13:59.610 it's a process where we come in, we fill out 00:13:59.610 --> 00:14:02.889 the application, take some snapshots and look 00:14:02.889 --> 00:14:06.409 at it. But if you have a big open building, those 00:14:06.409 --> 00:14:08.710 are ideal. I mean, the fairgrounds in a perfect 00:14:08.710 --> 00:14:10.750 world, if we had a lot more access to that would 00:14:10.750 --> 00:14:12.570 be amazing. Obviously, you have tons of events 00:14:12.570 --> 00:14:14.590 going there. But you think of like the Center 00:14:14.590 --> 00:14:19.019 of Progress. building, that is a nice spot. So 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:21.500 case supply, that was warehouse space. Gotcha. 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.240 So it's transformed into that. So it's not a 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:31.470 difficult process at all. What do folks do if 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:32.970 they want to get into that? Is that something 00:14:32.970 --> 00:14:34.450 they can reach out to your office? Yeah, reach 00:14:34.450 --> 00:14:38.090 out. Eric Vinal on my staff is our VP of film, 00:14:38.190 --> 00:14:40.909 and he knows the process intimately. He's helped 00:14:40.909 --> 00:14:43.529 us. During COVID, we had to go around and add 00:14:43.529 --> 00:14:46.669 a few, such as the Red House, the On Center, 00:14:47.129 --> 00:14:48.769 Civic Center. So we've went into some of those 00:14:48.769 --> 00:14:52.389 facilities to have alternatives. But we're always 00:14:52.389 --> 00:14:55.230 looking for unique venues. So I would encourage 00:14:55.230 --> 00:14:57.409 people, if they think they have something, by 00:14:57.409 --> 00:15:00.440 all means, reach out to us. Awesome. That's great 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:04.669 to hear. 10 years ago when I had my first podcast 00:15:04.669 --> 00:15:07.309 studio, I interviewed Eric. I wonder if he remembers 00:15:07.309 --> 00:15:09.309 it, but I interviewed Eric over a decade ago. 00:15:09.529 --> 00:15:12.730 Was he shaking? Incredibly, incredibly interesting 00:15:12.730 --> 00:15:16.690 guy. He really is. I think sometimes he's a little 00:15:16.690 --> 00:15:19.409 hard on himself, but I take him to meetings, 00:15:19.590 --> 00:15:22.509 and I just let him go. And the stuff that comes 00:15:22.509 --> 00:15:25.090 out of his mouth, it's fascinating, really. People 00:15:25.090 --> 00:15:27.789 are really into it. But he knows the industry. 00:15:28.049 --> 00:15:30.750 There's really... Not anyone better than him. 00:15:31.009 --> 00:15:33.490 And we're lucky he fell into our lap. Yeah. Yeah. 00:15:33.549 --> 00:15:35.970 No, that's that's awesome. Let's see. One person 00:15:35.970 --> 00:15:38.289 fall on your doorstep. Another fell on your lap. 00:15:38.289 --> 00:15:40.929 Well, I went and acquired him. Let's let me back 00:15:40.929 --> 00:15:43.370 up. I we actually went to the I went to the county 00:15:43.370 --> 00:15:47.029 back in 18. Joni Mahoney was the county executive 00:15:47.029 --> 00:15:50.049 at the time. And he was I call him the guy in 00:15:50.049 --> 00:15:51.809 the broom closet. He worked for County Economic 00:15:51.809 --> 00:15:55.269 Development. It was him in a broom closet. That's 00:15:55.269 --> 00:15:58.870 it. He didn't have any resources. And I went 00:15:58.870 --> 00:16:02.070 to The county executive and I said, you know, 00:16:02.070 --> 00:16:03.710 you're doing five or six million dollars worth 00:16:03.710 --> 00:16:06.649 of productions here locally We can do a whole 00:16:06.649 --> 00:16:12.049 lot better here's my plan. I need him and you 00:16:12.049 --> 00:16:15.590 know, she's a Was a wonderful leader and I go 00:16:15.590 --> 00:16:18.049 to her budget presentation and I tell this all 00:16:18.049 --> 00:16:20.149 the time I'm sitting there picking my nose and 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:21.629 she goes on Danny leak is here and he's gonna 00:16:21.629 --> 00:16:24.470 be taking over film and his visit Syracuse and 00:16:24.470 --> 00:16:28.179 like Well, careful what you wish for. So we had 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:30.879 Eric and some of the resources to market that 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.320 starting in 19 and the rest is history. So we 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:35.659 went out and got him. He's a talent. That's awesome. 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:38.320 That sounds like a movie the guy in the broom 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.580 closet There's your next film. I don't think 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:44.539 he's kidding. I'm pretty sure that that we Interviewed 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:46.980 him potentially in his office really and I remember 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:49.299 it was it he just in the middle of the county 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.779 office Everything else happened. There's one 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:53.279 little tucked away at this spot. That was the 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.840 whole department in the county It makes them 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.460 even cooler. Yeah, I love it No, but it's it's 00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:01.179 great to hear and you know, there's so many things 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:05.509 going on We interviewed Joe Cunningham who just 00:17:05.509 --> 00:17:08.390 finished local guy here who who just made a movie 00:17:08.390 --> 00:17:11.130 and can't wait to see and just you know sentinel 00:17:11.130 --> 00:17:13.890 shout out talk about building a community you 00:17:13.890 --> 00:17:15.650 know we're able to do that now for that whole 00:17:15.650 --> 00:17:17.849 industry which only I'm assuming can make your 00:17:17.849 --> 00:17:20.970 job easier yeah no doubt about you know and it's 00:17:20.970 --> 00:17:23.269 just so cool to see and hear and And then we 00:17:23.269 --> 00:17:24.589 keep hearing about these things. Oh, here's this 00:17:24.589 --> 00:17:26.829 movie. It's now on Netflix that by the way, that's 00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:30.809 my house. Yeah, like in the background I love 00:17:30.809 --> 00:17:33.509 hearing about that too is you know, it's easy 00:17:33.509 --> 00:17:36.109 to say that with with streaming and the way things 00:17:36.109 --> 00:17:38.650 have kind of rapidly changed that the film industry 00:17:38.650 --> 00:17:41.650 is moving out of the whole everything's in LA 00:17:41.650 --> 00:17:43.549 or New York, you know, and people are going to 00:17:43.549 --> 00:17:45.680 different states for tax credits, but You know, 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:48.259 this the filming in Syracuse was was going on 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:50.819 before that started and American High has a lot 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:52.799 to do with that. But you know, this area was 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:55.460 a little bit on the map and now because it's 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:57.599 gorgeous. It is. It's always been a beautiful 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.920 backdrop for anything. Yeah. Well, Hollywood 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:01.700 became Hollywood because of the weather. You 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:03.140 know, they couldn't shoot here year round. It 00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:05.019 was originally supposed to be in this area. And 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:07.099 I think in Danny can probably speak to this a 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.460 little bit, but it was a little bit of a perfect 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:10.920 storm where the costs in California and all that. 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.740 Right. So high. Right. And New York saw that 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:15.220 and said, hey, there's an opportunity to draw 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:17.240 that business in. And then the county doubled 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:20.700 down on it. Yeah. And and now we're, you know, 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.779 I feel like a big turning point our moment. I 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.839 don't know if that an accurate. Yeah. And I think 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:26.920 the part of that that doesn't get a lot of attention. 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.619 I mean, you referenced American High. Obviously, 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.839 they're doing wonderful things there. But initially, 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.900 when we started a lot of a lot of the. The people 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:35.880 that worked on these movies had to come from 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:39.819 Buffalo or downstate. But Eric and the county, 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.980 they've done a great job creating the local workforce. 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:44.619 So now a lot of that money stays home, local 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:46.880 jobs, which is important. We're part of the STEAM 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:51.119 school in that realm. So that part of it takes 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:52.940 time to build out. And it just gets bigger and 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:54.720 bigger. And now we've got, you know, I have high 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.240 school kids that reach out to me all the time. 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:58.579 Hey, I'm interested in film and going to school 00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:00.900 for that. Can you kind of take me around? And 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:03.400 we hand them off to Eric. to develop our own 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:06.779 talent. You saw Mr. Emmy there with his movie 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:09.220 that he'll be rolling out shortly. It's great. 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:11.299 It's local talent. You know, another element 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:13.359 of that is you got to think about the Newhouse 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:15.440 School, right? You know, there's there's TV and 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:19.400 film embedded in there. And a lot of times, same 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:21.200 same with the Park School at Ithaca College. 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.579 You know, a lot of these people graduate and 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:25.339 then they go to L .A. or New York. And I think 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:27.420 we're going to see over the next decade. A lot 00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:30.359 might stay here as this builds. So I think you're 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.609 onto something. That's something we've We've 00:19:32.609 --> 00:19:35.309 tried to reach out to some alum and get them 00:19:35.309 --> 00:19:37.970 interested in Syracuse, why not Syracuse? We're 00:19:37.970 --> 00:19:40.630 gonna see Bobcat Goldsweight do some things here. 00:19:40.690 --> 00:19:43.210 That's awesome. Yes! So we're excited about it. 00:19:43.309 --> 00:19:46.130 Yeah, we are happy to promote that any time you 00:19:46.130 --> 00:19:48.950 want. Yes, especially if you could get Bobcat. 00:19:49.289 --> 00:19:51.529 I would even team Bobcat. I would imagine I could. 00:19:51.730 --> 00:19:53.210 That would be incredible. He's a big champion 00:19:53.210 --> 00:19:57.150 for the area. I don't think that's a huge far 00:19:57.150 --> 00:19:59.190 -fetched request. Oh, man. Such a police academy 00:19:59.190 --> 00:20:02.069 fanboy. I would have to really take a few breaths 00:20:02.069 --> 00:20:03.890 before that interview. Yeah, we might have to 00:20:03.890 --> 00:20:05.789 sedate you. I might have to not come in at all. 00:20:06.289 --> 00:20:09.089 It might be for the best. My smatching from home 00:20:09.089 --> 00:20:12.049 this episode. Bobcat was just like, man. He was 00:20:12.049 --> 00:20:14.769 like unlike him and Kinnison in the 80s. It was 00:20:14.769 --> 00:20:17.069 just like unlike anything you'd ever seen. And 00:20:17.069 --> 00:20:18.970 then Farley came along, just that high energy 00:20:18.970 --> 00:20:22.490 madness. I love it. But no, there's so many great 00:20:22.490 --> 00:20:24.829 things. And that's the thing that I'm very excited 00:20:24.829 --> 00:20:27.789 about is, you know, between the Micron project 00:20:27.789 --> 00:20:29.430 and all these other things that are happening. 00:20:30.049 --> 00:20:32.109 You know, it's these problems that you've mentioned 00:20:32.109 --> 00:20:34.309 we've had for years. We've got these. awesome 00:20:34.309 --> 00:20:37.150 universities that train the best and the brightest 00:20:37.150 --> 00:20:39.210 and then they go dispatch them away yeah you 00:20:39.210 --> 00:20:41.829 know and now we got a reason for them to stay 00:20:41.829 --> 00:20:43.950 absolutely we're building I tell you we're building 00:20:43.950 --> 00:20:47.769 a really good ecosystem for especially that the 00:20:47.769 --> 00:20:50.309 the tourism industry here you mentioned Mike 00:20:50.309 --> 00:20:53.029 Cron they're gonna do gangbusters filling up 00:20:53.029 --> 00:20:55.269 hotel rooms during the peak. And there's going 00:20:55.269 --> 00:20:56.730 to be a lot of new hotel rooms coming on with 00:20:56.730 --> 00:20:57.950 that. But then the weekends, we've got to fill 00:20:57.950 --> 00:21:00.490 up the weekends. So a few miles from here, Carrier 00:21:00.490 --> 00:21:04.250 Park will be done in March. That's a $20 million 00:21:04.250 --> 00:21:09.549 project that'll have two super fields, tons of 00:21:09.549 --> 00:21:10.990 baseball fields. You'll be able to play soccer, 00:21:11.089 --> 00:21:14.650 lacrosse. certainly for special needs folks, 00:21:14.690 --> 00:21:17.009 that's one of the only certified facilities in 00:21:17.009 --> 00:21:19.269 the country. And then Hopkins Road, the county's 00:21:19.269 --> 00:21:21.849 doing the same thing. So my goal, and I kind 00:21:21.849 --> 00:21:23.710 of started all of this with a company called 00:21:23.710 --> 00:21:26.890 Salt City Sports. Really pushing on the county 00:21:26.890 --> 00:21:30.630 exec and the legislators to invest in youth sports 00:21:30.630 --> 00:21:34.490 because it is it is a It's recession proof and 00:21:34.490 --> 00:21:36.490 we're gonna see 20 million dollars of Hopkins 00:21:36.490 --> 00:21:38.869 Road We will become the youth sports capital 00:21:38.869 --> 00:21:41.549 of the Northeast with these facilities Wow in 00:21:41.549 --> 00:21:43.309 a few years from now Hopkins will be done in 00:21:43.309 --> 00:21:45.950 a matter of a year from now So we're already 00:21:45.950 --> 00:21:48.109 marketing that in other areas. So you're gonna 00:21:48.109 --> 00:21:50.990 see a big lift with those competitive sports 00:21:50.990 --> 00:21:52.529 here. And it'll benefit the community during 00:21:52.529 --> 00:21:54.930 the week. So we're very, very excited what's 00:21:54.930 --> 00:21:56.910 being built here. It's world class. When you 00:21:56.910 --> 00:21:59.150 think about the increasing population, more and 00:21:59.150 --> 00:22:03.509 more families, more kids, we need to invest in 00:22:03.509 --> 00:22:04.710 these things like this. We're not going to have 00:22:04.710 --> 00:22:06.349 anything for them to do. There's going to be 00:22:06.349 --> 00:22:08.029 the school league that can take 20 kids, and 00:22:08.029 --> 00:22:09.630 that's the end of the story. Exactly. What do 00:22:09.630 --> 00:22:12.200 we do with the rest of them? So this is great. 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:14.640 That's a great economic lift. When you look at 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:19.019 tourism, we look at 24 numbers, and what tourism 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:21.180 generated saved the average taxpayer about $900 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:23.619 a year. Wow. So if we continue to grow that, 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.039 that's great for everyone. Yeah. Let me ask you 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:29.000 on that. There's been grumblings that tourism 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.779 is down in the United States. I don't know about 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:34.299 here. But as someone who works in this industry, 00:22:34.650 --> 00:22:37.210 When you hear that or maybe you experience it, 00:22:37.410 --> 00:22:40.730 what's the move in the tourism industry to kind 00:22:40.730 --> 00:22:43.230 of combat that? I'm just curious. I don't mean 00:22:43.230 --> 00:22:45.809 it as a hard hitting. I'm just curious as to 00:22:45.809 --> 00:22:47.670 how you combat when tourism is down. I think 00:22:47.670 --> 00:22:49.450 it's one of those things where you can make the 00:22:49.450 --> 00:22:51.809 numbers say whatever you want. Is tourism down 00:22:51.809 --> 00:22:55.069 nationwide? It is. It's probably 1 % or 2%. But 00:22:55.069 --> 00:22:58.309 most of it's international driven based on the 00:22:58.309 --> 00:23:00.529 status of the visas and those things. Is it down? 00:23:00.829 --> 00:23:03.569 It is. But when we look at Syracuse, we used 00:23:03.569 --> 00:23:05.309 to be what I call a flatline market. I've been 00:23:05.309 --> 00:23:07.609 in this industry, in this market for 35 years. 00:23:08.109 --> 00:23:10.430 When the market was struggling, Syracuse never 00:23:10.430 --> 00:23:14.230 took that low dip. But when the markets were 00:23:14.230 --> 00:23:16.930 flourishing, Syracuse never got that high. Those 00:23:16.930 --> 00:23:21.000 days are different now. We're actually one -tenth 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.339 of one percent over last year. So we would have 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.519 liked to have seen a little bit more growth, 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.700 but it's not killing us. The hotel occupancies 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:30.980 are super strong. The rates are up. We haven't 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:33.579 seen that dip yet, knock on wood. Now I think 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:36.680 we would see a dip in the future just based on 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:39.500 what's going on with 81, with downtown being 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:42.839 a little wacky at times. So I think we're going 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.720 to see a little dip. But on the other side of 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.759 that, we're going to come out of it very, very 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:49.339 strong. So what do we do? We know that Canada 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:53.759 right now, the reception there isn't great. So 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.960 we just take the money that we would spend there 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:58.640 in a marketing campaign. And we go into markets 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:01.000 that are really really doing a great job for 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.680 us, like New York City, Philadelphia, Boston. 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.619 So we just double down there. That's great. And 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:08.480 we try to get more of those folks here. So I 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.339 say if we can just hang on and stay relatively 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:13.079 flat and and whether the storm will be just fine. 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:15.039 And we've done that so far. What a great answer. 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.980 That's great. I've always wondered that. Yeah, 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.099 just. How do you combat when tourism is down? 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.519 You know what's interesting is it reminds me 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:24.880 of last week. We randomly discovered this content 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:27.480 creator, this woman and her and her fiance from 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:30.380 Boston. Well, from the UK, they're from the UK 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.799 originally. And that's of course, they got the 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.859 accent. So that picks you up. But they live in 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:36.000 Boston, primarily now in the United States. And 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.660 what they do is travel to different parts of 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:39.960 the country. They recently came to the Adirondacks 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.859 and had nothing but great things to say about 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:45.859 upstate New York. And it was just, you know, 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:48.740 it speaks to that. folks, you know, it was a 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:51.980 day trip for them to come here and have the time 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.380 of their lives that they never expected. Yeah, 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:57.039 I mean, you teed me up for something there kind 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:59.539 of indirectly, but our challenge right now is 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.900 we're focused. The World Cup is coming next year. 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:04.220 Oh, we know international travelers are going 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:07.000 to spend probably 20 days here. Wow. We know 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.440 they're going to be in New York City, New Jersey, 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.940 Toronto area. What do we got to do to get them 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.839 to stop over in Syracuse, even if it's for a 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.559 night? So that's our focus right now. Wow, that's 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:18.039 awesome. Because that's a you talk about a massive 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:20.359 influx of visitors. Yeah. And we know they're 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:22.220 going to go to Niagara Falls. Sure. What do we 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.920 got to do to get him stopping Syracuse? So that's 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.079 what my team were focused on right now for next 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:28.059 year. Not to knock Niagara Falls, but I feel 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:30.000 like we could offer them something way more interesting. 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.839 I know that seems to be the natural draw, but 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:34.099 then you get there and you're like, OK, now what? 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:36.660 No, I know what you mean. Like, yes, you should 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:38.299 go see it. It's one of the seven wonders of the 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:41.059 world, whatever. But also, there's a lot of other 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:44.119 cool things going on. Yeah. And something that 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.420 I hope you can combat too is. people we talk 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.839 about this all the time on the show people in 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:51.420 New York City or in the tri -state area they 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.759 think upstate is like an hour north which I guess 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:56.500 technically it is but we need we need more people 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.559 like the woman that came you know came down and 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.420 was just like whoa okay you know there's so much 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:05.359 more than just trees and you know let's go back 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:07.400 to the upstate thing because you don't talk about 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:10.980 my top pet peeve let's do it let's go on Syracuse 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:14.440 .com and it'll say upstate man charged with x 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:17.289 and it's in Westchester County Or, well, whatever 00:26:17.289 --> 00:26:19.809 serves their purpose. One day it's Utica. Yeah, 00:26:19.809 --> 00:26:23.589 sure. The next day it's Poughkeepsie. Right. 00:26:23.990 --> 00:26:25.890 All right. We're central New York. We're not 00:26:25.890 --> 00:26:28.910 upstate. We're central. There you go. New York 00:26:28.910 --> 00:26:31.849 state. We're in two different, in the tourism 00:26:31.849 --> 00:26:35.450 region, we're in the Finger Lakes. Yes. In the, 00:26:35.450 --> 00:26:37.269 what they call the Regional Economic Development 00:26:37.269 --> 00:26:39.779 Council region, we're in central New York. So 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:43.740 the state can't even get it. All right, sermon's 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:46.059 over. Fair enough. We did a thing on the show 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:48.420 once where we put the map up, and I asked him 00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.799 to draw a line where you thought Upstate started. 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:54.160 Do you have in your mind where... An hour, north 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:57.420 of New York. I would say so, too. An hour and 00:26:57.420 --> 00:27:01.900 above. I'm with you. On our video about the wild 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:06.160 in Chittanango, I opened up with saying, we're 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:09.710 in Upstate New York, and... This guy no, you're 00:27:09.710 --> 00:27:11.529 not you're in Western New York half the comments 00:27:11.529 --> 00:27:13.170 are people arguing but the one guy who claimed 00:27:13.170 --> 00:27:15.750 we were in Western New York is we're not Appropriately 00:27:15.750 --> 00:27:18.890 been been crucified. I feel like but but yeah, 00:27:18.990 --> 00:27:20.890 no the whole argument ensued. It's just wild. 00:27:20.910 --> 00:27:23.869 It's yeah It's funny what's considered upstate. 00:27:24.029 --> 00:27:26.009 We need to we need to listen I feel like you 00:27:26.009 --> 00:27:29.309 though of all people have the gravitas for lack 00:27:29.309 --> 00:27:32.910 of a better term this you have you're able to 00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:36.849 your word holds more water than ours. I feel 00:27:36.849 --> 00:27:39.730 like if somebody played it the right way, they 00:27:39.730 --> 00:27:41.930 could win a state -level election with the right 00:27:41.930 --> 00:27:44.130 position on that particular thing. Just on that 00:27:44.130 --> 00:27:46.650 platform. Listen, I'm going to pass a bill that 00:27:46.650 --> 00:27:48.869 sets the line. We're going to put up signs. It's 00:27:48.869 --> 00:27:50.789 going to be a whole thing. We're going to draw 00:27:50.789 --> 00:27:52.230 a line. Google Maps is going to say, welcome 00:27:52.230 --> 00:27:54.190 to Upstate, as soon as you drive over the line, 00:27:54.410 --> 00:27:56.130 like it says welcome to California. And if you 00:27:56.130 --> 00:27:58.569 call Poughkeepsie Upstate, you get a $50 fine. 00:27:59.970 --> 00:28:01.450 Anyway, you're going to have something there. 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:04.000 Danny from Visit Syracuse, buddy. We will let 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.640 you get back to all of your duties of promoting 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:10.079 our beautiful area. But before we go, where can 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:12.539 people find more websites, socials, what's all 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:15.079 that fun stuff? It all starts at visitsyracuse 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:17.079 .com. Be sure to check it out. You can certainly 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:20.619 subscribe to our newsletters, our weekly updates 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.960 on what's going on in town. Our calendars are 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:25.940 top searched. And if you're a local business 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:28.299 and you have an event, you can put it on our 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:31.119 calendar. Just email me and my assistant will 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:34.680 show you how to put your event in there. We do 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:37.960 have some editorial privileges. You'd be amazed 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:41.319 how many, let's say adult events, put them on 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.359 there. But if they have events and we can help 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.000 promote them, our calendar is a great place to 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.339 be. We get several million views of that each 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:49.980 year. So visit Syracuse .com. My information 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:52.220 is right on the website. That's awesome. Danny, 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:54.440 you're doing amazing. Danny, thank you so much 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:58.940 for joining us. Mike, yes. Any any final questions 00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:01.819 for our man before we leave? I mean, I feel baseball 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.660 playoff question here. Well, I mean, we could 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:07.900 get into that. That just seems dangerous. Well, 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.619 I'll ask now. I could know because I'll I'll 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:12.619 I'll go another hour. That's a whole other. Yeah. 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:14.859 Yeah. I'm going to shoot this. We are, by the 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:18.720 way. launching a good New York sports show hosted 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.140 by my buddy here. So down the road Danny might 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:24.240 be a great guest. You know what I was thinking 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.119 that when you and I started talking about Sergius 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:28.859 football. Love to have you on for that. You guys 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:31.980 may not know this but I spent 34 years in sports 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:34.279 television. That's right, you talked about that. 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:37.880 Now I actually mentor some kids from Cougar Community 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.440 College on Spectrum. One, we do a Friday night 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.579 game of the week, and I'm on there as the broadcaster. 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:47.180 So if you talk sports, bring me in. I'd be happy 00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:49.779 to do it. Let's rephrase that. I think I would 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:52.619 be a great guest. Yeah, right. We should just 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:54.359 let him do it. What are we talking about here? 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:56.819 You host, and I'll just sit here. I'll say, as 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:59.559 much as I'm not a sports guy, the sports content 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:01.559 is some of our most popular stuff on the channel. 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:04.680 So I'm happy to also embrace that. It also brings 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:08.039 the most trolls. People. Oh, if you say one thing 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.480 wrong about the, you know, the team that they 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.980 root. Oh, my God. Yeah. And they go straight 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.980 for the insults to like the personal insults. 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:17.140 But I can take it. Yeah, that's good game. All 00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:19.039 right, guys. I'm Matt. That's Mike. He's Danny. 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.279 It's the other Danny behind the board, looking 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.099 extra fly. You don't have a camera on, but he 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.579 is spiffed up today. Danny is the big Dan Bowski 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:28.299 today. He looks phenomenal from head to toe. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:30.839 He's ready to... Tomorrow's our 100th episode, 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:35.140 brother. Oh. So tomorrow's the big day. Yeah, 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.779 Good News York sponsored by ads on the go. Get 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.819 ads on the go dot com. The big 100 tomorrow. 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:42.220 Big thank you to our boy, Zach. It adds on the 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.819 go first. He's been with us for at least what, 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:47.140 50 episodes or something. I would say so. Yeah. 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:50.119 At least half the ride so far. So love him. Literally 00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:52.359 the ride. Yeah, literally rides around. He does 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.359 listen to us in the truck as he's advertising 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:56.859 local businesses. So at least he says he does. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:31:00.779 I don't know. Well, you know what he he. He might 00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:03.039 never have we should tell a bad joke about just 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:05.759 see if he hey, man. What why'd you just? No, 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.339 we were like your truck smells bad. Let's see 00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.839 if he see if he tells us yeah, and we'll know 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:13.299 if he's really We just smelly truck. We just 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:16.779 lost our only sponsor. What did I just do anyway? 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.380 We better go yeah peace out