Carolina Business Review
September 23, 2022
Season 32 Episode 4 | 26m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
With Johnny Harris, President, Quail Hollow Country Club
With Johnny Harris, President, Quail Hollow Country Club
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Carolina Business Review
September 23, 2022
Season 32 Episode 4 | 26m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
With Johnny Harris, President, Quail Hollow Country Club
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMAJOR SUPPORT FOR CAROLINA BUSINESS REVIEW PROVIDED BY: HE DID NOT HAVE TO BE A GOLF AN TO APPRECIATE NOT JUST THE SPECTACLE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CUP , BUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES AND THE CULTURAL ENHANCEMENTS TO WHEREVER THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENTS COUPLE BEHELD.
I'M CHRIS WILLIAM.
WELCOME TO THE MOST WIDELY BOTCHED AND LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM ON CAROLINA BUSINESS POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FEATURED EVERY WEEK FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS NOW.
AND HOW A PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMA JOHNNY HARRIS, WHO WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO BRINGING THE PRESIDENTS CLUB TO THE CAROLINA WILL JOIN US IN A MOMENT.
WE WILL UNPACK WHAT THE PRESIDENTS CLUB MEANS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS WE WILL START RIGHT NOW.
STAY WITH US.
>> GRATEFULLY.
>> GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGING SUPPORT BY:ON THIS ADDITION OF "CAROLINA BUSINESS REVIEW", AN EXECUTIVE PROFILE FEATURING JOHNNY HARRIS, PRESIDENT OF THE QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S CUP IS BIENNIAL COMPETITION THAT FEATURES MATCHUPS BETWEEN 12 AMERICANS AND 12 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS BEYOND EUROPE.
THAT IS THE PRESIDENTS CUP, NOT THE WRITER'S CUP.
THE PRESIDENTS CUP IS GOING ON AS WE TAPE THIS PROGRAM, GOING ON NOW IN CHARLOTTE AT THE QUAI HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB.
REJOINING US NOW IS THE CHAIRMA AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUAIL HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB AND VERY IMPORTANT TO LENDING THE PRESIDENTS CLUB HERE IN THE CAROLINAS, WE WELCOME JOHNNY HARRIS.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.
>> JOHNNY, LET'S COMPARE 2015 WHEN YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER THE IDEA OF PRAYING TH PRESIDENTS CUP AS A MAJOR QUAIL HOLLOW.
WHAT WAS THE VISION AND WHAT IS YOUR PATIENT NOW AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, SIR.
>> WE STARTED THAT IT WAS ALMOS A REACTION TO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PRESENTED ITSELF TO HIM COLBY HAD SAID, JOHNNY, WE ARE WITHIN WELLS FARGO IN 15 WE CAN'T MOVE OUR TOURNAMENT TO A DIFFERENT DATE IN CHARLOTTE FOR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, IF WE CAN WOR IT OUT WITH YOU.
I SAID HONESTLY WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF BEHIND IT BUT WE WILL CONSIDER IT.
I SET SAID I WILL GO TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO BE PARTNERS.
AND I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING T DO FOR ME.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID I'M PRETTY GOOD AT DOING THAT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A SECOND ANSWER WHAT DO YOU WANT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR AT FIRST.
NONE OF REMEMBERED WHEN ARNOLD AND JACK FIRST STARTED.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ALWAYS SUPPORTED A MAX PLAY TOURNAMENT.
AND CLEARLY I ASKED FOR THE BUSINESS AND WE WILL CALL YOU TOMORROW MORNING.
CALLED BACK AND SAID OKAY.
THE CONTRACT IN THE LOCKBOX FOR FOUR MONTHS AND DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
THE REST OF IT IS HISTORY.
THE VISION WAS TO DO WHATEVER W COULD TO MAKE IT THE BEST PRESIDENTS CUP EVER.
WE WENT TO OTHER FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO SEE HOW THEY HAVE DONE IT OR ARE DOING IT.
AND THEN WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH COVID.
WE WERE ABLE TO POSTPONE A YEAR SO WE HAD AN EXTRA YEAR TO SELL THE LAND THAT WE HAVE ALMOST 25.
WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP SELLING HOSPITALITY VENUES AND MADE THI ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS OF IT TYPE.
>> HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THE MARQUEE OF IT, THE EXCITEMENT AROUND HAVING THAT STOP NOT JUS AT QUILL HOLLOW BUT AT CHARLOTTE .
HOW DO WE SEPARATE THAT OUT TO THE ECONOMIC VALUE OR THE LONGER-TERM.
>> THINK THAT IS THE INTERESTIN THING.
IS DIFFERENT THAN A LOCAL ANNUA TOURNAMENT.
NATALIE FROM THE COMPETITION, BUT ALSO FROM THE FACT THAT IT' THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD OTHER THAN EUROPE THIS IS THE PRESIDENTS CUP.
SO I AM REMINDED THE OTHER DAY, ROGERS MADE THE COMMENT WHEN HE WAS IN ATLANTA.
HE WAS WITH SUNTRUST BEFORE HE MOVED HERE.
AND I'M REMINDED THAT HE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON ATLANTA AND THE REGION THAT THE OLYMPICS HAD .
IT BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ATLANTA ON A SMALLER SCALE OF THE PRESIDENTS CUP IS BRINGING PEOPLE FROM ALL OF THE WORLD TO THE CAROLINAS.
SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE HOSPITALITY OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THEN WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE 1500 PEOPLE FOR SURE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE HOSPITALITY VENUES THAT ARE COMING THAT AN EVENT TO THE CAROLINAS.
>> FROM OUR HOSPITALITY SAMPLE, WE HAVE THE DECISIONS TO MAKE HERE AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GALLERIES WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND SEE PEOPLE WHO I KNOW ARE DOING THINGS AND SOUTH CAROLINA DOING THINGS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND A BIG WAY.
REVIEW SEE THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.
>> IS THERE ANY WAY TO KNOW WHA THE CONVERSION RATE IS?
I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTS CUP FOR YOU BUT IS NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO, NOT THE FIRST MOVE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO BALLPARK THE IDEA OF THOSE CONTACTS THAT COULD BE CONVERTE TO LONGER-TERM PARTNERS?
>> I THINK IT IS HARD TO DO.
I THINK IT IS TRULY ONE OF THOS THINGS WHERE YOU JUST KEEP STACKING BLOCKS AND BLOCKS ON THE SCALE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE CAROLINAS AND WHY DO YOU WANT T COME AND BE CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE ANYWHERE TO LIVE WITHIN 2.5-3 HOURS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
THOSE OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, AND NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE AIRPORTS COME THE ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE, THE COMMITMENTS FOR PEOPLE LIKE BOEING AND OTHERS HAVE MADE, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND I WOULD TELL YOU FOR SURE W KNOW THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE BAKED -- VACANT SPACES IN THE REGION AND THE POTENTIAL OF MAYBE USING TH FACILITIES.
FOR THE GOLFERS OUT LIKE THE TH COURSES SET UP, THE FOLKS AT QUILL HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB, I'M ASSUMING DAVIS LOVE HAS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON THE WAY IT'S BEEN SET UP.
WHAT HAS THAT INFLUENCE BEEN IN IT DOES BENEFIT THE HOME TEAM.
>> CLEARLY, THEY COME TO US AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO AND THAT HAS REVOLVED AROUND WITH FIRMER FAIRWAYS AND THERE LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GOL COURSE AND REALIZE THAT THE GREENS ARE PROBABLY GROWING IN THAT RANGE UP YOUR THAT IS ALMOST 2 FEET MORE THAN THE RES OF THE WORLD.
THAT ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS NEW PRODUCT OUT WHERE ALL PLEASE ROLL GREENS TO SPEED THE GREENS UP.
WE INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE FAIRWAYS ABOUT VOLVO GO FURTHER BENEFITS ALSO RUN OFF TO THE SHORT RUN.
IS A ROUGHLY SHORT BECAUSE IT MAKES THE BALL FLY.
FOR THE GEEKS OUT THERE, WE THINK THAT SHORT ROUGH IS GREAT.
THE BALL JUMPS SOMETIMES SO IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBT.
FOR SOME OF THE QUILL HOLLOW SERVANTS, THOSE THAT APPLIED, AND THINK OF IT IS HALLOWED GROUND, WILL WE SEE A RETURN OF THE GREEN MILE AT THE CLUB?
>> I THINK WE WILL GO BACK TO STANDARD ROUTING.
THE ROUTING GOES THROUGH NORMALLY WINDOWS EIGHT AND THE PLAYERS, THE 11th GREEN ON ARE GOLF COURSES, 17 ON THE COMPETITION COURSE.
SO BEHIND 17 AND WHAT WE DID WA TAKE 16, 17, AND 18, AND MAKE I 13, 14, AND 15 WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY COMING OUT OF 18.
COMING OF OUR 18 AND GOING TO 1 PLANE 10 AT 11 THAT GETS YOU BACK TO THE CLUBHOUSE.
OUT IS THE MOST MATCHES AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 16.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE GREE MILE SITTING THERE AND NOT BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST HOLES ON THE TOUR.
IS A REALLY SPECIAL COMPETITION AREA.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF GOLF IN GENERAL THIS IS GOING TO BE A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT, BUT FOR THE SAK OF DISCUSSION, THE BREAKAWAY GROUP, ROMAN NUMERAL 54 HAS BEE VERY CONTENTIOUS PICKS SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES TO GO WITH US.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SO FAR, THIS SEEMS TO BE THE EARLY DAYS BUT THE INFLUENCE OF THESE PLAYERS THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE, BUT WE'D LOOK BACK ON THIS AND WE LOOK AT IT BEING ULTIMATELY DISRUPTIVE CHANGE FOR GOOD.
WHAT WILL IT DO TOOTH THE COMPLEXION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF.
CLEARLY THIS IS MY OPINION BUT TO HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AROUND LIKE I HAVE AND HAVING BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE SOUTH AMERICAN AVERAGE OR A HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO CLEARLY G TO ALL THE MANAGERS AND ENJOYED THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LAST VISIT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF WHAT WE CALL THE US TOUR ARE PEOPLE THAT HAV BUILT A REPUTATION AND THEIR BRANDS ON THE EVENTS THAT ARE PUT ON BY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT IS HOW THEY WOULD CREATE THEFT VALUE THAT IS THE BRAND.
ALL OF A SUDDEN ALONG COMES AN ORGANIZATION AND BRAND IS DOING WONDERFUL THINGS FOR CHARITY AL OVER THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THOSE HAVE BEEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALONG COMES A DIFFERENT GROUP AND PUT UP MONEY AND THOSE PEOPLE LEAVE AND GO AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT PICK I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT PURPOSE A REAL CONCERN I HAVE I IT IS LIKE SOMEONE ABSOLUTELY TURNING THE GAME INTO SOMETHING BESIDES THE GAME THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS.
IT IS A CASH BUSINESS.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO PLAYED THE GAME IN THE FIRST HEAT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THERE IS NONE OF THAT WITH THE TOUR.
IT'S JUST 48 PLAYERS BEING PAID MONEY TO PUT ON A 54 HOLE TOURNAMENT.
THAT YOU'RE LOPPING TO GET POINTS, DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THOSE.
>> I AM NOT SURE, I AM NOT SURE THAT AGUSTA, I'M NOT SURE THEY BOTH RECOGNIZE ANYTHING TO DO O THE TOUR BECAUSE I HAVE A TRADITION THAT IS ALREADY SET.
BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE TWO PRIVATE CLUB SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRESSURES THAT AR BEING PUT ON THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
NOT OVERTLY DRAMATIZE THIS, BUT DO YOU GET THE SENSE -- WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON HERE AT A SECOND.
BUT JUST WAIT THE PGA IS RIGHT NOW, DO YOU THINK -- I THINK IT IS DIVISIVE AND THAT PLAYERS SUE THE PLAYERS THAT AR ON THE PGA TOUR.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IS THEIR ORGANIZATION PUT ON THEIR EVENT AND SO ANYBODY THAT'S PLAYING THE PGA TOUR GOT SUED BY THE PLAYERS AND THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT.
I THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
I AM SORRY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT LONG-TERM IT IS FAST BUT I DO THINK THAT THE CHANGES THAT JAY MONAHAN HA BROUGHT FORWARD AS THE PARISHIONER UP THE PGA TOUR A VERY POSITIVE AND HAD THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALREADY, I'M NOT SUR YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE NUMBER O PEOPLE THAT EVEN GO TO THE LEFT.
THINK ABOUT THE VAST MAJORITY O THEM AND WE COUNTED INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ARE THEY ARE GETTING OLDER AND THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH AND THE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A PAY DAY AND THAT THIS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
IT IS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND I REMEMBER WHEN EVERYBODY WAS CONCERNED THAT TIGER WOODS WAS GOING TO RUIN THE PGA TOUR BECAUSE HE CONTROLLED EVERYTHIN AND HE WON EVERYTHING.
WHEN HE WAS HERE FOR THE 50 THA A BURSARY IN QUILL, HE MADE A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE JUST BEFORE HE WENT UP TO GIVE HIS SPEECH CAN BE SAID SOMEONE ASKE ME NOT TO BEAT TIGER AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF BUT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS REJUVENATING THE GAME AND THE TOUR THROUGH ALL THE LESSER TOURS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE KEEP BRINGING THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD TOGETHER.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED OUR ANNIVERSARY WAS A WEEK AFTER A YOUNG KID AND WON HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT THAT WAS RORY Mc ELROY.
HE SET I SAW SOMETHING LAST SUNDAY AND HERE AT YOUR GOLF COURSE THAT GAVE ME GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE GAME WAS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER GOING FORWARD.
YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAV WON HERE AND THE PEOPLE PLAYING.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IS SO OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE HAVE PULLED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NAMES, BU A YEAR FROM TODAY I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF THOSE NAMES ARE GOING TO BE ANY WAY INVOLVED WITH WHO ARE THE BEST PLAYERS I THE WORLD.
JUST A QUICK LOOK AT ONE MORE PART OF BIG BUSINESS AND I WOUL LIKE TO.
YOUR BRAIN ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AN REAL ESTATE.
THEY HAD CLAIMED $50 MILLION IN NORTH CAROLINA TO MOVE FROM GREENSBORO TO CHARLOTTE.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD MOVE FO CHARLA AND PROBABLY NOT SO GOOD FOR GREENSBORO.
HOW WOULD YOU UNPACK BUT THE AC HAS MOVED TO THE QUEEN CITY AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE LONGER-TERM QUICK.
>> AIRPORT, PEOPLE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE TO WORK WITHIN THEIR STRUCTURE.
IT IS NICE TO HAVE THEM HERE AN IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE BYLINE OF THE ACC HERE IN CHARLOTTE OR WHATEVER AND WE HOPE THEY COME ALONG WITH IT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT IS INTERESTING IS NUMBER MORE IN ALL OF THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO SE THE FACT THAT CHARLOTTE PROVIDE A GREAT SPRINGBOARD AND THEY AR GROWING AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE IT IN CHARLOTTE AND YO MOVED TO CHARLOTTE, YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNITED WAY.
YOU CONTRIBUTE TO CHURCH OR.
YOU BETTER YOURSELF ABOUT US AL WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOW.
AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE TO HAVE A COMPANY THAT DOES ALMOST ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK.
AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE NOW VIEWED AS A GREAT CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ALL OF THAT.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU FOR TICKET HAVE BEEN A LEADER.
NOT JUST GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND ILLUSTRATE GREAT PROPERTIES, BU TRYING TO LOOK AROUND THE CORNE AND TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF HERE FOR SOME DEGREE.
WOULD YOU PARTICIPATE ABOUT WHA THIS NEW WORKSPACE IS GOING TO -- WHERE DO YOU SEE WORKSPACE BEIN IN FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN.
>> IT IS INTERESTING.
I THINK THE REAL STATEMENT IS THE OCCUPANCY IS STILL VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
THE SPACE IS LEASED BUT IT IS NOT OCCUPIED ALMOST ALL OF THE LARGER COMPANIES HAVE PROGRAMS THAT LET PEOPLE DO THEIR JOBS FROM THERE AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE BACK FOR AN EXTENDED.
BACKUP TIME.
AND THAT ALSO IS CHANGING THE WAY THAT WORKSPACE IS BEING BUILT.
AND WITH ALL THE HARD FALLS AND EVERYTHING, THAT IS ALL CHANGIN THEIR BROTHER WORKSTATIONS WERE PEOPLE COMMAND AND THEY WORK FROM THIS LOCATION THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THEY HAVE BIG MEETINGS WHERE THEY USE -- AND FOR THAT MATTER THE WHOLE COMMUNICATION ASPECT, THAT IS WORK YOU GO THERE THEN THEY DON'T WORK IN THE DON'T GO TO THAT SAME TASK.
I LIKEN IT TO ANOTHER ERA WHEN WAS INVOLVED WITH MOVING LAW FIRMS FROM ONE SPOT TO THE OTHER .
AND HE HAD HIS LAW REVIEW BOOKS SO HE COULD.
IT UP.
NOW YOU DON'T NEED ANY BOOK.
SO EVEN THE LAW OFFICES, THEY ARE NO LONGER AS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD.
THAT IS NOT EXACTLY BRIGHT.
THEY JUST DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY USED TO.
>> IS ANY WAY TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF THINGS THAT CORPORATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
IT IS LOW OCCUPANCY.
HOW LONG ARE COMPANIES GOING TO HOLD ONTO THAT THAT TELL THAT NEW MODEL EMERGES.
>> OF THE YEAR GOING TO SEE A TURNOVER NUMBER MINDED AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THERE ARE SOME BIG SPACES HERE AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE THI WEEKEND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKIN AT SPACES WHILE THEY WERE HERE AND THAT IN ITSELF, VACANCIES ATTRACT PEOPLE AND ATTRACT MOVING TO THIS MARKET.
IT IS REAL HARD TO WAIT TWO YEARS ARE 2.5 GUSH THREE YEARS.
IT IS REALLY CAVALIER IN A VERY GOOD POSITION WITH CHARLOTTE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE 2-3 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, THE PEOPLE, THE DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL AIRPORT AND TRANSPORTATION WITH THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, CHARLOTTE IS ALMOST THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
USED TO SAY IN THE OLD DAYS AND MAY BE CLEARLY CLEARLY A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS POSITIVE.
SO THIS HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNC AND ALL THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF WE KNOW OF A MEDICAL CENTER BEING BUILT AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SERVICES AND I THINK THE LAST THINK IS THE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE OVER-THE-TOP WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT NASCAR AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND OF THE OTHER SPORTS, NOT JUST AN ATHLETIC INSTITUTION BUT OBVIOUSLY HAVIN GO.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, ON THAT LAST FINAL STROKE ON THE FINAL DAY O THE PRESIDENTS CUP, I THINK IT WILL BE A BRIEF LEAVE BUT ALSO BITTERSWEET.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
VERY WELL DONE, SYRUPY OR NICE TO SEE YOU.
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UNTIL NEXT WEEK, I AM CHRIS WILLIAM.
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
GOOD NIGHT.
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