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WELCOME TO, IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE VIEWING WITH US TODAY.
AND WE HAVE, FOR OUR FIRST GUEST, WE HAVE SARAH DLEC, WHO IS OUR TOURISM MANAGER.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AND WE KNOW YOU COVER LOTS OF TERRITORY, BUT TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL TO GRAND PRIX AND RELATIVELY NEW, TELL US WHAT IT IS.
SO WE'VE GOT CRICKET IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE ARE NOW ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, YOU KNOW, AND IN JUNE WE HOSTED THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL T 20 MEN'S WORLD CUP.
SO WE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND GRAND PRAIRIE WAS BEING BROADCAST ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SO VERY, IT'S A SUPER EXCITING TIME, BUT TO TALK ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET, UM, JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF AN, AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS, IT IS THE, UH, FIRST PROFESSIONAL CRICKET, UM, ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UM, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THAT THEIR HOME BASE IS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I MEAN, WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT? UM, THEY HAD THEIR INAUGURAL YEAR LAST YEAR, LAST JULY.
AND BECAUSE IT'S NEW, BECAUSE CRICKET IS NEW TO THE UNITED STATES, UM, THEY HAVE SIX TEAMS THAT ARE REPRESENTING MAJOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
SO WITH SIX TEAMS, IT'S, THEIR SEASON CONSISTS OF MORE OF, OF LIKE A, A LONG TOURNAMENT.
SO THEIR SEASON IS ABOUT THREE WEEKS LONG.
AND, UM, THE STADIUMS THAT THEY PLAY IN IS OF COURSE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OR YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, UM, THE OLD GRIM PRAIRIE AIR HOG STADIUM, OUR MINOR LEAGUE, UH, BASEBALL TEAM THAT KIND OF DISSOLVED AFTER COVID AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT STADIUM, 7,200 SEAT STADIUM WAS VACANT FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THE CITY WAS APPROACHED WITH THIS IDEA OF MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET.
REDESIGNING IT, AND MAKING IT A MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET STADIUM.
SO YES, IT'S EXCELLENT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THEY'VE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THAT TO MAKE IT, UM, SUITED FOR CRICKET.
AND WHAT AN EXCITING THING FOR OUR CITY, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND AS YOU SAID, THE TELECAST BROADCAST FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
SO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE LEARNING AND HEARING WHERE GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS IS, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING FOR US.
UM, I KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE AN AIR HOGS FAN BACK WHEN IT WAS BASEBALL, WE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WE REALLY LIKE TO ROOT FOR A HOME TEAM.
AND SO WE HAVE ONE, OUR HOME TEAM IS THE TEXAS SUPER KINGS.
AND SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET ALL YOUR MERCHANDISE AND REALLY SUPPORT OUR HOME TEAM THAT REPRESENTS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
BUT THEY ARE HOUSED HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UH, FUN FACT, THE TEXAS SUPER KINGS OF THE SIX TEAMS WITHIN MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET, UH, THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE A HOME STADIUM.
AND THAT'S US RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE, UH, SUPER KINGS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, THE TEAM IS ACTUALLY MADE UP FROM PLAYERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN FACT, THEY ARE GONNA BE, UM, SELECTING THIS SEASON'S CAPTAINS, UM, THE JULY 4TH, THIRD, FOURTH WEEKEND.
SO THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE COMING OUT SOON.
AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, ONCE THEY ANNOUNCE IT, CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT VIEWERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT CRICKET, THEIR SEASON FOR THIS YEAR STARTS ON JULY 5TH.
SO RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAY AT SEVEN 30, UH, THE TEXAS SUPER KINGS ARE GONNA TAKE ON THE LA NIGHT RIDERS.
AND, UH, SO THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE SUPER FUN.
LIKE I SAID, THE TOURNAMENT LASTS ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
UH, GRAND PRAIRIE STADIUM WILL HOST 16 OF THOSE MATCHES BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS.
AND, UH, THE PLAYOFFS WILL HAPPEN THE END OF JUNE, STARTING ON THE 24TH AND GO THROUGH THE 28TH.
AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE FINAL MATCHES WILL BE HERE, PLAYED HERE IN GREEN PRAIRIE.
AND SARAH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ABBREVIATED THE MATCH TIME, UH, TO SUIT OUR SCHEDULES, UM, THEY ARE STILL LIKE THREE HOURS, AREN'T THEY? YES.
SO THIS IS A MODIFIED, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CRICKET, IT CAN GO ON FOR DAYS.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN TO WATCH NO.
A GAME FOR DAYS, OR AT LEAST I DON'T.
AND SO THEY HAVE MODIFIED IT AND, AND IT'S A T 20 FORMAT, AND IT, UM, IT BRINGS IT DOWN TO ABOUT A THREE HOUR MATCH MM-HMM
WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW RIGHT.
WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO WALK ON A BASEBALL GAME.
IF WE COMPARE THAT AND YES, IT ACTUALLY GOT ITS START FROM BASEBALL, DIDN'T IT? YES.
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TO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, OF LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, UM, CRICKET ACTUALLY EVOLVED FROM BASEBALL.UM, AND YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I'M STILL FIGURING OUT LIKE ALL OF THE SPECIFICS ON HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S BASICALLY BETWEEN WHERE TWO TEAMS FACE OFF, UM, ON THE PITCH.
AND, UM, TO SIMPLIFY IT GREATLY, THEY JUST TAKE TURNS BATTING AND BOWLING AND WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE GAME, WHOEVER HAS THE MOST POINTS WINS.
AND IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN GOOGLE IT, RIGHT,
AND WE'VE GOT LOTS OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT CRICKET THAT I THOUGHT YOUR AUDIENCE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
CRICKET IS THE WORLD'S, UM, SEX SECOND, SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORTS BEHIND SOCCER.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, KIND OF, KIND OF THE WHY THE BIG DEAL, WHY THE BIG DEAL ABOUT CRICKET, MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE TOOK, YOU KNOW, A STADIUM THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTION GOING ON, AND NOW IT'S SELLING OUT AT EVERY MATCH.
SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, IN JUNE, YOU KNOW, WE HOSTED WORLD CUP AND SO THAT WAS, UM, AMAZING.
WE HAD, UM, WE HOSTED THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN CRICKET HISTORY WHERE US BEAT THE PAKISTAN TEAM.
THAT STOPPED, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED AND, UH RIGHT.
WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN FROM WHAT I HEAR.
SO THAT WAS, AND THAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRIX, TEXAS MM-HMM
BUT, UM, DURING THE INAUGURAL SEASON, WE HAD ABOUT 50,000 CRICKET WATCHERS COME TO THE STADIUM, COME TO GRAND PRIX, TEXAS.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, THAT GENERATED ABOUT $1.7 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT, NOT ONLY THROUGH RESTAURANTS, CAR RENTALS, HOTELS, YOU KNOW, UH, RETAIL SALES, JUST A COMBINED THING.
SO IT, IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR GRAND PRAIRIE AND IT'S, IT'S PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO OUR CITY.
UM, IT'S BRINGING A VISITING AUDIENCE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR TOURISM.
WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW THEM WHAT ALL GRAND PRAIRIE, THE METROPLEX, THE STATE HAS TO OFFER, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
AND THEN FOR THEIR SECOND SEASON THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE STARTING, STARTING JULY 5TH, WE'RE EXPECTING THROUGH THOSE MATCHES ABOUT 85,000 PEOPLE COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IF SOME OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS WANNA GET TICKETS, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? SO TO, TO MAKE IT REAL EASY, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE TX.COM/CRICKET.
AND ON THAT PAGE WE HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET INCLUDING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS, BUT ALSO YOU CAN BOOK HOTELS.
AND WE ALSO SAY, HEY, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, CHECK OUT THESE OTHER FUN ATTRACTIONS WHILE YOU'RE IN TOWN.
SO ALL OF THAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT, I LEARNED THAT YOU DON'T TAKE LARGE BAGS IN THERE.
YOU TAKE EITHER SOMETHING SMALL OR A CLEAR BAG.
AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
SO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE A WHOLE LISTING OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THAT, UM, COVERS WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T TAKE INTO THE STADIUM.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A GAME, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE YES.
UM, THE, THE FLAGS THAT THEY WAVE SAY WHISTLE FOR TEXAS.
AND SO IT IS JUST A SUPER HIGH ENERGY PACKED STADIUM.
AND ONCE I FIGURE OUT ALL THE DETAILS OF HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED, IT'LL BE EVEN MORE FUN.
SARAH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO US.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING SEASON.
WITH THE TEXAS SUPER KINGS AND WITH ALL OF OUR VISITORS THAT WILL BE BE THERE WITH US.
IT'S JUST GONNA GET BIGGER AND BETTER.
GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S TIME TO BAG THE BAG AND GRAB THE BIN.
THE CITY IS NO LONGER COLLECTING RECYCLED ITEMS IN PLASTIC BAGS BECAUSE PLASTIC BAGS DAMAGE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT.
INSTEAD, USE YOUR RECYCLING BIN TO HOLD ITEMS FOR PICKUP.
AND REMEMBER, ONLY GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS, METAL CANS AND PAPER PRODUCTS ARE OKAY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT GPTX.ORG/RECYCLING.
WELCOME BACK, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
WE HAVE MATT BETS AND MISS DEBBIE DOBBS.
WE ALWAYS LOVE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE, WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO MATT, WHY DON'T YOU GET US STARTED? OKAY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE OUR SUMMER IN THE ARTS PROGRAM, FINDING NEMO JUNIOR, AND I'LL LET DEBBIE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE FULL.
WE HAD PEOPLE SIGN UP RIGHT AWAY AND WE ARE FULL.
BUT WE WANNA ENCOURAGE YOUR, UH, AUDIENCE TO COME SEE THE SHOW.
SO WE HAVE THREE PERFORMANCES AT THE END OF JULY, UH, THE 26TH, THERE'LL
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BE A 7:00 PM SHOW.AND THE 27TH THERE'LL BE A TWO O'CLOCK MATINEE AND A 7:00 PM SHOW.
AND IT'S AMAZING TO COME SEE WHAT THE KIDS PUT TOGETHER IN TWO WEEKS.
AND YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT GETTING TICKETS AND FINDING NEMO.
THAT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
A LOT OF LITTLE FISH OUT THERE.
AND THEY'RE KIDS FROM THE AGE OF SEVEN TO 15 YEARS OLD.
AND THIS CAMP REALLY BUILDS CONFIDENCE IN, IN THE KIDS.
THEY GET OUT THERE THE FIRST DAY AND THEY AUDITION FOR THE VARIOUS PARTS.
AND WHEN THEY GET ON STAGE, THEY'RE SINGING TO THOSE TWO OR THREE OR 400 PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
OH, IT'S SUCH A GREAT CONFIDENCE BUILDER.
SO REMIND US WHEN THE DATE IS AND HOW WE CAN GET TICKETS.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND GET TICKETS.
UM, AND THE DATES ARE FRIDAY, THE 26TH OF JULY AT 7:00 PM AND THE 27TH OF JULY, SATURDAY, THERE'S A TWO O'CLOCK MATINEE AND A 7:00 PM SHOW, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND SEE AN AMAZING PRODUCTION.
AND I PROBABLY NEED TO COME TO ALL THREE BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE FISH IN THE POND.
WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE SET IS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, MATT, YOU HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS COMING ON THE SCENE TOO.
THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR TO DO OUR MOVIE FESTIVAL AND WE'RE CALLING, CALLING THAT PRAIRIE FEST.
AND IT'S INDEPENDENT FILMS THAT ARE SUBMITTED FROM ALL OVER AND THEY'RE REVIEWED.
UH, AND WHEN I SAY ALL OVER, I MEAN ALL OVER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE SUBMITTED FROM THE UK AND WE'VE GOT ONE SUBMITTED FROM AUSTRALIA, WHICH WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY EVEN.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD LAST YEAR SUBMITTED FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, SO WE'RE EXCITED THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEY GIVE OUT VARIOUS AWARDS FOR BEST COMEDY, UH, BEST FILM TECHNIQUES, UM, BEST HORROR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, IT GOES FROM, IT'S ON AUGUST 31ST AND IT GOES FROM ABOUT 2:00 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TILL PROBABLY 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
AND THEY, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SHOWING FILMS. THEY'LL TAKE A ABOUT A 45 MINUTE TO AN HOUR DINNER BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND YOU CAN COME AND GO AS YOU PLEASE.
AND MATT, I REAL, I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THIS LAST ONE.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, BUT UM, THIS ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT YOU COULD COME AND GO, LIKE YOU SAID.
SO YOU CAN COME FOR AN HOUR AND THEN LEAVE AND THEN COME BACK FOR ANOTHER HOUR.
SO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO, OR YOU CAN STAY FOR THE FULL FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN HOURS.
AND HOW LONG ARE EACH OF THE LITTLE VIGNETTES? THEY'RE ANYWHERE FROM TWO MINUTES TO 20 MINUTES LONG.
SO THERE'S SOME FULL FILMS ALMOST THAT YOU WOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, ON TV OR THERE'S JUST LITTLE CLIPS THAT MIGHT BE LIKE A, A COMMERCIAL TYPE THING.
SO I SEE THEY'RE VERY EXCITING.
SO IF I WANTED TO COME AND I COULD ONLY HAD TWO HOURS, I WOULD JUST COME BETWEEN THOSE HOURS MM-HMM
AND SEE WHAT I COULD IS THERE A SCHEDULE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE SHOWN AT A CERTAIN TIME? YEAH, WE HAND THAT OUT THE DAY OF WHEN YOU SHOW UP.
UM, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH THERE AND SEE WHAT FILMS YOU MIGHT WANNA SEE.
WHAT MIGHT FILMS YOU MIGHT WANNA NOT SEE AND THEN GO OFF FOR DINNER OR YOU KNOW, A BREAK AND THEN COME BACK AND SEE AGAIN.
MATT, I KNOW YOU PROMOTED THIS, BUT HOW DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS? I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I KNOW WE PROMOTED IT THROUGH OTHER FILM FESTIVALS MM-HMM
SO ANYONE THAT'S INTO FILM CHECK THE FILM FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD SINCE THEY CAN JUST SUBMIT 'EM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON SITE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DELIVER THEM.
THEY SEND THEM DIGITALLY TO US.
AND WE PURCHASED TICKETS TO THAT ONLINE AS WELL, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE'RE OPENING THE TICKET SALES AS OF LATER TODAY.
AND, UH, AS WE'RE, UH, GOING INTO THE LAST PART OF THE YEAR, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE IN STORE FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL? THESE LAST SIX MONTHS ARE JUST CRAZY FOR US.
WE'VE GOT BONNIE AND CLYDE COMING UP, WHICH WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT SEPTEMBER 13TH THROUGH THE 22ND.
SO IT'S THE FULL MUSICAL OF BONNIE AND CLYDE.
THE WHOLE STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE, HOW THEY STARTED OUT ALL THE WAY TILL TILL THE END WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY UH, KILLED.
SO YOU GET TO SEE EVERYTHING ABOUT BONNIE AND CLYDE HERE IN TEXAS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A HIDEOUT SOMEWHERE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT THEY USED WHEN THEY WERE COMING THROUGH YES.
IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT THAT, LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO INVESTIGATE THAT OCTOBER 24TH, WE'RE REAL EXCITED.
THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL GALA AND AT THE GALA WE ACTUALLY SERVE ALL KINDS OF APPETIZERS TO OUR PATRONS FREE OF CHARGE, UM, TO OUR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AND OUR MONTHLY MEMBERS.
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IS A FEE TO, TO PURCHASE IF YOU'RE NOT A SEASON TICKET HOLDER OR A GPAC MEMBER.UM, BUT WE ACTUALLY REVEAL WHAT THE 2025 SEASON IS.
WE DO ONE NUMBER FROM EVERY SHOW THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN 2025.
WHAT A GREAT EVENT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN OCTOBER.
AND AT THAT TIME, UH, PEOPLE CAN HAVE AN OPTION TO JOIN OUR BUY THEIR TICKETS AT THAT TIME.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ASKED US TO PUT ON ONE, ONE SHOW A YEAR OUT AT THE NEW EPIC THEATER.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE EPIC THEATER IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, A SHOW OUT THERE AT THE EPIC THEATER.
SO WATCH FOR THAT TO BE ADVERTISED TOO.
SO LOTS OF FUN THINGS GOING ON.
WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO EXACTLY THE ARTS COUNCIL.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE LOVED HEARING FROM YOU AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON AND AS ALWAYS REMINDING YOU IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.