Sam McDowell

When you talk about the four teams, when you include Algeria being in Lawrence and then England and the Netherlands and Argentina actually base camping in Kansas City, everything you just said, they used to their advantage of, well, if you come here, you know, I mean, the lack of, you know, the –

the downtown traffic for example and the fact that things are more spread out and therefore easier to get to I think was an allure for some of the teams and I understand that if you're coming to America the first time that Kansas City might not be your first choice but it's it's I talked to Matt Beisler about this maybe a month ago when the star had him on for a podcast with Blair and Vahe as well and

He said he loved to see the reaction from people who had no idea what Kansas City was with his former sporting Kansas City teammates.

And he said it was one of his favorite things as a player.

People realize it's not what they expect.

But still, you've got to see that to have that appreciation.

So if you're coming to America the first time, you might want to go to the big city.

I do think Kansas City...

The fact that their FanFest seems to be much more revved up than a lot of other.

I mean, some of the cities have even gotten rid of FanFest, for example.

And they're not doing it the same way that Kansas City is.

So I think Kansas City would be near one of my top choices to go to a game.

But I can understand why someone who's not been to America might not feel the same way.

Yeah, and in terms of survey results, right?

Yeah.

I mean, so it's, in that sense, the hotel's responding what this has been so far compared to their expectations.

Yeah.

Yeah, and to me that's where I am.

But, like I said, I agree with the sentiment that,

I think here we sit on May 5th and probably a lot of people are expecting this not to be so last minute and not need a last minute boost to get to where they were anticipating or expecting.