David Samson
David Samson
advertise awareness days hurricane makeup schedule september talk
We always have hurricane awareness, we advertise that at games, talk about it, and we try to schedule more off days in September for makeup games.
expectation introduce marketing people trying
We're marketing no expectation, and we're trying to introduce people to players.
anywhere attending baseball believe build building drive far north people perfect seen site south spot sticks teach tradition west
I haven't seen a spot that really sticks out anywhere in South Florida. There is no perfect site. If you are too far south, the people north are unhappy. If you're too far east, the people out west are unhappy. So, I believe now the new perfect site is anywhere, and we'll teach people how to drive to the stadium. We'll build a tradition in this building for 30-40 years, and people will be more comfortable attending baseball games.
definite existed urgency
There is a definite sense of urgency on everybody's part that has not existed before.
chance good hello innings nine opportunity people quality spend
We thought it would be a good opportunity to have a chance to say hello and get to know them. The commissioners are very important people in the community. We want to spend a quality nine innings with them.
answer asked both few questions
We asked them a few questions, they asked us a few questions. We're both going to answer each other's questions and then see about another meeting.
commented until
We have been contacted by many cities, and we have not really commented until if and when we visit.
early somewhere temporary
We have to be somewhere in 2011 and we could be somewhere as early as 2008. There is a temporary place to play in Norfolk, which is something we could look at strongly.
business conversation cooperate indication initial interest mayor political progress time
We have made progress from an initial conversation to an indication of interest from the business community, from the cooperate community, from the fans, from the political community. We're serious, because Jeffrey and the mayor would not allocate their time this way if they weren't.
areas explore possible promised
We promised we would explore all areas and all possible sites.
built five focus last seven south staying teams
Our focus is on staying in South Florida, that's our only goal. Five of the last seven new (major league) ballparks were built after teams started to relocate and didn't.
discussing forward judge plan process step
We look forward to discussing this plan with Judge Wolff. It's the first step of a long, interesting process to see if there is a match.
baseball cities deal focused front gets looking name player specific stadium
I don't think one player gets a stadium deal done. Cities that want baseball want it for 50 years. They're looking for the name on the front of the jersey. They're not focused on a specific player.
amount backwards bent montreal ourselves
We have bent over backwards with the amount of genuflecting we've done to ingratiate ourselves with the Montreal community.