00:00How have you, from a business standpoint, been able to leverage the excitement and the success of last year's team
00:06into what we're seeing and what we're unveiling today on opening day?
00:10Yeah, it had immediate benefits. Like the season ended, of course, as you point out, like it didn't end the
00:16way we wanted it to.
00:17But, you know, the energy and you were there. So the energy in the Padres series and then into the
00:22Brewer series, I think it reminded a lot of people about,
00:24yeah, this is the epicenter of sports and fun and energy and postgame excitement, Wrigleyville.
00:33And so our corporate partners, many of them doubled down. We have Avian as a new big partner.
00:40Southwest came in as a new big partner and a whole group of others.
00:45And honestly, you know, the Bregman deal happened in part because of what happened last fall.
00:50So if you look at the Bregman deal, there's been a lot of focus on the deferrals.
00:54But we all also rolled over all of the, I would say, surplus from 25 into 26.
01:03And so if you think about the Bregman deal, you know, which was large and for us, the first big
01:10deferral deal,
01:11it basically used resources from 25 that was a surplus, obviously projections for 26 and then into the out years.
01:19So there were a whole series of benefits that resulted from last year.
01:24And, you know, we sit in a pretty good spot.
01:27We'll have an all-time high payroll this year for the club in history.
01:32Sales are good.
01:35And, you know, we'll have a real exciting season.
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