Rich Mozingo, General Manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts, speaks to the economic value to this city

Rich Mozingo, General Manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts, speaks to the economic value to this city.

Let's just ... w badger with us as we you spin the final few minutes of the show this morning talking to he friend rich mozingo rich mcmahon over at the chattanooga lookout rich mozingo morning brought on doing great.

Glad to have a few minutes of your time here on.

Obviously, the news popped last week that the lookouts will sta in chattanooga.

I don't normally talk about what you're looking for is for his players next yea and things like that are concerned or talk about the impact the lookouts you in particular it had on our past several years.

You guys support the better part of 70 families now think about that 70 families all the cause of the lookouts organization.

Obviously it had to be a big big weight off your shoulders when you got the invitation for majorly ... installed, it's a huge deal it was actually john witcher talk about your business so search for the we got 16 full-time employees and 300 part-time employees here with got probabl 30 players, coaches, families all that kind of stuff.

We wheeled the practice by the year 50 players accompanied the city so the economic economic impact of the lookouts are substantial, but when you target a personal level, awful lot of people are affected last thursday when the thinking personal workers were just thrilled you are.

We are excited to be what was it like for you ... personally ... being in limbo because you guys to know which way the balls going about the center part of night minus what's it like being in limbo that wall.

Well, you know, chip, and it was it was okay at the beginning saturday february in the scenario, you might be a limited job.

When yo limited about his super prepare for the 24 season.

I was going to happen.

So we spent a lot of time off-line lawful good for 20 seasons inimical to the busines started.

So we we stopped all operations about it.

It really left us for about eight months just to mull it over and that's what i got to work towards a will bring you back to the ballpark database about was wha my was really no stressing home staff driven stress myself so reciprocal about larger and i know when see went when the baseball season is before it kicks off the all throughout th season.

You're like a whirlwind here topic never ever stops and i know wade, came to a crashing halt for you for a for a pretty long time.

A what was it like when you got the news that yeah lookouts are coming back huge use is a huge thing in jupiter when only it was it was to me was a lot more about the people around me is not the people tha we hire an employee here.

I didn't there be a continued debate what this is not a chopper or anyone to do this the chopper people are passionate to do what we do and it's really entertainment that we get the opportunity 70 times here to entertain chattanooga to texas.

I left about the invitation so it's awfully fun to do it.

We do, what do you look out and see the other people that were involved would get to keep doing what they wanted to do it in a city like chattanooga which is amazing that was that was so such a big and at the bottom line is wall your are in the entertainment business.

You are a business and it takes a lot of money to keep the doors open every single month, whether you have money coming in or not is greg mills will be below care of your money from it or not you soloed that you were you are absolutely right, overstepping my bounds if i ask you how much it cost to keep the doors open, even with no money coming in is it is substantially more for probably 1015 $20,000 a month just to keep this building running ms shut everything down we furloughed every one of our employees and.

For lawbreakers minutes though, you will always always just the basics, keeping water, electricity, ohmic insurer are are things maintained to ensure that her still maintain work by edward northington 1012 $50,000 a month.

Well were awfully glad you kept all of his plates spinning in the air and everything balance which it was certainly no easy job as we can.

This broadcast we were talking about what moment in lookouts history best pairs with what rich mozingo is been going through and this is the piece of tape that we found a little flashing back to the year 2007, when philip wellman's big meltdown in front of facts.

I will pass the rich.

I know you have a down like this but i think probably came close to elise considering kevin about.

I think i will do so.

No one is really good rich were awfully glad to have the opportunity to spend a few minutes with this money you will talk soon.

Hope you have a very very merry christmas.

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