>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON UPDATED NUMBERS A 50% INCREASE IN HEAT DEATHS THROUGH PHOENIX LAST YEAR.

SCIENTISTS DRAWING CONCLUSIONS THE CAUSED OF VALLEY FEVER.

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE VALLEY HOLTING THE NCAA FINAL 4 MEN'S TOURNAMENT.

THAT AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMONS APPEALS ALLOWS TRUMP TO POST A REDUCED FWHOND HIS CIVIL FRAUD CASE RULED THEY WOULD ACCEPT 175 MILLION DOLLARS BOND.

INSTEAD OF THE 5 PEN MILLION TRUMP HAD TO COME UP WITH TO APPEAL TO THE GENTLEMEN AGAINST HIM.

THAT CAME IN THE APPEAL OF 464.

BUT HAD TO PAID MORE THAN THAT.

THE RULING IS A WIN FOR TRUMP.

FACED LOSING CONTROL OVER HIS BANK ASH COUNT AND PROPERTIES.

HAD NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FULL BONDFUL TRUMP DID NOT GET A WIN AND PORN STAR HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL TRIAL.

JUDGE RULED AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO DELAY THE PROCEEDING AND SAID THAT THE TRIAL WILL START ON APRIL 15TH.

TRUMP'S ATTORNEY NOT PLEASED.

>> WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO UPON HAVE TRUMP IN THE COURTROOM.

TODAY WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION NOW IN OUR HANDS TO HELP US DO THAT AND IN ANY EVENT, WE CERTAINLY FEEL AS IF THE DATE THAT HE HELD TODAY APRIL 15TH IS NOT A DATE TO GO TO TRIAL WE'LL FIGHT.

>> AS FOR TRUMP WE RESPONDED TO THE DECISION BY ATTACKING THE JUDGE AND NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY GENERAL >> REPORT APPELLATE DECISION FOR REDUCING THE RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS PUT ON BY A CORRUPT JUDGE NAMED, SHOULD BE LOOKED AT SERIOUSLY LOOKED AT ESPECIALLY WHAT HE DID WITH EVIDENCES HE IS A FRAUD LAN EVALUATOR.

HE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND JAMES OUTA BE LOOKED AT SHE IS THE PUPPET MASTER OF THE JUDGE.

>> TODAY'S TRIAL DATE DECISION MEANOS APRIL 15 TRUMP WILL BE THE FIRST FORMY U.S. PRESIDENT TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN FRONT OF A JURY.

A JUDGE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST MUSK A CLAIMS REPORTOTH PREVALENCE OF HATE SPEECH ON THE SITE.

JUDGE BLAST TODAY AN ATTEMPT TO PUNISH THE GROUP AND NOT ABOUT PROTECTING THE SECURITY AND LEGAL RIGHTS.

MUSK CLAIMS HE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DUE TO THE WATCH GROUPS REPORTING.

>> UPDATED NUMBER AN INCREASE IN HEAT DEATHS THROUGHOUT PHOENIX LAST YEAR OLDER ADULTS 2 THIRDS OF FATALITIES WE HAVE THE DOCTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THESE ARE UPDATED NUMBERS FROM A REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED WHEN?

>> THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBERS FROM THE SUMMER LEFT YEAR DURING 23.

>> 645.

SUCH FATALITIES DOES THIS SURPRISE YOU.

>> IT WAS SURPRISING IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER 20 DWOO NUMBERS THE RECORD PREVIOUS TO THAT.

SO, THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING HIGHER AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO MORE TO PREVENT THOSE DEATHS.

50% INCREASE, WHY?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> WE SEE THE SAME A LOT OF THE SAME DETAIL IN DEATHS WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS NUMBERS IN OLDER INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED AND HOMELESS.

WE ARE SEEING HIGHER NUMBERS.

SO, AGAIN WE HAD A HOT SUMMER LAST YEAR.

WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE IS A CONNECTION >> OLDER ADULTS MADE UP TWO THIRDS OF THE HEAT RELATES FATALITIES.

IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DIG DEEPER?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMORBIDITY OR HEALTH PROBLEMS YOU ARE LESS RESILIENT TO THE HEAT THAT IT IS IN MANY CASES WHAT IS GOING ON.

ALSO IF FOLKERS LIVING BY THEMSELVES AND DON'T HAVE OTHERS AROUND THEY ARE HIGHER RISK.

I IMAGINE IF YOU LOST YOUR AIR CONDITIONING AND CAN'T GET IT FIXED OR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED IT THIS PLAYS A FACTOR AS WELL.

>> IN MOST CASE FIST THERE IS AIR CONDITION NOTHING PLACE IT WAS NOT BEING RUN.

OR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY >> 71% OF THE FATALITIES HAPPENED ON DAYS THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A HEAT WARNING, NO SURPRISE?

>> NO WE HAVE A LONG HEAT SEASON HERE.

WE KNOW THAT THE DEATHS ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THAT SEASON.

BUT SAW THE ASSOCIATION WITH THIS HIGH HEAT DAYS >> RECORD SETTING SUMMER PEAT.

31 STRAIGHT DAYS AT OR NEAR 110.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP GET THESE NUMBERS LOWER?

>> YEA.

GOOD POINT WE ALL WENT THROUGH TEMPERATURE EVERYONE IS AT RISK FROM HIGH HEAT.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BROAD SXEN STRENGTHEN OUR COOLING CENTER.

THE COOLING CENTERS WE HAVE SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND ACCESS AND HAVE TRANSPORTATION THERE.

AND THEY ARE WORKING THE FULL HOURS EVERYBODY NEEDS >> TALK ABOUT THE COOLING CENTERS HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT DO THEY OFFER.

THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY PREVIOUS THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS TAKEN A PRIMARY ROLE IN ORGANIZING THE CENTERS.

THEY ARE RUN BY A VARIETY OF GROUPS.

AND SO REALLY A STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL IN THE COUNTY, WE ARE TRYING TO CORD NART NAY THAT AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE USE THEM.

>> FOR SOMEONE WATCHING NOW THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD NEED HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> WE KNOW SFR A SURVEY OF A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS USING THESE COOLING CENTERS, MOST OF THE TIME WORD OF MOUTH OR SIGNAGE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PHOENIX TO INCREASE THE SIGNAGE AT COOLING CENTERS.

WE WILL HAVE A CALL CENTER WHERE FOLKS CALL IN AND FIND OUT WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE AND HELP GET RESOURCE FOR TRANSPORTATION.

>> AS FAR AS LOCATION IS CONCERNED AND SOMEONE AT HOME NOW NOT NOW, DURING SUMMER I GOTTA GET TO A COOLING CENTER, HOW DOES THIS WORK?

>> WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE AHEAD TO KNOW WHERE RESOURCES ARE.

THEY ARE INTERACTIVE MAPS WITH THE COOLING CENTER THE UPON COUNTY PUBLIC HASN'T WEBSITE AND THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.

AND AM ASKING PEOPLE BEFORE IT GETS HOT TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CENTERS ARE SO YOU AND NEIGHBORS CAN USE THEM.

PHOENIX HAS A HEAT OFFICE AND HEAT OFFICERS TALKED WITH US ABOUT.

WHAT ARE COMMUNITIES DOING AND HOW MUCH COLLABORATION AND TOUCHOD THAT EARLIER.

WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE TO GET THIS SOMEWHAT UNDER CONTROL.

I EXPERIENCE A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS IN THE AREA BOTH MUNICIPALITIES OR CITIES.

THE STATE EVERYONE KIND OF GETTING TOGETHER TO COORDINATE THE EFFORT SO WE ARE NOT WORKING SEPARATELY BUT TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORKING IT ISES.

JOY THINK THE STATE HAS A STATE WIDE HEAT OFFICER.

THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES.

HOW DOES THIS HELP THE SITUATION?

>> I THINK HAVING INDIVIDUALS IN THE DEDICATED POSITIONS ALLOWS THEM TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM.

BRING THE GROUPS TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY.

THAT'S WHEN WE ARE SEEING AHEAD OF THE 2024 SUMMER.

>> AS INDIVIDUALS, WHAT CAN WE DO.

>> INDIVIDUALS MAKE SURE YOU CHECKORTHS.

WE SAW THE DEATHS OCCUR IN THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE LIVING BY THEMSELVES.

ASKING FOLKS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF WHO THE PEOPLE ARE AT HIGH RISK AND CHECK ON THEM.

MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR STAYING COOL.

>> HOMELESS POPULATION IS CONCERNED, SO MUCH EFFORT IN A VARIETY OF WAY SYSTEM THERE EFFORT DONE IN THIS WAY?

>> YEA.

WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WAYS WE CAN EXPAND AM HOUSING FOR THOSE UNSHELTERS.

OUR LOCALITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING HOW THEY CAN EXPAND BED SPACE AND MAKING SURE FOLKS HAVE A PLACE DURING THE DAY AND OVER NIGHT AS WELL.

>> DRSHG HEALTH DEPARTMENT, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

TED.

>> IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ME I'M YOUR NOW GENERAL MANAGER.

>> OUR CHALLENGE IS IN THE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO WATCH.

IT IS TO GET THEM ON ENGAGE WITH US IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AS WE DO THIS WE REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND MORE OF A PART OF IT.

>> SCIENTISTS ARE RETHINKING HOW VALLEY FEVER IS CAUGHT AND SPREAD DUST STORMS USED TO BE A MAJOR CAUSE.

NEW RESEARCH FOCUSING ON CONTAMMY NAYED SOIL.

TO LEARN MORE WE HAVE THE DOCTOR HERE IT IS USUALLY WAY OF ZOOM.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU >> NOT TALKING COVID WE ARE TALKING VALLEY FEVER WHAT IS VALLEY FEVER >> VALLEY FEVER IS A FUNGAL DISEASE WE IN THE SOUTHWEST GET EXPOSED IT LIVES IN THE HOT SOILS.

FUNGUS GET IN THES AIR AND WE BREATHE IT AND CAUSES A PNEUMONIA TYPE ILLNESS AND CAN CAUSEEN DEATH.

IT IS LIMITED TO THE HOT, DRY PARTS >> SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSE?

WHAT IS INVOLVED.

TELL IS LIKE WALK IN MONEY WHY A NAGGING COUGH, DIFFICULTY BREATHING NOT ENOUGH TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

YOU MISS WORK AND SCHOOL.

AND IT GOES ON FOR WEEKS.

UNFORTUNATELY WHAT HAPPENS DOCTORS DON'T PICK UP IT MAY BE VALLEY FEVER AND TREAT YOU FOR BACTERIA PNEUMONIA AND ANTIBIOTICS DON'T WORK IT CAN GO ON FOR WEEKS BEFORE WE FIND OUT >> CAN YOU HAVE IT WITH NO SYMPTOMS >> ABSOLUTELY.

MOST DON'T KNOW THEY GOT INFECTED THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WILL RESPONDED AND CLEAR IT AND YOU DON'T GET THE PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS WE MISS THOSE PEOPLE AND LOOK FOR PATIENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND HOW MUCH IS BEING SPREAD.

SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE BETTER TOOLS THAN JUST LOOKING AT PATIENTS.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T BECOME VERY SICK >> IF IS SAID DP I LIVER HERE YOU GOT IT YOU HAD IT AND DON'T CONTINUE OR HAD IT AND YOU BEAUT IT.

>> A GOOD CHANCE 10 YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AND NEVER KNOW.

HOW DO YOU GET IT AND HOW IS IT SPREAD?

TALK ABOUT RESEARCH.

EVERY TIME THERE IS A DUST STORM WE THINK, BY, HERE WE G. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE?

>> GREAT POINT.

WE BUILTUM MYTHOLOGISTS IN THE SOUTHWEST THE DUST STORMS THE DRIVERS OF THE FEVER IF WE STAY AKAY WE ARE GOOD?

OUR RESEARCH WE HAVE BEEN WORK WIDTH COUNTY HEALTH AND STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPECIAL HOME LAND SECURITY AND CDC TO LOOK AT AIR FITTERS TO LOOK FOR WHEN DOES FUNGUS GET IN THE AIR AND WHEN ARE PEOPLE EXPOSED.

LOOKS LIKE IT IT IS NOT AFTER THE STORMS IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING ELSE >> CAN POP UP ANYWHERE, ANY TIME IN ANY SOIL?

>> IT CAN POP UP IN VARIOUS PLACES AND HAD TO ALREADY HAVE BEEN IN THE SOIL.

WE KNOW IT IS SKETCH NET SOIL AND PATCHY.

YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE SOIL AND A METER AWAY IT IS IN THE THERE T. IS NOT EVER PRESENT OR IN THE AIR, EITHER.

WE KNOW IT IS IN THE SOIL AND MANY PLACES IN THE SOUTHWEST.

DESERT OR PLACES WHERE THE SOIL HAS NOT BEEN DESERVED THE FUNGUS CAN GET DISTURBED.

HOW LONG DID SD IT SIT THERE LIKE A VIRUS WAITING TO EXPLODE.

DOES THE FUNGUS EVER DIE?

THE FUNGUS IS FINE OUT IN THE SOIL SURVIVING TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN HERE MISDEMEANORS OF YEARS LIKELY SURVIVING.

SO, IT GROWS AND SURVIVES INFECTS WILDLIFE.

THEY DAY AND THE FUNGUS GETS BACK IN THE SOIL AND PURPET WAITS.

IT HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

WE BECOME EXPOSE WHEN WE GET IT OUT SOIL AND BREATHE IT INFORM THERE IS PROBABLY A NOW'SAND DINTSS A DAY CAUSING SPORES TO GET IN THE AIR.

SOMETIMES NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THAT COULD LEFT FOR WEEKS TO MONTHS THERE IS EXPOSURE >> IT COULD BE HERE IN A METER AWAY AND THERE.

COULD BE GARDENING AND PLAYING GOLF AND DOING ANYTHING THAT DISTURBS THE GROUND?

>> CORRECT.

ALL ARE AND POTENTIAL CAUSES OF EXPOSURE.

GARDENING IN AN AREA THAT HAD RODENT BURROUGHS.

ONE THING WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL SHOW UP.

AND YOU CAN SAY THIS STUFF CAN LAY DORMANT FOREVER.

>> YES.

IS THERE A WAY TO THEN AND THERE AREA IS A HOT SPOT.

THIS AREA IS NOT?

>> THE VERY FIRST TIME I MENTIONED THE AIR FILTER STUDY THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY LOOKED IN THE AIR AND WHERE IT MOVES DURING THE VALLEY.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND DOING MORE STUDIES WITH SATELLITE AND REMOTE SENSING.

IT PROBABLY SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

MAY BE WHERE AN OLD FARM FIELD TURNED IN A CONDO.

DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE ARE PROBABLY CAUSING FUNGUS TO GET IN THE AIR THAT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD MAY BE MORE AT RISK NATURAL WHA IS GREAT DEVELOPERS THEN AND THERE AND DO THINGS TO WATER DOWN DUST.

WE MAY NEED TO WORK WITH THEM MORE TO BETTER PREVENT THE FUNGUS FROM GETTING IN THE AIR >> WHEN YOU WATER DOWN DUST YOU ARE NOT GETTING RID OF THE FUNGUS YOU ARE KEEPING IT FROM COMING UP.

>> CORRECT THE FUNGUS IS A PERMANENT PART OFFER LANDSCAPE.

WE WILL NOT GET RID TELEVISION.

WE CAN NOT GET IT IN THE AIR.

HOW DO WE DO THAT?

HOW DO YOU FIGHT VALLEY -- WHAT DOES THIS RESEARCH DO IN THE NIGHT?

>> WE HOPE THE NEXT STEPS WE'LL WORK WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO REALLY MIN POINT AND SEE WHEN WHAT ACTUALLY DOES CAUSE THE SPORES TO GET IN AIR AND TARGET EFFORTS INSTEAD OF TELLING EVERYBODY THERE IS A GENERAL RISK.

GO TO WHERE WE FIND IT BEING PUSHED UP IN THE AIR USING THE AIR FIT ARE STUDY T. IS EXCITING WE USE THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO TRACK THIS FUNGUS.

AND I THINK WE WILL COME UP WITH WAYS TO PREVENT.

>> FANTASTIC IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO HAVE A MONITOR, DON'T GO HERE.

TICK, TICK, TICK WHATEVER IT DOES.

>> WE HAVE AIR POLLUTION WARNINGS AND MONITOR THE AIR.

WE ARE LOOK FOR EXAMPLE THAT THAT MIGHT GIVE US BETTER TOOLS TO GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION TO MAKE BETTER AND DECISION ABOUT POTENTIALLY GETTING EXPOSED >> ONE LAST QUESTION HERE, SAY SOMEONE GARDENING OR TILLING THE SOIL OR DOING SOMETHING, DOT SPORES GO STRAIGHT UP OR OUT.

IF THEY GO OUT HOW FAR?

THEN WE GET BACK TO DUST STORM TERRITORY.

WHY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW THE FUNGUS DISPURSE ITS DOES IN THE GO OFF FOR MANY MILES IN THE AIR TELL SETTLE OUT.

IT IS PARTICLE.

IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO SETTLE OUT.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THE DISTANCE IS.

WHEN WILL IS IS SMALL LIKE GARDENING IT IT IS IN THE A PLUME OF SOMETHING AND PRONE LOCALIZED EXPOSURE AND A LOT GUARD THENNING EXPOSED IT FOR YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED VALLEY FEVER.

IF YOU WALK THROUGH AN AREA WHERE THE SPORES IN UP.

HOW LONG DO THEY STAY SNUP WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COVID AGAIN?

>> WELL, THE FIRST TIME WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW YET.

WE THAN SOME THINGS ABOUT PARTICLE PHYSICS THROUGH COVID HOW LONG THINGS STAY IN THE AIR THAT IS AN AREA WE NEED TO LOOK, UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH GETS AND UP HOW LONG DOES THAT CONTAMINATION LAST?

>> WOW.

>> IN AN AREA >> NEXT SET OF RESEARCH.

GREAT STUFFMENT GOOD INFORMATION SCH GOOD TO HAVE YOU THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

[♪MUSIC♪] >> NEXT MONT STATE STARM STADIUM HOST THE MEN'S FINAL 4 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

THE MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS IN ALL OF SPORTS AND EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE VALLEY'S ECONOMY IS JAY PER CEO OF THE PHOENIX FINAL 4 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

WELCOME.

BUSY TIMES, HUH >> IT IS GO TIME FOR US AT MEN'S FINAL 4 WE ARE READY FOR THE PARTY >> FINAL 4 WEEKEND OFFICIALLY STARTS WHEN?

>> IT WILL KICKOFF MONDAY APRIL FIRST.

AND THEN THE FAN EVENTS KICK IN ON FRIDAY APRIL FIFTH.

>> WE GOT GAMES APRIL 6 AND 8?

>> SEMI FINALS ON THE 6.

TWO GAMES AT STATE FARM STADIUM AND THE BIG CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON MONDAY THE EIGHTH.

WHY ALL EYES IN THE SPORTING WORLD THE BE OUT THERE.

MONDAY, UPON WHAT HAPPENS?

>> WE'LL START WITH THE LEGACY COURT PROJECT AT EAST LAKE PARK JUST EAST OF CENTRAL PHOENIX.

WE RENOVATED A COURT WITH DEGREE DEODORANT AND THE NCAA.

I WOULD SAY A COMPLETE TAKE OVER INSIDE, OUTSIDE, NEW HOOPS AND COURTS AND NEW BASKETS AND NEW CLOCKS.

NACOMMUNITY CENTER WILL TO LIFE TO APRIL SECOND.

>> THAT HAS BEEN A HOT SPOT FOR BASKETBALL, WELL DMO KNOWN IN PREPARING FOR THE FINAL 4U DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE IN THE FINAL 4 UNTIL LATE IN THE GAME.

HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THING SNS >> WE WILL KNOW ON SUNDAY MARCH 31ST THE 4 THAT WILL ADVANCE AND ALL EYES WILL BE ON ARIZONA AT THAT POINT.

FOR US, IT IS REALLY ABOUT CREATING THAT FAN EXPERIENCE.

AND THE STUDENT ATHLETE EXPERIENCE.

AND INTRODUCING THE WESTERLIED TO WHAT ARIZONA HAS TO OFFER AS A MARKET AND A SPORTING MARKET.

FOR US THE TEAMS THAT ADVANCE WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME AND VISITORSHIP AND ECONOMIC IMPACT NO MATTER WHAT.

>> TALK ABOUT THE VISITORSHIP.

AVERAGE FAN FOR THE FINAL 4, WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, WHO DO YOU EXPECT?

WHAT PERSON COME OUT FOR THIS EVENT.

JOT MEN'S FINAL 4 THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

SPORTS FANS, FAMILIES, SNOW BIRDS ISSUE STUDENTS, WE AND OUR ASU STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES.

WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

FREE EVENTS, LOW COST EVENTS.

WELL IS A WAY FOR TORN CREATE A SPECIAL MEMORY AROUND THE FINAL 4.

>> SUPERBOWL IS THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING SAME HERE OR MORE FOCUSED.

IT IS A REGIONAL EVENT A LOT IN DOWNTOWN FEIGN AND I CAN FOCUS FOCUS'VE GLENDALE AND WEST GATE.

>> I MADE A NOEK JOKE IF TUCSON MAKES THE FINAL 4 IT IS THAT GOOD FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE BUZZ THEY ARE CLOSE AND MAY NOT SPENDS TIME.

THAT OPPOSED YOU GET SOMEONE FROM CONNECTICUT THAN I WILL COME OUT AND HAVE A BALL AND SEE EVERYTHING THEY CAN?

>> RIGHT.

WE THINK IF ARIZONA END UP HERE TELL BE TERRIFIC FOR THE STATE.

THE EXCITEMENT WOULD BE FEENEMIAL LEADING UP TO IT.

WE CAN IMAGINE THE CARAVANS FROM TUCSON.

AND WE THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WHAT NUMBERS DO YOU EXPECT WHEN WE HAD ONE IN 2017, WHAT DID YOU SCOMPLRN HOW DOES THIS CARRY OVER >> THE SECOND TIME WE HOST THIS EVENT.

FIRST TIME IN UPON 2717 A RECORD BREAKING SUCCESS.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS MEASURED AT OVER 324 MILLION DOLLARS.

BY ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

WE WILL DO A SOMEWHERE STUDY AFTER THIS EVENT AND ARIZONA STATE WILL DO THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY OF MEASUREMENT.

AND WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.

>> AS FAR AS THE STUDIES, WHERE DO PEOPLE GO?

WHAT DO THEY DOM DO THEY DO UP TO SEDON'TA.

WHAT DO THEY DO.

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.

FOCUS IN THE VALLEY GAME WEEK.

WE SEE EXPLORING AROUND THE STATE BEFORE OR AFTER.

THE SHOULDER PERIODS.

AND SO, I HEARD STORIES FROM FOLK THIS IS WORKED AT NCAA SAID WE HAD A GREAT TIME AFTER THE FINAL 4 IN 2017, WE CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK THERE IS EXPLOSION WITH THE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS THAT COME.

>> I IMAGINE SOME SPILL OVER FROM SPRING TRAINING IT WOULD HARD LOW SXEND YOU STICK AROUND >> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THOSE ARE SPORT'S FANS AND PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENTS.

AND THEENTS WE HAVE ARE FUN.

YECHL ARE TICKETS RESERVED FOR PARTICIPATING TEAMS.

IF SO, HOW MUCH AND HOW DOES THIS WORK >> NCAA CONTROLS THE TICKETS AND DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THEIR ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP.

SO SCHOOLS WESTBOUND THE NCAA >> IF I WANT TO SEE THE GAME OR A NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE IN TOWN THERE WILL BE TICKETS AVAILABLE.

WHY GO ON NCAA.COM AND LOOK FOR TICKETS THERE.

THEY ARE LIMITED AND IN HIGH DEMAND.

WHY YEA.

GOTTA BE EXCITING.

ALL SORTS OF THINGS ARE GOING OF SO MUCH AND THE EXCITEMENT IS GROWING, RIGHT?

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WE ARE IN MARCH MADNESS THE TOURNAMENT IS EXCITE FIGURE YOU WATCH BASKETBALL THIS WEEKENDS.

WITH ARIZONA ADVANCING WELL IS INTEREST.

>> HOW IS YOUR BRACKETT DOING?

>> MY BRACKETT I DID NOT HAVE TIME I HAVE BEEN FOCUSSED ON HOW TO MAKE THIS EVENT AMAZING.

>> HOW IS YOURS >> NOT WELL.

>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME.

I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

CLEAR CLEAR Support for Arizona.