SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Inside Prescott Valley’s Return to USHL Hockey

Episode Date: June 30, 2026

Send us a text and chime in!Hockey is returning to Prescott Valley, bringing a new USHL team to Findlay Toyota Center and creating a major sports opportunity for Northern Arizona. Brad Fain sits down with Justin Reynolds, President of the Prescott Valley USHL Team, and Nick Kasten of AZ Hot Tub Company to discuss what this means for fans, families, and young athletes. The conversation touches on youth hockey, community support, team naming, billet family opportunities, and the future fan experience. Watch the full podcast to hear more about what is ahead as Prescott Valley prepares for the return of hockey.Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Well, Justin, I want to thank you for joining us. Nick Kasten, I want to thank you for joining us. We're here today talk about an exciting, exciting topic. First of all, we're in a brand new podcast studio here at the rodeo grounds, the world's oldest rodeo. So this is my first time in here. It's nice. You're one of the early ones to experience the new podcast room.

So we got the world's oldest rodeo, which will be starting next week. And what a great sporting event to be having the backdrop as we talk about a sporting event. that's going to return to our region and our area hockey again. So we've got Justin Reynolds, who is a part of the league, the owner of a new team that is coming to Arizona, coming to the Prescott Valley area and the region. And so welcome, Justin. I want to welcome you here. Nick, I want to welcome you here because I know you played a big role in helping get this

thing done. You know, Justin, just for everybody to know, why don't you just introduce yourself, your background, and maybe a little bit about the league and what's coming. coming to Prescott Valley. Because I think there's some confusion out there. Yeah, thanks, Brad, for having me. We're certainly very excited as an ownership group and as a league to bring Tier 1 Junior Hockey

to Prescott Valley and to Northern Arizona. First and foremost, I think there was a big growth mindset in terms of the NHL, wanted to see a bigger footprint for the USHL to come across more Western states. And so there was a big push on that, and there was a guy by the name of Ben-Rober that had a vision back in 2018 to kind of bring, you know, USHL to the West Coast.

And so at that point, he kind of teamed up with Luke Robatai and another guy in the Tom Garrity, which was the commissioner at the time at the, in the USHL level. And they brought a group of us all together towards kind of each year, kind of added a piece and added a piece. And I've been with them for about three years now, trying to put this vision together. And so the biggest challenge was happening existing is there's a lot.

lot of kids in the West Coast and, you know, Arizona, Nevada, California that historically have had to go east for whether it's, you know, prep schools or whether it's different elite level hockey or going to that USHL, which is currently in the Midwest and 15, 16 markets in the Midwest. And so they wanted to see, in the NHL wants to see a bigger footprint come across the West coast because there's so many good players coming to the West Coast and specifically Arizona and even in California and Nevada, there's, there's a growth is just significant. And so when I, they approached me and they wanted to say, hey, do you, you want to come aboard in the original six? And so there were six ownership groups that kind of came together and had this vision.

And then we identified markets. And, you know, the USHL, really, people don't know how good the hockey is in the USHL. This is the top level hockey. This is the feeder system to the pros, feeder system to the NHL, feeder system to, even the American hockey. The feeder system into the NCAA. So, Justin, throw out some names of guys that have gone through Tier 1 juniors that people might, recognize today that are in the NHL or on the USA Olympic team or whatnot. Yeah, so there's the top three Arizona, I'll say kids that are now playing in the

NHL, obviously Austin Matthews, Josh Donne and Matthew Nye is kind of the three that people talk, but the most in Arizona all through went through the USHL at some points in their journey. So they stepped in from into the USHL, then into the NHL or stepped into the USHL and then into NCAA, which I believe Donne went that way. go to nyes, those kind of players you're going to see in this building. And that's the level of hockey. They're 16, 17, 18, now the NCAA is getting a little bit younger and taking kids at 18, 19 as opposed to 20, 21 historically.

But those kids are all coming through, are, you know, going to be coming through the Finley Toyota Center's doors to get to that next level. So they're early in their career and they're on the upswing and they're chasing. You know, some of the statistics right now, USHL, I know, is battling about 20, sorry, 95 to 98% I believe had Division 1 NCAA scholarships this past year. So it's a very, very high percentage of players that are going on out of this league. And like I said, the top three Arizona kids have all come through the USHL. And I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, Nick, is the U.S. Olympic team, the gold medal team, I believe, was it, 18 of their players went through the USHL.

I think that's the number 18 or 19 players came through the USHL doors. There's a lot. I remember making a post about that. Well, who was the big name that everybody remembered because his dad showed up at the council chambers? Oh, it was Jeremy Swayman, Ken Swayman. Swayman, yeah. So he went through a tier one team. Yeah, he was part of the Stampede, if I remember. Sioux Falls Stampede, yeah. So then he went to the NCAA and then, of course, is a star, one of the best goals in the world with the Boston Bruins.

So we're certainly excited. It's people will see some very exciting hockey, some very skilled, talented players. You might see the odd fight here or there to get some entertainment, but it's certainly very, very high quality. And these players are chasing that dream of playing in the NHL or playing NCAA Division I. So, Justin, before we get into the team that's forming right now and everything that's going on, because I know you've got stuff out on social media, you know, when I first met you, we met in our office and you had this idea of this, this team's coming here, you had just met with the town, and the footprint you were going to build behind. How did you end up in Prescott Valley? And what was that process of getting your deal done to be

at the Finley Toyota Center? A fantastic question. So in our group, we wanted to see it to start a minimum of two teams in Arizona, you know, and then, of course, four teams in California. And so when we sat down and we looked at different markets, is that people don't even know this, but I came into Prescott Valley before even meeting with anybody and toured it myself. And I went to two or three markets that, obviously when they brought me in, say, you know, let's find your market you want. And so I went to two or three markets and I fell in love with Prescott Valley.

I think it's just really what sat for me was more than it before even stepped foot inside the arena. It was just how the town felt. It felt like a family atmosphere. It felt like they were kind of starving for something to cheer for in terms of all winter long. Obviously, they have the Wranglers throughout the spring and summer months. But throughout the winter months, there was a lack of. you know, something there for them to cheer for. And just, when I drove through town and walked through town,

it was just going to the coffee shops, it just felt like a real homey family feel. And for us, that was very important when I came down to selecting that market. And that's why, you know, I focused, you know, most of my attention on trying to get a deal done at the Vinland Toyota Center. And it just felt like home to me. So that was the big draw. Great.

That's exciting. So you mentioned a couple teams in Arizona. So do you, does the league have a second site? selected for Arizona at this time? Yeah, so they're focused in North Phoenix right now. There's some discussions around a few municipalities. Obviously, there's a new facility being built in Anthem right now that they're in discussions with. So eventually there could be a temporary spot just because they'd like to see a building at 2,500 seats or more is kind of the capacity range. So there is a potential temporary spot for the first year when Puck drop,

which is next September. But eventually they would like to see three to four teams in Arizona, whether there's two in the Phoenix area and then another place, I think that's definitely a viable option to try and grow the footprint out to 12 to 15 teams overall, the whole West. Exciting. So, Nick, you came into this process as I think Justin was working with the town and with the Finley Toyota Center trying to get the deal done. You were trying to rally community support around this and trying to get the word out, like,

hey, we got an opportunity to bring hockey back. I know you're heavily involved in hockey, youth hockey, you know, you're running that stage of your life, which is when you live in Prescott and you're trying to do hockey, you're going wherever you can. So talk a little bit about the process you went through to support Justin and the effort of hockey. I think the, like my role was kind of to show that there was actually of support for this outside of just a few, you know, people saying, yeah, this town was to support hockey. And so when I got involved, obviously I'm pretty deep in the trenches, like you said, with Arizona hockey in general, youth hockey. I was a big part. Still I am a big part of our roller community that's around here. I know every single one of those roller families would probably like to try ice or play ice. And many of those families have already made that transition. And the downside to that is we got to drive 100 miles in any direction to actually do that.

And that's just not a reality for a lot of families. So, you know, if we had ice here, I think you would have almost every single one of those people participate. And obviously, we'd also have an outreach. But what I was trying to do is just see if there is that old sundog fandom that was there, which is clearly there. to get them to come out, to get them to support. We had that town council meeting. And I think the mayor was the one saying that's like, hey, I've never seen so many kids in here ever before in this time.

And he's eight years mayor. So he's been around for a little while. And it was really cool to see that kind of support, either whether it was online or in person, just to show town leadership. But, yeah, there is a market for this. There is a base for this. And that's, we're only scratching the surface at this point, right?

Like there's this strong, passionate base already. But, you know, if we're focusing on growing the game from a youth perspective, that base is only going to get bigger. The other side of that coin is the sundogs had quite a bit of success when they were here in terms of filling that building. I mean, the town was half the size then as it is now. So I think the potential is obviously huge. I would agree with you.

We're in a different spot from when the sun dogs were here to today, the community. The whole region's grown a lot. Let's touch a little bit on the youth side of this, Justin, because I know what makes the building work and what makes your league and your teamwork is the youth hockey. Why don't you explain how bringing in your team and having this product on ice will support the development of youth hockey in our community and region? does that mean for us? Yeah, it's very, very good question.

I think the first of all, I'll take a step back. You know, one of the things that Luke says in a lot of our meetings, obviously, when we're at the highest level, and he speaks at the NHL level that, you know, Luke and Joel speak to, we've got to grow the game. We've got to grow the game in our existing markets and grow hockey. Get more kids playing hockey. Get more adults playing hockey. Just grow the game.

And he speaks to that a lot. And so when we're at the highest level in each of our leagues, whether him at the NHL level or us, we are the highest level. of junior hockey, you know, with the USHL. And so it's our job as a group and to really grow the game. And specifically, let's grow the game in each of our markets. And so my biggest thing was for me to come into town and get the deal done with the town was I want to also have that piece where we can grow youth hockey because we need to grow the,

get the kids playing a lot of the kids locally, which isn't probably as many as could be because, you know, to drive, you know, hour and a half each way where they're going. going to Scottsdale or you're going to Flagstaff or you're going to whichever. That's a big commitment for family. So if there was a local option for some of these kids to play, I think the game should grow tremendously. And so for us, it was really important if we couldn't get that piece that we weren't allowed to have a youth hockey piece.

And I think it was something that we probably weren't going to be as interested in our air today. And so it's just critical for us to grow the game, get more kids playing. Of course, you're creating a fan base when you do that as well. And for us, it's really important just to continue to get more and more grassroots program. And we're going to focus a lot on the younger kids and try and get more and more kids, you know, build that base of the pyramid and try and continue to grow from there.

And hopefully one day, you know, there'll be a future local player playing on the USHL team. And that would be fantastic if that comes to fruition at some point down the road. But right now we really want to grow grassroots programming. And I think for us as well, have a figure skating option with there's ice available. There's some young kids that I'm sure they're commuting now or, you know, want to get into figure skating that don't have that local option. So I feel it's our job.

It's provide these accessible options for kids and families where they can go right down the road and play one of these ice sports that are going to be available for them. Well, I can attest to the, I'll call it the barrier to entry to ice skate for our region is truly that drive. I mean, hockey's not an inexpensive sport to begin with with the gear and the ice time and the skates. I mean, there's that barrier, but the travel is huge.

I'm a parent of two kids that did ice. And that was, Michelle and I added it up one time when our youngest was finishing up, played down in Peoria, something like 300,000 miles that we had driven for practice and for going to different games and whatnot, having two of them in it. And so that's a huge commitment to what you were saying. That alone is a barrier for most people to be able to leave your office at 6 or 7 o'clock at night to go down to practice. It's just, it's not doable unless you have it in your own community. So I agree with you 100% on that barrier. It'll be exciting to have it here. I hope we can really grow the youth component because it's fun to see those little guys.

When you go in an arena and you see the tier one guys and gals, you know, there's a lot of great gals that play hockey and they're playing. And then you see all the little kids that are running around that want to be on that sheet of ice with those kids. It's fun to watch. It's a great atmosphere with hockey. Oh, yeah. And we're hoping to have second intermission, maybe, you know, some of our games or most of our games, have a little scrimmage for the kids, too, to bring them out as well.

So we want to incorporate it. It's a family fun atmosphere for us. And that's what the USHL and Jutor hockey is about is a family affordable entertainment option for kids and families. So you bring in a lot of experience when you come in with this Tier 1 team. You've got your coaches, clearly all the players. Explain how all of that infrastructure will help develop youth hockey in our region. Well, the coaches in, you know, we don't have a coach yet. Typically, a lot of the coaches, you know, we started some discussions with,

with some coaches. They're all, a lot of them are under contract now or, or want to coach this year. And obviously we're not playing for another year. So we do have a general manager in place. So the beauty about having some of the highest level, you know, you have X and Hellers that have already applied to be coaches for us and scouts. And so the idea when we have that kind of caliber of coaches and players, they're going to be able to help with developing these kids.

And they're going to be on the ice with doing some development sessions and coaching these kids. And then the players can be engaged as well. That's part of our job as a team is we want to be engaged in the community. And these players are going to be part of that growth of youth hockey and then going out to helping the practices and helping that events and really just getting kids playing. And so the beauty of what our team, you know, running that youth hockey piece is you're going to have very, very experience and skilled coaches that are going to be able to help these kids develop. And so we're excited for that piece as well. So let's talk a little bit about the team and the kids and how all that works. What I want to understand is housing of the kids,

they're billet kids, as I understand it, they'll live with billet families. So describe either one of you how that works and how you see that working in our community. And if people are interested in that, how would they let you know? Yeah. So obviously every kid is going to be billeted. So What that means is a kid lives with a family. And typically they obviously sleep there. And they come to practice every day. There will be a school component. Of course, the kids are existing in school,

finishing up their high school. Or if they're taking some university courses, they're going to be doing school on top of their practice and workouts every single day. And then the bill of family, they go in there at the end of the day. And, of course, have dinner with them on non-travel days. And then they would house them and feed them and so on and so forth.

So we're obviously going to be looking for several Billet families over a roster probably to be that 23, 25 range. And so we are looking for as many families that are wanting to do this. It's a fantastic experience. I still talk to my Billet family when I played to this day. Fantastic. You're kind of friends for life and you have that bond. And especially if you have a young family, you kind of have that big brother or that you

didn't have or whichever that is living with you. And so you really get close to these kids. And if people that want to reach out, right now we've stood up a website, nazhockey.com, you can reach out by info at nazhockey.com. Once we figure out our name, that email will change and that domain will change once we identify what the team name is going to be. But we're certainly looking for whether it's volunteers or billet families or whichever. We're looking for everything right now. And we're just certainly excited right now, drinking from the fire hose a little bit. Awesome.

Let's talk about naming of the team. You mentioned it there. So how are you going about naming the team? Let's get that out there so people can weigh in on your process. Yeah, for us, it came with an idea that we want to engage the community and have them part of this naming piece. And so we've created this website called nazhockey.com and people can submit any name they want. And right now in the last 24 hours, we've had over 500 submissions, obviously a lot of similar submissions. we've had.

And to me, the campaign is it's your team, you name it. And we want to be, we want the fans to be part of, and the community to be part of naming it. And obviously what we think we like, you know,

there's been several names that are pretty loud for sure, but so far, but we want to, we're going to narrow it down to three to five names and then kind of take that next step from there and figure out what the fans want and have them part of the process. So when will you start to narrow it down and go to the next step after this?

Nick, we're talking with that yesterday. So we're not 100% sure, but we're hoping probably early July narrowed down. And then we'd like to have a local press conference. Hopefully at that time have our last couple names identified and then engage the community once again, see where it goes to finalize it. Awesome. So if you have a name idea, make sure you get it over to info at nazhockey.com so they can record that. Nick, I'm sure you put in a name or two maybe. Yeah, I put in probably 20 names before that website even live.

So all of them, Justin's like, no, no, not doing that. Others are like, oh, that's not that bad. So, yeah. Well, good. We'll get involved in all that. So, like, what are you hoping comes out of this, Nick? You got involved in this, your knee-deep in youth hockey. What do you want to see come out of this?

Or what would be your word to the community about this opportunity? I see it as an opportunity for the community. Yeah. Yeah. There's multiple things I want to see. Obviously, I want to see the game grow. What's interesting is being part of youth hockey, and I've coached everything at this point from 8U to 18U,

whether it's roller or ice. And there are some really good hockey players that come out of Prescott. I mean, really, really good hockey players. And you just have to wonder, like, where could have they gone? right, like if they actually had a place to play here locally. Because even if, you know, you're traveling, like in my family is one of those families. I got two kids. They're nine and 12. And we travel three, four days a week to go play ice hockey. And but even even if you're traveling, you know, three or four days a week, you're still, you know, in the car for two hours each way.

And you're only playing an hour a time. So that's only three hours roughly. but if we had local ice here and we kept building that program, how many more touches could you have? Like if you're out there and let's say you're a basketball player, a lot of people can just go in the backyard and shoot hoops for hours and hours and hours on end. And so I see Prescott Valley producing future NHL players. So that would be like one of my big stretch goals.

I'm sure that's one of Justin's stretch goals too. the flip side of that is is kind of the economic piece. Obviously, you're in business, I'm in business, and when we look at the Toyota Center, we know that events centers need, they need events in order for them to actually be able even remotely think about turning a profit. And my biggest outside of the youth push and trying to get more families involved in this amazing sport is an economic push and it's like, hey, if

that facility is used more, not only is it going to bring in more revenue to the facility itself, but it's a city-owned facility, so therefore, if you have tax revenues from surrounding businesses, I mean, there probably wouldn't be a restaurant

owner or a hotel owner that would object to more events coming there because that's just pushing more money into the local economy. It's also, you know, bringing their revenues up. And obviously it's increasing the number of jobs that will be here. So I want to see this place thrive. I love, I love the Quad Cities. I love Prescott Valley. I mean, my primary business is in Prescott Valley. So yeah, I want to see that succeed because,

I mean, I think that might be something, not to go super political, but I'm going to go a little bit where it's like, I've seen towns die because it's like either cities will grow or they die. there's really no in between. And, you know, sometimes people get upset with, you know, how much a city might grow or how fast it might grow. But the truth is, the other side of the is far worse. Yeah. And there's nothing like watching your favorite stores go out of business or landscapers leave or builders leave. And therefore, things just start falling apart. And it becomes a town that no one wants to move to. Yeah. So it's a good point. And, you know, I think we're fortunate as a community to have the Finley Toyota Center. I know it's had its bumps and bruises

along the way, but a community our size, you know, a region our size, to have a facility like that that seats 5,000 people, it's built for an NHL sheet of ice on there. We've, back in the day, we had the Phoenix coyotes practicing up there. It's a pretty amazing that we have in this opportunity of hockey coming back into our community. I think for me, the big thing is, the number one question I get is when can we get hockey back? When can we get hockey back after the sundogs left? And it's like, you know what? Be careful what you say because when they come back, you got to support them. Yeah. And so, you know, my words, sort of the whole region would be, we have another opportunity. Justin is bringing it here with this new league, this new team,

and everybody's got to get out and support it, whether that's going to a game, whether that's buying season tickets, whether that's corporate sponsorship. We got to get rally the whole region to support this opportunity and really make this a huge success for our region. Yeah, absolutely. And I think for us too, Brad, on that note, is I'm, Nick's heard me say this a lot, and I say this to our staff and our existing group already is we want to sell fun. And for us, it's selling fun and entertainment. This is going to be a very fun atmosphere from our mascot choice.

We're looking at different things right now all the way down to some of the endgame entertainment, which I don't want to touch. I don't want to give it too much away yet, but I can tell you, The things we're looking at to have it a really fun atmosphere and, you know, family engagement areas, you know, kids engagement zones, which we have, you know, we're going to have little things like, I'll tip my head a little bit. We want to have like a small mini, mini hockey rink for kids to go out and play. So it things like that throughout the game that we want to have where kids are going to come in

and have the time in their life and want to come back. And on the affordable piece too as well, you know, tickets are going to start at $15 plus some, plus some fees. And so, you know, it's going to be a very affordable entertainment piece for families. And so we want to have as many families out there and come out and have a great time. And we're going to provide some fantastic entertainment on and off the ice inside that center. Well, that's great. And talk a little bit, Justin, because you shared it with me the first time we met the fan experience. And I know it's fun. It's exciting. But the sundogs have been gone for a little over 10 years. And so everybody has in their mind what that game was like.

what they can remember of it. And I think what, you know, with some of it is the rules and requirements of what you guys have to bring for this Tier 1 team, but you're going to have instant replay. You have to put in, you know, cameras. Talk a little bit about what the fan experience

is going to be watching a game in that building with this new team and this new league. Yeah, so there's going to be instant replay. We have to have goal in-line cameras, in-net cameras. There's going to be opportunities for coaches to do challenges, things like that, so you'll be able to see it on the big screen as well as the RAS can tie into the replay booth.

That's a really important piece. You're going to have smoke shows, t-shirt guns, all kinds of fun things like that. That's super exciting, though. That in-net camera, though, you get to see it at the NHL and you're like, I wish we had that. Because a lot of people have an idea whether a goal-winning or not. So to have that's going to be, that's a next-level experience that we're going to get that we didn't have with the sundogs. for sure yeah we can have in that experience and also above above the net they've got to come down straight on as a top level shot for for replays as well so there's

certain pieces like that that are there are league requirements are going to have and then of course just that that atmosphere that fun piece as well off the ice is is going to be important for for families to enjoy and and different things like that and like I said we'll have rally towels in the first game and things like that to get going so we're we're very excited and already thought a lot through on different marketing pieces for the kids and families to have a great time. Well, that's going to be awesome. And so when will the league kick off?

When can we expect our first puck to drop in in our area? We should see probably two preseason games in September. And then most likely, you know, looking at the calendar, we're hoping it depends on with the league approval. And, of course, the availability with the Finley Toyota Center is going to be probably around October 1st, October 2nd. It likes to your home opener in around that for 2027. So September of 2017.

First puck? September's 2027, correct. So a little over a year. You've got a lot to build up for it. You've got to get your team. You've got to get your coaching. You've got to get the whole business side of it put together. So we have just over a year to get ready for this.

That's going to be exciting. And what is a typical season? So you said it starts in September. What's a typical season? 64 games. So you're going to have 64 league games plus a couple of preseason. Two to four preseason. We'll probably host two preseason.

games and then our goal is to go deeper in the playoffs in year one and continue that that going forward so hopefully we get into playing well into may is when it's a seasonal end kind of early April regular season and then we're going to go into the playoffs our goals to go deep into the playoffs as well each and every year so our work's already begun we've already actually had a meeting this morning with our general manager we are started identifying players for for the draft so our first draft will be next may so it's a draft component that will happen so So there's a phase one and a phase two draft in the USHL. So next year's phase one draft would be 2011 birth years is who we'd be looking at,

which it typically play the odd, maybe the first round or the odd player might play step in at 16. So maybe one, maybe two players will step in of that phase one. And then the week later, a couple days later, there's a phase two draft, which essentially which we call in the Scouting world a bit of a backfill draft. And so we would be drafting players that are a little bit older. it would be 2007 to 2010s, coming out of different leagues, whether it's U-18 youth or whether it's the other different junior leagues that are out there in North America and Europeans as well.

So we're going to have a European scout that's going to be identifying players for us over there. We're allowed, as some fans know, we're allowed up to six imports. So that's Canadians and Europeans can play. The rest will be American-based hockey players. And so we'll be Coleman all over the U.S. right now. And we've identified already this morning. Our first kind of kick at players to look at right off the hop. We've identified about 120 this morning that we want to look at

and have good scouting reports in for this next 12 months. That's exciting. Exciting times ahead of us. We really appreciate you bringing this opportunity to our community because I know it's a huge financial risk and commitment that your group is making. So I want to say thank you for investing in our community because I know it takes a lot. And I hope our community steps up and, reciprocates and supports the team when it's here.

We're certainly going to be engaged in the community and we want to be a part. We're not just going to kind of show up at the rink and forget about everything else. So we want to engage in different kids, obviously the youth hockey piece, the figure skating piece. But more importantly, you know, go into schools, be at fairs, be at different things to engage as part of the community, have community-based events that where there's autograph, signings or whichever. So we're certainly going to be a part of it. Obviously, the kids are going to be living with families. but I think one big piece for us in our ownership group is you two guys were instrumental in getting this across the finish line, kind of kick started it.

I know we had some challenges early, but you two guys, I think from the bottom of our hearts, from the ownership group, we certainly really appreciate the work you guys did behind the scenes. People don't realize how much work you two did, and it means a lot to us. And we're going to put a great product in front of you guys and the rest of the community. Well, I know I can speak for myself. I'm super excited. I broke out my sundog shirt for today's interview just to have something, but I can't wait to replace it with a new shirt from the new team with the new name on it.

So I look forward to that day. Thanks very much, guys. It's going to be great. I'm super thrilled to help you, and thank you for looping me in. I was telling Justin the other day, once, you know, we kind of knew the announcement was coming out, but we couldn't say anything. And now that it's out there, it's like, oh, wow, this is real. Like, it's not a, this is not a, you know, smoke screen or anything.

There's actually happening, and it's really exciting. I mean, it's all over social media. So, well done. I know you really rallied the community. So still a lot of work to do to make sure we get the support. Justin, well done. Couldn't have done it without you and the idea and the dream of bringing a team here and selecting Prescott Valley as the community.

So we really thank you for that. Awesome. We'll be in touch. Thank you so much. Appreciate it, Justin. Thank you. Thanks so much, guys. Thanks. Thank you.