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The John Batchelor Show

#PACIFICWATCH: JEWEL HEIST PURSUIT. #VEGASREPORT: STIRRING ST THE BALLPARK GROUNDS. @JCBLISS

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#PACIFICWATCH: JEWEL HEIST PURSUIT. #VEGASREPORT:  STIRRING ST THE BALLPARK GROUNDS. @JCBLISS
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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:08.4

Here's John Batchelor.

0:11.8

This is CBS I on the world.

0:14.2

I'm John Batchel.

0:15.1

Jeff Bliss is Pacific Watch.

0:16.9

And we go immediately to the Vegas report because rumor of baseball, well, maybe not baseball,

0:23.8

but something that's in that direction.

0:25.5

Jeff, you send me these reports that are coming from people who live in Las Vegas and are keen on the building of the stadium.

0:33.3

It is a magnificent project to contemplate in the illustrations.

0:38.4

However, it's years away from the first game, the first pitch being thrown out.

0:44.7

But there's rumor that there's activity.

0:47.0

What do I see in this photograph?

0:48.8

Good evening to you, Jeff.

0:50.7

Do you need me, John.

0:51.5

They have broken ground.

0:54.6

I don't know if they've had the official groundbreaking ceremony itself, but the earth movers,

0:59.2

you know, the scrapers, the cranes, the drilling, they're out there in force.

1:03.9

There may be several hundred workers out there.

1:06.2

And, you know, just a few months ago or within the past year, there was a whole hotel and resort that was there, the Tropicana, which had been there for some time.

1:14.5

That was imploded.

1:16.4

All of the rubble was gathered and trucked off elsewhere, and they started to work.

1:21.8

And really, it looks like they've done a fantastic job of creating a large open expanse so they can begin building and then

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