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That Pentagon was pretty cool. I'd heard good things and was impressed.

Rob, I'm guessing you've been up there before, right?

Yeah, I've been up there. I was up there in the Quayburg era, so it was very new then.

Even though they tried to make it feel like an old venue, you know, with all the wood and all the

accents, it's a nice, you know, with all the wood and all the accents. It's a nice, but, you know,

one can say from afar, from an objective standpoint, why in the world are teams from all over

the country coming to play in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in November? But it's a fun venue,

and a nice little intimate venue gets really loud. I mean, a bandbox, you might say, going back in the day,

back in the day, but really cool place.

Yeah, as the guy told us, the representative from, you know, the arena there,

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