and alice rogers who is a south beach rinconmission bay neighborhood association. they are the folks here and make this all happen, current residents. [applause] >> good morning. i'm edward hatter, chair of southern advisory committee for the port, and i promised i was going to be brief, but i got a history that just will not stop. [laughter] i look out here and i see the new home of the giants but i was a kid of the old home of the giants candle stick park. i look at this park and look at the people and say giants good job, city great job. this very rarely that we are able to all come together and come out with a finished product such as this park. alright? i can't wait to get my kids from the neighborhood house down here playing in the fields and everything else and long the bay shore, but this is only the beginning. i want to make that very clear. the giants have an outstanding development team. the city has outstanding department heads. we can come together and start with china basin and at least finish at indian basin. with great parks, great housing, great bu

alice chu and roger pinkham own the place. it's also where their relationship started. there's actually a show that i was helping usher at, and i invited her for our first date, and he gave me a tour around the theater. so i feel very special now married with a young child, alice didn't know that their first date would lead to this new venture. when roger comes home and tells you, oh, we have this opportunity to sign a lease with this place, what did you what was your reaction? every time i just pass by, i feel like, oh god, this guy is crazy. i was an engineer. i'm still an engineer. like how do i run that theater? it was like, too crazy dream for me. but eventually the opportunity arised and he convinced me and we just made the big jump. that big jump came with risks and a lot of doubt. the theater was falling apart. there were rats. there were birds living in the ceiling, crapping all over the seats. there was no heat, there was no hot water. the bathrooms were disgusting. there was mold downstairs. it was it was bad. i cried, it cried. it's too much. it was a lot. s

alice chu and roger pinkham own the place. it's also where their relationship started. there's actually a show that i was helping usher at and i invited her for our first date, and he gave me a tour around the theater. i feel very special now. married with a young child, alice didn't know that their first date would lead to this new venture. when roger comes home and tells you, oh, we have this opportunity to sign a lease with this place, what did you what was your reaction? every time i just pass by, i feel like, oh god, this guy is crazy. i was an engineer. i'm still an engineer. like, how do i run that theater was, like, too crazy dream for me. but eventually the opportunity arised and he convinced me. and we just made the big jump. that big jump came with risks and a lot of doubt. the theater was falling apart. there were rats. there were birds living in the ceiling, crapping all over the seats. there was no heat. there was no hot water. the bathrooms were disgusting. there was mold downstairs. it was. it was bad. i cried, it cried. it's too much. it was a lot. so w