8 Quotes by Lester Bagley

We have no comment on the latest Culpepper e-mail.

But the $1 billion (investment) doesn't happen without the stadium piece of it. The stadium is the anchor.

My personal belief is this deal is not going to get better for the state than right now.

We're not there yet, but we're not that far off.

We worked late into the evening last night and it's a competitive process. We're still working on the final details of the contract.

We've been working around the clock and we are just putting the finishing touches on the agreement.

This is the best opportunity the state has had to solve all three (stadium) issues. There's starting to be some discussions. So we're trying to keep it going, to try and make our case.

It was a very direct, personal, genuine message.