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     SMU AD Bill Lively said that the university has made
significant progress toward finding a new football stadium for
1995.  The university is committed to moving to either the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas or Texas Stadium in Irving (FORT WORTH STAR-
TELEGRAM, 10/21)....San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan has promised
to spend $26M on improvements at Candlestick Park if NFL owners
vote to play the Super Bowl there in 1999.  Jim Lazerus, director
of special projects for the mayor, said that the mayor is
considering renaming the stadium with a sponsor's name (S.F.
CHRONICLE, 10/21)....The Hussey Seating Co. has begun the
installation of 50,000 seats in the new Coors Stadium (ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NEWS, 10/22)....A $2.5M conversion to condominiums of a
office building is planned for a site near the north side of the
new Gund Arena (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 10/23).

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