ROCKY MOUNTAIN BUILDING BOOM

     The Denver Nuggets are close to a deal with the City of
Denver that would allow the team to build a privately-financed
$135M arena downtown.  Talks are proceeding and a final agreement
is expected soon after a city task force gives Mayor Wellington
Webb its recommendation (Brian Weber, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS,
12/28)....Coors Field will not be the home of any football games
or monster truck rallies, says Tom Gleason of the Denver
Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District.  The
prospects of crowds and stages trampling the new park's $495,000
field don't please stadium or team officials (ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NEWS, 12/31)....A ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS editorial states that the
paper is "not crazy" about the Broncos' proposal for a new
stadium paid for by $150M in public funds and $50M from the team.
The paper does call for the team's present lease with Mile High
to be renegotiated (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 12/28).