STADIUM NOTES

     MI Governor John Engler has agreed to back a plan to build a
new stadium for the Tigers in downtown Detroit, joining Detroit
Mayor Dennis Archer and Tigers owner Mike Ilitch (Mult.,
1/2)....MA House Speaker Charles Flaherty said he will convene a
summit meeting "by mid January at the latest," in an effort to
get an agreement on the possible construction of a $500M megaplex
convention and sports stadium complex in downtown Boston (BOSTON
GLOBE, 12/28).... Richardson Sports, the owners of the Carolina
Panthers, responded to accusations of a lack of minority
contractors.  According to Richardson, 30 minority firms have
accounted for 20% of the dollar value of the work done on the new
Carolinas Stadium (Tawn Nhan, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/26).