A MAJORITY OF BOSTON EXECS STAY ON STADIUM ISSUE SIDELINES

          While there is support within the corporate community
     for a Boston football stadium, "most executives have chosen
     to remain out of what has become a high-profile political
     fight over future development in South Boston," according to
     Cassidy & Vaillancourt in today's BOSTON GLOBE.  BankBoston
     CEO Charles Gifford has been involved, "working hard to
     sell" Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on a plan by Patriots Owner
     Robert Kraft to build a stadium in South Boston.  BankBoston
     finances all of Kraft's businesses, including the Patriots,
     so "there is a great deal at stake for the bank."  Cassidy &
     Vaillancourt write that "it is no surprise that Gifford has
     been rooting for" the stadium plan, but some business
     leaders feel the bank has "over-extended itself into the
     politics of the stadium issue" (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/10).  
          GAME MEANS MONEY: The Providence Convention & Visitors
     Bureau put the cash value for the AFC Championship game in
     Foxboro at about $6M (Jerry Ackerman, BOSTON GLOBE, 1/10).