In Toronto, there is a "better than 50-50 chance" that
the Maple Leafs will build their new arena at the city's
Exhibition Place, according to Exhibition Chair Joe
Pantalone. Exhibition Place is one of six sites the Maple
Leafs are considering (TORONTO STAR, 1/23)....In
Indianapolis, the Pacers have agreed pay $1.4M to front the
costs of initial design work for a proposed $175M arena
(INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 1/22)....Project managers for the
NHL Panthers planned arena in Sunrise have reconfigured a
planned Sawgrass Expressway interchange to include a
"flyover" to funnel traffic leaving the arena into the
Southbound lanes of the western toll road (MIAMI HERALD,
1/23)....AHL Baltimore Bandits Owner Michael Caggiano ended
his plans of building a new arena near Baltimore after he
was unable to persuade county officials to free up public
money to help develop the $42M, 11,500-seat facility
(Baltimore SUN, 1/23)....Foxboro Stadium will host the April
20 World Cup qualifying match between the USA and Mexico
(USA TODAY, 1/23)....In Milwaukee, Bradley Center officials
said they may add about 1,000 club seats to supplement the
revenue raised by the arena's 68 luxury suites (MILWAUKEE
BUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/20)....In Columbus, a poll showed that
more than 55% of heads of households oppose a sales tax
increase to help fund a downtown arena/stadium sports and
entertainment complex (COLUMBUS BUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/20).
