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NFL WARNS SUPER BOWL XXXII MAY BE PULLED FROM SAN DIEGO

          NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue "warned" that the NFL
     may "pull" the '98 Super Bowl out of San Diego if a judge
     allows the full renovation of Jack Murphy Stadium to be put
     to a referendum, according to La Velle & Magee of the SAN
     DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE.  On Friday, Tagliabue said Super Bowl
     XXXII would be held in San Diego as planned if the possible
     referendum was limited to $18M in "extras" approved in
     December by the San Diego City Council.  Tagliabue: "If it
     becomes an issue of $18 million, if that is the sole issue
     which is challenged, then I think we'll go forward with the
     Super Bowl in San Diego, without question.  But if the issue
     expands to the $60 million which was previously approved and
     becomes a $78 million issue, we're going to have to look at
     alternative places to play the Super Bowl."  Tagliabue also
     "suggested" that the Chargers may have to look for
     alternative places to play their '97 regular season. 
     Chargers Owner Alex Spanos:  "On my word, the last thing I
     want to do is play our football games someplace else" (SAN
     DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/25).  
          ROUND 1 TO EXPANSION FOES: In a "tentative ruling,"
     Superior Court Judge Anthony Joseph "refused" the city's
     request to dismiss arguments that a ballot measure should
     encompass the whole $78M expansion project.  If the
     tentative ruling stands, a trial tentatively set for
     February 15 would debate the referendum's scope (SAN DIEGO
     UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/25). UNION-TRIBUNE Columnist Tom Cushman:
     "We're all involved in what amounts to a referendum on
     whether or not we want professional sports in San Diego"
     (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/26).

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