The RCA Dome may be changing names "if some members of
Indianapolis' City Council have their way." They want RCA
signs removed from the stadium to protest parent company
Thomson Consumer Electronics' moving 1,500 IN jobs to Mexico
(USA TODAY, 2/17)....Mike Lupica reports the USTA's Board of
Directors will name its new stadium "Arthur Ashe Stadium."
The announcement could come this week (N.Y. DAILY NEWS,
2/18)....The St. Paul Civic Center Authority "continued
efforts to prepare" for an NHL team when it "authorized
additional payments to construction consultants Friday."
The authority allocated $50,000 to HOK Architects to
continue work on a design for a renovated Civic Center arena
(Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 2/15)....Tampa officials say that
when reserve funds are set and other charges are paid, the
bill for a new stadium and practice complex for the Bucs
will be $208.7M, "about" $40M more than first negotiated.
The extra charges include $12M towards a practice facility,
$2.8M in fees for issuing bonds, $12.8M to set up a reserve
fund for debt service, and $3.4M in interest (TAMPA TRIBUNE,
2/15)....Turner Broadcasting selected the architectural firm
Rosser International to design $72M in public improvements
around its new arena (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/18).
