The $86.6M in Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority
bonds series '97, limited tax general obligation, have been
rated 'BBB+' by Fitch Investors Service (CRAIN'S DETROIT
BUSINESS, 3/7)....Handicapped Flyers fan Craig Rittase has
joined one of two federal lawsuits brought by disabled
veterans against the CoreStates Center and the City of
Philadelphia, alleging that the arena is violating the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. His efforts to
watch a game at CoreStates Center is examined in this
morning's INQUIRER (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 3/10)....Seattle
police estimated the crowd at Saturday's groundbreaking of
the Mariners' new stadium to be 15,000, but team broadcaster
Dave Niehaus put the total at around 30,000 (SEATTLE TIMES,
3/9)....An editorial in Sunday's HARTFORD COURANT writes
that CT "must" keep the Whalers in Hartford: "The cost of
losing Connecticut's major-league sports team will be far
greater than the cost of building a modern arena" (HARTFORD
COURANT, 3/9). This morning, Fleet Bank CEO Richard
Higginbotham writes an op-ed piece in the COURANT supporting
a new area for the Whalers under the header, "Arena Needed
For The 21st Century" (HARTFORD COURANT, 3/10).
