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TAMPA CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO CONTINUE STADIUM CONSTRUCTION

          The Tampa City Council voted to approve a Hillsborough
     County Commission plan to build "a stripped-down stadium"
     for $154.2M if former Tampa Mayor Bill Poe wins a FL Supreme
     Court appeal against the Bucs' lease, according to Joe
     Henderson of the TAMPA TRIBUNE.  Also approved was a $9.7M
     loan to continue building the stadium as the existing
     construction fund "will be depleted in about a week." 
     Officials want to "avoid future threatened shutdowns" by
     building the new "community stadium" version without luxury
     suites and "upscale" seating requested by the Bucs (TAMPA
     TRIBUNE, 4/18).  The Tampa Sports Authority's Henry Saavedra
     said that he "felt sure" that the "community stadium" could
     be built for $154.2M and that it "could cover" operating
     expenses for its first 10 years if the Bucs did not play
     there (Richard Danielson, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 4/18).
          PRO FORMA: Poe filed his appeal claiming that the Bucs'
     stadium project "be halted permanently."  Hillsborough
     County, the City of Tampa and the TSA have until April 28 to
     respond to the appeal (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 4/18).

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