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STADIUM NOTES

          The Mariners have loaned another $10M to the team's
     stadium project, which will keep construction on track
     through May (USA TODAY, 4/24)....FL-based Automation Inc.
     President Robert Black said his company, the maker of Clean
     Shower, was willing to pay "at least twice" more than the
     $6.2M over 10 years that Alltel paid for naming rights on
     Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, but was "overlooked" as a
     bidder (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 4/23)...In Chicago, local
     officials and developers said high costs and public
     opposition have "wrecked" plans to build a 70,000-seat, $60M
     motor speedway at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago.  The
     Motorsports Alliance, which had proposed the track, said it
     will look to acquire another site in the region to host a
     similar track (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4/24)....IN Gov. Frank
     O'Bannon, on whether he would sign bills that would provide
     money for a new NCAA headquarters and a new arena for the
     Pacers as opposed to funding other public programs: "I'd
     look at it when they came (to his desk), but I would not
     look with favor at that at all" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS,
     4/23). ...Former San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan has told
     the 49ers he can't endorse its new stadium-mall plan unless
     some questions "are answered" regarding the city's financial
     commitment and other details (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/23).

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