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SAN DIEGO TO NFL: QUAL-COMM BACK NOW, YA' HEAR

          With the "backdrop of Qualcomm Stadium's nearly
     completed concrete shell behind him," Chargers Owner Alex
     Spanos told NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and a crowd of
     on-lookers that San Diego "wants to host the Super Bowl
     every five years," according to Barry Bloom of the SAN DIEGO
     UNION-TRIBUNE.  Tagliabue was in San Diego for the "symbolic
     completion" of the $78M stadium expansion and for the NFL
     owners' meetings and "did not reject the proposition."  
     Construction at Qualcomm Stadium "is a month ahead of
     schedule and could be nearly complete in time for the
     Chargers exhibition season in August" (SAN DIEGO-UNION
     TRIBUNE, 5/20).  The entire project is set to be completed
     by December 15.  The NFL's "biggest problems" during the
     construction are the new press box and where to house game-
     day activities that sometimes are placed within the stadium
     confines (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 5/19).
          WAYS TO GO: Also in San Diego, Barry Bloom wrote that
     San Diego's Super Bowl Host Committee has yet to "raise a
     dime or sign a single contract," despite its goal of raising
     more than $3M from sponsors to pay for special events,
     staff, volunteer training and "numerous items pledged" to
     the NFL for the Super Bowl.  Volunteer Chair Jim Brown said
     last week that corporate sponsors have made pledges for
     about 20% of the total cost (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 5/19). 
     

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