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ARENA ISSUES STILL UP IN THE AIR IN ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS

          In Atlanta, the Fulton County Commission on Wednesday
     postponed a vote on a new arena deal until June 4,
     "complicating Atlanta's bid to win" an NHL expansion team,
     according to Henry Unger of the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. 
     Harvey Schiller, who heads Turner Sports' NHL bid: "The
     commission has certainly moved in the direction to
     complicate our NHL franchise.  The NHL announcement [of
     expansion cities] is supposed to be June 4 and one of the
     requirements is that the arena deal be in place."  Unger
     writes that "the delay also affects demolition of the Omni,"
     which was scheduled to start June 2.  The new arena is to be
     built on the Omni site (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 5/22).
          COLUMBUS: In Columbus, John Futty reported that local
     businessmen Ron Pizzuti and John McConnell "are said to be
     leading an effort to find private financing" for a downtown
     arena after a sales tax increase was rejected in a county
     referendum.  But Crew Owner Lamar Hunt, who heads the city's
     NHL expansion group, "continued to express little hope" for
     a privately financed arena (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 5/21).

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