The Bucks were inadvertently omitted in yesterday's
review of FINANCIAL WORLD's franchise values. FW lists the
Bucks' current value at $103M, which increased 12% since '95
(FINANCIAL WORLD, 6/17 issue)....ESPN SportsZone examines
the possibility of MLB returning to Washington D.C.,
including a piece supporting the area by VA Baseball Exec VP
Mike Scanlon (ESPN SportsZone, 5/27)....NHL Oilers VP Doug
Piper said the team has sold 12,522 season-tickets. The
team needs to reach 13,000 to receive $2.5M as part of the
NHL's Canadian Assistance Plan (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 5/30).
...The Coyotes will announce next week they are raising
ticket prices on "nearly every seat," with the increase on
the average ticket price ranging from 8.5-9% (ARIZONA
REPUBLIC, 5/30)....In Detroit, Pete Waldmeir writes that
Tigers and Red Wings Owner Mike Ilitch "would like to dump
the Tigers, insiders say, but would be foolish to sell until
the new stadium is in place and the team's price increases"
(DETROIT NEWS, 5/30)....In Columbus, a private poll taken on
the day of this month's referendum by backers of the sports
project showed that NHL Hurricanes Owner Peter Karmanos'
"11th-hour bid" to move his team to Columbus helped "seal
defeat for the project." David Milenthal, CEO HMS Partners,
which commissioned the poll: "The circus surrounding
Karmanos moved the issue back to sports when we were trying
to position it as an economic development issue" (COLUMBUS
BUSINESS FIRST, 5/26)....WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs have
season ticket sales "near" 3,500 (SACRAMENTO BEE, 5/29).
