SPANO UNVEILS FOUR PLANS FOR NEW ISLANDERS ARENA COMPLEX

          Islanders Owner John Spano unveiled four concepts
     Friday for a new arena complex on the current site of the
     Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, according to Ken
     Moritsugu of NEWSDAY.  Costing $360-460M, the plans produced
     by K.C.-based HOK Sports Facilities Group range "from a
     mini-downtown with boutiques and second-story apartments to
     a Las Vegas-style entertainment complex."  Nassau County
     Exec Thomas Gulotta: "It is a clear signal that we are one
     step closer to reality.  We now have serious parties at the
     bargaining table."  Moritsugu wrote that both sides "agreed
     that several tough issues remain to be resolved, including
     whether the county and state will help foot the bill." 
     Spano: "If I don't get this building, as a business person,
     I have to make an ugly decision.  Is it move the team?  Is
     it sell the team?  Is it do something else?  I don't want
     that to ever be the case" (NEWSDAY, 6/14).