St. Paul's NHL expansion franchise has received non-
refundable $100 deposits for 8,500 season tickets for its
inaugural 2000-01 season (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 7/13).
...Nashville NHL Owner Craig Leipold and team President Jack
Diller will meet with NHL execs tomorrow at Nashville's new
arena to discuss the team's marketing, nickname and logo
(NASHVILLE BANNER, 7/15)....The Green Bay Visitors and
Convention Bureau estimates that by this weekend, the
Packers' training camp will have drawn 8,000 people, and
that this year's training camp will bring in $4M to the
area, double the revenues of last summer (USA TODAY, 7/16).
...The Brewers, Metropolitan Milwaukee Assoc. of Commerce
(MMAC) and the Greater Milwaukee Committee are offering area
businesses a 15-game ticket package for employees that
offers discounts of as much as $105 per season ticket for
companies joining the program. The MMAC has a deal with the
team to make up the difference financially for any figure
below 10,000 season tickets. The Brewers have sold about
8,200 season tickets (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 7/15).