The Devil Rays will sell tickets through Ticketmaster
beginning this fall for their inaugural season in '98.
Single game seats will go on sale November 15 (ORLANDO
SENTINEL, 7/25)....In N.Y., Phil Mushnick reports that "in
the greedy tradition of the Knicks, Rangers and many other
teams," the Mets will introduce a third uniform next year
which will be predominantly black (N.Y. POST,7/25)....The
St. Paul NHL franchise has sold nearly 9,000 nonrefundable
$100 season ticket deposits (PIONEER PRESS, 7/25). Team
investor Noel Rahn said the team has options from
individuals and corporations for 55 suites (STAR TRIBUNE,
7/25)....NEWSDAY's John Valenti writes that a source close
to the NHL said that talks between Islanders Owner John
Pickett and Fleet Bank on assuming the $80M loan former
Islanders Owner John Spano used to buy the team are
proceeding with "no hitches," and a pact will be reached by
tonight's midnight deadline (NEWSDAY, 7/25)....In Toronto,
William Houston writes, "Canuck season ticket sales must be
slow. Staff of [parent] Orca Bay ... have been calling
subscribers who failed to respond to the June 23 renewal
deadline" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 7/25).
