ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS TOGETHER AGAIN IN AZ SPORTS COMPLEX?

          Michael Rubin, President of PA-based consulting firm
     MRA Int'l, told members of a multi-city task force in
     Phoenix's East Valley that the proposed National Sports
     Center "would make an ideal venue for as many as a dozen"
     entertainment-based restaurants and retail outfits,
     according to Paul Giblin in the MESA TRIBUNE.  Giblin writes
     that by "no small coincidence, Rubin is helping the NFL
     develop its own line of theme restaurant and retail
     outlets."  NFL execs "previously said they would like to tie
     those developments to a proposed domed facility" in the East
     Valley and "foresee opening five to seven of the complexes
     nationwide."  The TRIBUNE's Giblin adds that the National
     Sports Center "is envisioned as a combination sports venue
     and convention facility," and would serve as a "home to the
     Cardinals" (MESA TRIBUNE, 7/23).