Sports Industrialists

NAMES IN THE NEWS

8.19.1997

          SMC Chair BRUTON SMITH "hopes to raise" $104M by
     selling shares in his NC-based Sonic Automotive company
     dealership group (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 8/19)....ESPN Sr.
     VP/Integrated Sales & Market Research MICHAEL CHICO is
     featured in AD AGE's "On A Roll" section (AD AGE, 8/18).
     ...In AZ, an examination of the "perks" provided to the
     Phoenix City Council showed that City Councilman Cody
     Williams received four front-row seats to a Coyotes game
     from Coyotes President SHAWN HUNTER (ARIZONA REPUBLIC,
     8/19)....MARTIN BROOKS, the new Hartford Civic Center GM for
     Madison Square Garden, is profiled in today's HARTFORD
     COURANT.  Brooks: "We certainly hope to use the clout we
     have in booking events at the Garden in order to book more
     events in Hartford" (HARTFORD COURANT, 8/19).

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