The road work around Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in MD is
scheduled to be completed in the first week of September,
allowing the Redskins' new home to open as planned on
September 14 (WASHINGTON POST, 8/21)....USA TODAY's Michael
Hiestand profiles the opening of the USTA's Arthur Ashe
Stadium this Saturday. USTA Dir of Sales & Marketing Pierce
O'Neil: "We want to leverage the new stadium to put the U.S.
Open to work for tennis; everything revolves around that"
(USA TODAY, 8/21)....In San Antonio, David Robinson "hinted
strongly" yesterday that if plans for an arena don't
materialize soon, "a real possibility" exists that ownership
will entertain offers from out-of-town investors. Robinson:
"The Spurs haven't opened up their books to me. But,
financially, this is a small town. ... We still have to
compete against the Chicagos. And it's going to be very
difficult unless we have revenues to do that" (SAN ANTONIO
EXPRESS-NEWS, 8/21)....In DC, more than 600 people showed up
at a church auditorium for a job fair for the MCI Center,
which opens December 2 (WASHINGTON POST, 8/21).
