FRANCHISE NOTES

          Bills season-ticket holders will lose their existing
     seats and be asked to choose new ones in the renovated Rich
     Stadium, officials said.  Those holding tickets the longest
     will be given first pick (AP/Rochester DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE,
     10/8)....In Milwaukee, individual tickets to the Bucks' two
     Bulls games will not be made available this year.  Instead,
     fans must buy them as part of a 10-pack or full season-
     ticket deals (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/9)....ESPN's
     Sal Paolantonio: "If the Twins get a new ballpark and the
     Vikings don't, Vikings team President Roger Headrick told me
     on Wednesday his team is prepared to relocate, some say to
     Cleveland, others to Los Angeles.  Headrick told me the
     Vikings have already calculated how to buy out the remaining
     fifteen years on their Metrodome lease" ("SportsCenter,"
     ESPN, 10/8)....The Hurricanes have signed 23 corporate
     partners: 360 Communications, A-B, Atcom, Austin Quality
     Foods, BTI, Blockbuster Video, Capital Ford Rentals,
     Carolina Ford Dealers, Carolina Turkeys, East Wind Airlines,
     Glaxo Wellcome, Greensboro Hilton, HealthSource NC/Cigna,
     Howard, Perry & Walston Realtors, Kimberly-Clark, Long
     Transportation, Office Depot, Raleigh Iceplex, Rex
     Healthcare, Sprint, Taco Bell, US Post Office and Vinnie's
     Steakhouse (TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 10/6 issue).