HISTORICAL MEMORIAL STADIUM WITHSTANDS LAST GAME

          The Ravens played their final game at Memorial Stadium
     yesterday and will move into their new, 68,400-seat stadium
     for the start of next season, according to Jon Morgan of the
     Baltimore SUN.  MD Stadium Authority Project Manager, Alice
     Hoffman, said that the facility is "about" 65% complete and
     is "on schedule" for its planned opening next August. 
     Morgan writes that with "the majority of the contracts
     already rewarded, the stadium authority believes it can
     avoid any more overruns on the project, which had been
     initially projected to cost" $200M (Baltimore SUN, 12/15).
          COSTS: Morgan adds that accommodating the Ravens for
     the past two years and the CFL before that has cost MD
     taxpayers "about" $3M beyond what has been raised in ticket
     taxes.  Memorial Stadium will be razed at a cost "estimated"
     at $15-$20M.  While the state is left with an operating
     deficit of up to $1.2M on the facility, it "may recoup" some
     of that through sale of stadium artifacts (SUN, 12/15).