SAN ANTONIO EYES FREEMAN EXPANSION; HOLT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS

          An expansion study of San Antonio's Freeman Coliseum is
     "weighing the feasibility" of turning the 9,800-seat county-
     owned coliseum into a 15,000- to 20,000-seat facility,
     according to Travis Poling of the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS. 
     The "high-end" capacity at such a facility "potentially
     could" meet the needs of the Spurs.  But at 18,000 seats or
     less, "the NBA team could be stuck in the mammoth Alamodome
     for the foreseeable future."  Spurs officials did not have
     any comment on the expansion study (EXPRESS-NEWS, 1/25).
          HOLT CONTRIBUTIONS: Spurs Chair Peter Holt "has been
     the most-generous contributor" to San Antonio City Council
     political campaigns since June, according to Williams &
     Anderson of the EXPRESS-NEWS.  The paper noted contributions
     from June-December '97.  Holt and his family gave $6,500 to
     the campaigns of seven council members.  Holt "rejects any
     link between his donations and desire for a new arena." 
     Holt: "There's no arena push going on" (EXPRESS-NEWS, 1/25).