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CONFUSION IN S.F.: DEBARTOLO YORK TEMPORARILY HALTS STADIUM

          49ers co-Owner Denise DeBartolo York, "citing unforseen
     costs," said yesterday that her board of directors "is
     putting the brakes -- at least temporarily -- on plans to
     build a new stadium and mall at Candlestick Point,"
     according to Matier & Ross in a front-page feature in the
     S.F. CHRONICLE.  The news "blindsided" S.F. Mayor Willie
     Brown and 49ers President Carmen Policy -- "both of whom
     apparently didn't know anything about it -- and raised more
     questions about who's calling the shots on the new stadium."
     In a statement, DeBartolo York "suggested" that the cost of
     the stadium-mall complex had risen $175M since voters
     approved the project in June: "Clearly, these kinds of
     economic issues demand close analysis."  She added that the
     board voted unanimously to "slow things down."  The $175M
     cost increase would bring the total project to $525M, but
     Matier & Ross note S.F. sources consider $525M "the original
     price tag of the plan," including the mall complex.  But
     some sources say the "actual costs have risen at least"
     $50M-75M, bringing it closer to $600M.  Mayor Brown said
     that he had met with three board members who supported the
     stadium going ahead.  Brown: "I think there is some kind of
     error in the statement. ... There may be one member of the
     board who wants to slow it down" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 1/28).
          BROTHER IN ARMS: The stadium statement is the latest in
     an "ownership tug-of-war" between DeBartolo York and her
     brother, Eddie, who "has balked at signing a final ownership
     agreement" -- stemming from his possible indictment over a
     casino license in LA -- "in part out of fear that it would
     severely curtail his powers" with the 49ers and their parent
     corporation, DeBartolo Corp.  Yesterday, a source close to
     DeBartolo "insisted that the announcement" by DeBartolo York
     "was an orchestrated attempt to put pressure on DeBartolo to
     sign the agreement."  DeBartolo York also said yesterday
     that while the company's board "has not authorized the sale
     of the team ... it is impossible to say whether or not such
     discussion could ever occur" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 1/28). 

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