Bengals Owner Mike Brown "has given Cincinnati one
     month to resolve what he calls a 'crisis' over a new
     football stadium or the team could leave the city,"
     according to Rick Van Sant of the CINCINNATI POST.  Brown
     said the stadium "won't be built if city of Cincinnati land
     for the site isn't transferred" to Hamilton County by
     January 31.  Brown: "We are in a crisis.  We want to make
     sure people understand we are at a critical point and what
     will happen if we let it slide by" (CINCINNATI POST, 12/30).
     The ENQUIRER's Geoff Hobson reported that with Cincinnati
     city officials "wondering where the Bengals can get a better
     stadium deal, the team has one answer: Cleveland." Bengals
     Dir of Stadium Development Troy Blackburn, on Cleveland:
     "It's a stronger market.  But notwithstanding, we're trying
     to get the deal in our hometown" (ENQUIRER, 12/31).

          Cleveland Mayor Michael White rejected bids for
     electric work on the new Browns stadium, when they "came in
     $9 million higher than expected."  In Akron, David Adams
     wrote the rejection "is a strong signal of the city's intent
     to hold down costs" (BEACON JOURNAL, 12/25)....In Dallas, a
     new pro-arena TV spot features Southwest Airlines Chair Herb
     Kelleher.  Southwest has contributed $2,500 to the campaign
     for a new arena (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 1/5)....In Cincinnati,
     the Reds "are focusing on a renovated Cinergy Field instead
     of a new stadium" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 12/31).

          With the demolition of the old Boston Garden set to
     begin next month, FleetCenter execs want to move the "cash-
     generating" Budweiser billboard that has been mounted to the
     side of the Garden for decades to their building, according
     to Tina Cassidy of the BOSTON GLOBE.  But, city officials
     "aren't so sure" they like the idea of the 147-x-35-foot
     sign put in front of the FleetCenter's "more modern facade."

     Boston Redevelopment Authority spokesperson Kelley Quinn,
     said it "would be interested in going through a design
     review so the sign could be attractively put on." 
     FleetCenter CEO Richard Krezwick "declined to disclose" the
     terms of the signage agreement with A-B, but Cassidy wrote
     that the sign is "estimated to generate about $25,000 a
     month in revenue" (Tina Cassidy, BOSTON GLOBE, 1/3).

          In a partial ruling on a lawsuit filed by handicapped
     patron Bob Pike against the Rose Garden, U.S. Magistrate
     Donald Ashmanskas ruled that the Americans With Disabilities
     Act (ADA) "did not require elevated seating for wheelchair
     areas" at the Rose Garden, according to Ashbel Green of the
     OREGONIAN.  But Ashmanskas' decision still leaves the arena
     with "several potentially expensive changes," as he ruled
     that wheelchair seats in the Rose Garden are "concentrated
     in less desirable parts of the arena," and ruled that the
     Rose Garden's 70 executive suites "violate" the ADA. 
     Ashmanskas also said "he was troubled by ticket-selling
     practices that prevent people in wheelchairs from buying the
     best seats."  The U.S. Dept. of Justice feels Ashmanskas
     "could expand" the arena design "debate with his handling of
     executive suites and ticket sales, which have far-reaching
     financial implications for arenas" (OREGONIAN 12/29).