Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy said that he and Allegheny
     County commissioners will present their "Plan B" for
     financing new stadiums for the Steelers and Pirates late
     this month or in early February.  The Urban Redevelopment
     Authority is already planning to acquire land for the new
     stadiums (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 1/5)....The Univ. of MD
     is close to completing negotiations with the MD Stadium
     Authority to play an October 31 home game next football
     season at the Ravens' new stadium.  The school would get
     approximately $800,000 before expenses (Baltimore SUN, 1/6).
     

          MN State Senator Roy Terwilliger said he expects to
     announce a new Twins stadium finance package next week which
     "would limit the stadium's cost to" $250M, include a
     community ownership component and rely on user fees,
     according to Weiner & Whereatt of the Minneapolis STAR
     TRIBUNE.  Weiner & Whereatt also report that MN's Attorney
     General's office has begun examining the legal means to keep
     the Twins in the state.  Lawyers in the office reportedly
     have been "contacting attorneys general in other states to
     brainstorm on possible actions to take against baseball's
     federal antitrust exemption" (STAR TRIBUNE, 1/6).