The Cincinnati City Council approved a deal with
     Hamilton County, OH, on Sunday on a Bengals stadium, "about
     75 minutes after county commissioners passed the agreement,"
     according to Goldberg, Hobson & May of the CINCINNATI
     ENQUIRER.  The deal requires the city to transfer 12.5 acres
     of city-controlled land the county needs for stadium
     construction (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 2/1).  Lucy May reported
     that county and team officials are still working to set a
     "guaranteed maximum price" for the facility.  In the
     meantime, demolition of the site will continue in stages,
     with a large portion cleared by March (ENQUIRER, 1/31). 

          Union workers at Ottawa's Corel Centre are threatening
     to "shut the place down" if their demands for wage increases
     are not met.  The Senators play at home tonight and again on
     Thursday (OTTAWA SUN, 2/2)....S.F. Mayor Willie Brown said
     that the 49ers stadium-mall complex will "continue to
     proceed as if nothing's changed."  Brown: "The voters
     authorized us to do a deal for a stadium and mall and I plan
     to follow through with that."  In S.F., Gregory Lewis
     reported that "a 550-acre chunk of Brisbane, quietly eyed a
     year ago for a new 49ers stadium, is getting a second look
     as an alternative" (Gregory Lewis, S.F. EXAMINER, 2/1).

          Following the release of the Padres Task Force on
     Ballpark Planning's report recommending the Centre City East
     downtown site for a new Padres ballpark, Owner John Moores
     said he is ending negotiations in Chula Vista and "wedding
     the club's fate to Centre City East," according to Bloom &
     Monteagudo of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE.  The task force
     also recommended the creation of a "ballpark district," a
     concept Moores "endorsed," estimated to cost "between" $200-
     $250M.  The S.D. City Council "is expected to take the task
     force recommendations, plus the results of negotiations
     between the city and the Padres, and craft an initiative for
     the ballot, "probably for November" (UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/30).
          REAX: Regarding the Centre City East site, UNION-
     TRIBUNE columnist Nick Canepa wrote, "Vote for it and build
     it," while an editorial said that the site recommendation
     "has considerable appeal" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 1/30).