FACILITY NOTES

          Two dozen fans attended an "initial meeting" with
     Padres officials to discuss "the public's vision for a
     proposed ballpark."  The team "hand-selected" 24 people and
     will continue to hold the informational meetings each month
     (S.D. UNION-TRIBUNE, 3/11)....In Boston, Tina Cassidy writes
     that legislation for a new Patriots stadium "appears to be
     in limbo."  MA House Speaker Thomas Finneran's "inaction" is
     being viewed as a "not-so-subtle message that the law will
     be written his way -- that is, without the land purchase and
     perhaps with a greater team payback to the state" (BOSTON
     GLOBE, 3/12)....Ericsson Stadium and Volume Services have
     ended their relationship.  Volume has had the Ericsson
     account since '94.  A spokesperson for the facility said it
     has not signed any company to handle concession sales or
     long-term catering (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/12).