COLTS IRSAY WANTS ALL CONSTRUCTION DONE IN ONE SHOT DEAL

          Colts Owner Jim Irsay said the Colts want to accelerate
     the construction of the 3,100 new club seats and arm-chair
     seating at the RCA Dome by a year, hoping to institute all
     new seating elements in time for the '99 season, according
     to Sean Horgan of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS.  The original
     schedule in the amended lease calls for the Capital
     Improvement Board (CIB) to spend up to $20M to remodel the
     existing luxury suites, move the press box higher and
     construct four super suites in its place by July 1, 1999,
     and to build 3,100 club seats and replace upper-deck bench
     seating with arm-chair seats before August 1, 2000.  But
     Irsay said, "It's more logical to do it all at once."  CIB
     Chair Pat Early said the board "is amendable to moving up
     the construction schedule."  Horgan added that the
     accelerated schedule would allow both the CIB and the Colts
     "to enjoy the fruits of all additional revenue streams
     contained in the amended lease" (STAR-NEWS, 3/14).