CARDINALS PLEDGE $50M FOR STADIUM, BUT IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH

          The NFL Cardinals "plan to kick in at least" $50M
     toward building the proposed $1B East Valley convention and
     sports complex that would serve as their new home, according
     to Petrie & Gonderinger of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC.  The team's
     contribution, confirmed yesterday by Mesa officials, would
     be part of the $650M needed to build the domed stadium part
     of the project.  Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown said that the offer
     "may not be enough to make palatable to Mesa and Tempe
     taxpayers, who would be asked to approve a quarter-cent
     sales tax increase in November to help pay for the complex." 
     Attached to the stadium would be a 500,000-square-foot
     convention center large enough to handle national political
     conventions, two 18-hole golf courses, 2 million square feet
     of office space, a 1,200-room hotel, luxury condominiums and
     single family homes (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 6/17).