PACERS NEAR DEAL WITH AMERITECH FOR FIVE-YEAR SPONSORSHIP

          The Pacers and Chicago-based telecomm company Ameritech
     Inc. "are close to culminating a new five-year corporate
     sponsorship deal estimated to be worth about $2 million over
     the life of the deal," according to Sean Horgan of the
     INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS.  Ameritech Dir of External Affairs
     Brian Fitzgerald confirmed the negotiations for the deal
     that includes a broadcast package, signage rights,
     merchandising and a luxury suite.  He declined to disclose
     the financial details of the deal, but said it continues a
     pre-existing relationship with the Pacers.  Pacers Assistant
     GM David Kahn could not be reached for comment, but he has
     said the team hopes to strike deals with 75 corporate
     sponsors as it prepares to move into the Conseco Fieldhouse
     sometime in the fall of '99 (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 6/20).