WARRIORS LAND 2000 ALL-STAR GAME ON STERN'S BAY-WATCH

          NBA Commissioner David Stern was in Oakland to award
     the 50th NBA All-Star Game to the Warriors to be played in
     February of 2000, according to David Steele of the S.F.
     CHRONICLE.  Stern: "I think that this, together with the
     draft, demonstrated that this is a franchise that's starting
     to move in the right direction after having a difficult
     time."  At Tuesday's draft, Antawn Jamison became the latest
     member of the Warriors.  The game will be played at Oakland
     Arena, which opened last November after a $140M renovation. 
     Stern said that venues for the weekend's ancillary events
     "are still to be determined," and while most will be held in
     Oakland, "a few might be held in San Francisco."  Steele
     reports that Boston, Portland, Washington and Seattle were
     all "in the running" for the 2000 game (S.F. CHRONICLE,
     6/26).  Rick Burton, Dir of the Warsaw Sports Marketing
     Program at the Univ. of OR, estimated the All-Star Weekend
     could pump $150-250M into the Bay Area economy, based on his
     research of other events (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 6/25).