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FACILITY NOTES
Published June 5, 1998
In Toronto, Nicolaas van Rijn reports that the Air
Canada Centre is 60% "complete and on schedule -- eight
months away from completion and its February, 1999, opening"
(TORONTO STAR, 6/5)....Over 5,000 people attended the
ceremony yesterday which renamed Granada Hills [CA] high
school's football stadium after alumnus John Elway (DENVER
POST, 6/5)....Philadelphia Attorney William Schwartz has
filed a class-action lawsuit against Ogden Entertainment,
concessionaire at the Vet, accusing them of "consumer fraud"
(PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 6/5)....In Dallas, Holly Cain
reports that the TX Motor Speedway is getting "rave reviews"
for its revamped oval track after yesterday's practice/
qualifying session for this weekend's IRL-NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series doubleheader (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 6/5).




