FACILITY NOTES

          Despite a $20M "shortfall," Raleigh's Centennial
     Authority isn't "considering scaling down plans" for the
     arena, and "still plan[s] to open by September 1999" (NEWS &
     OBSERVER, 7/11).  In Raleigh, Todd Taylor wrote that the
     Hurricanes have "already sold" most of the 70 luxury suites
     in their new Raleigh arena, and if the arena isn't ready by
     September '99, a season split between Raleigh and Greensboro
     "would be a marketing nightmare."  The team "wants to avoid
     having to market split-season tickets featuring games in two
     cities" (NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/12)....In Toronto, Craig Daniels
     wrote that construction of the Air Canada Centre, scheduled
     to open in February '99, "has sped along" and the arena may
     be ready to open on December 8 (TORONTO SUN, 7/12).