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PLAN B-ING FOR THE FUTURE: ROONEY WANTS TO GET STARTED

          With Thursday's approval of Plan B by Allegheny
     County's Regional Asset District Board, officials from the
     Steelers and the Carnegie Science Center plan to meet with
     city and county leaders "to resolve a dispute over exactly
     where" the new stadium will be built, according to Tom
     Barnes of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE.  Steelers President
     Art Rooney said that he "believed the matter could be
     resolved by the end of the year."  Rooney: "We would like to
     be in the new stadium in August 2001.  We've got to start
     immediately with the design phase."  While an architect
     hasn't been chosen, K.C.-based HOK is a "leading contender." 
     The Steelers are hoping that the state will provide its
     promised share of stadium funding "within six months."  The
     Rooneys have not said how they plan to raise the $76.5M they
     have pledged for the project, and Barnes wrote that PSLs
     "might be sold as one way of getting the money."  Rooney
     also said that he wants the stadium to be used for more than
     10 Steelers games a year, including concerts and possibly a
     pro soccer team (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 7/11).  

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