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BALTIMORE SUN PUTS FINAL BILL FOR CAMDEN COMPLEX OVER $500M

          The final figures are not complete, but "it appears the
     Ravens' stadium will end up costing" $223M, putting the cost
     of Baltimore's two-stadium complex at more than $500M,
     according to Jon Morgan of the Baltimore SUN.  The football
     price tag is "slightly above projections from even last
     year," but it does include some items paid for by the team
     and other organizations.  It does not include the "nearly"
     $6M light rail station or the costs of the land underneath
     the building.  With those costs included, including half the
     Camden Yards land, the football project will cost about
     $279M, with interest on the bonds used to finance the
     project to total about $100M over the next 30 years.  MD
     Stadium Authority Exec Dir Bruce Hoffman said construction
     costs will "probably stay at" $223M.  Morgan reports that
     when the deal was signed to bring the Browns to Baltimore in
     '95, the state agreed to spend $200M on a stadium.  Now, if
     the football estimate holds up, the total Camden Yards
     project will end cost a total of $502.5M, "more than twice
     the estimates" made when lawmakers passed the funding
     measure in '86, "although the football stadium was built
     years later than anticipated after inflation had driven up
     all costs."  Construction of Oriole Park cost $106.5M, with
     the team contributing $9M to the ballpark (SUN, 8/12).
          GREEN THUMB: The Ravens have installed the SportGrass
     Athletic Surfacing in their new stadium, which was grown at
     the Greg Norman Turf Farms in Avon Park, FL (SportGrass).
     

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