FACILITY NOTES

          This week, "Inside Edition" will air a report which
     features hidden video cameras in Yankee Stadium and Shea
     Stadium videotaping "teenagers and 20-year-olds buying beer"
     (N.Y. POST, 9/29)....The Charlotte City Council has given
     the OK to members of the New Arena Committee to take a two-
     day trip in November to arenas in DC, Philadelphia and
     Cleveland, voting to spend up to $20,000 for the 15 members
     plus staff to travel on the Hornets' private jet (CHARLOTTE
     OBSERVER, 9/29)....In Toronto, Michael Grange took an
     extensive look at Montreal-based FieldTurf Inc., and its
     suit against Southwest Recreational Industries,
     manufacturers of Astroturf.  FieldTurf's revenues, around
     C$3M in '97, are expected to jump to C$9M this year and "are
     projected to triple" to C$27M by '99 (GLOBE & MAIL, 9/25).
     ....In AZ, Administrator for the Maricopa County Stadium
     District Roger Brendecke said that Bank One Ballpark has
     "operated probably as well as we ever could have hoped. ...
     This thing has gone smoother and had less problems than some
     single-family homes."  But according to Bill Muller of the
     ARIZONA REPUBLIC, the park had "its share of troubles.  The
     grass never quite took hold.  The air conditioning needed
     some tweaking" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 9/27).