GO EAST: STEELERS CHOOSE DOWNTOWN STADIUM SITE

          After several months of study, the Steelers "have
     chosen" a site for their new 65,000-seat stadium that
     includes the parking lots next to Three Rivers Stadium,
     according to Tom Barnes of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE. 
     Steelers VP & General Counsel Art Rooney II said that the
     city's east-side site beat out a west-side site because it
     had "slightly more room."  Rooney: "The east site is a
     little larger, with better orientation toward the river and
     more room around the stadium."  He added that "another
     advantage" of the east site is that no property owned by a
     local science center has to be purchased, meaning "less
     disruption to its operation."  Therefore, the team must only
     acquire and demolish one warehouse on the site before it
     begins construction on the stadium, currently scheduled to
     begin in June '99 and completed by August 2001.  HOK will
     begin designing the stadium (POST-GAZETTE, 10/15).