FACILITY NOTES

          In Houston, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
     voted Thursday "to acquire two valuable blocks around the
     Ballpark at Union Station" so one can be turned into a park
     and the other into a Metropolitan Transit authority bus
     center. But the HOUSTON CHRONICLE's John Williams reports
     that there is still "a question of jurisdiction" regarding
     whether the Sports Authority can take land for projects
     "without voter approval" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 11/20)....In
     Milwaukee, the Stadium Board yesterday approved the city's
     latest plan for paying its $18M Miller Park infrastructure
     bill, "clearing the last known financial hurdle facing the
     ballpark project."  Construction on Miller Park, which began
     in October '96 and is scheduled to be finished in April
     2000, is more than 40% complete (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 11/20).