WILL CIVIC STADIUM SOON HOST AN MLS TEAM? PFE GETS SUPPORT

          A six-member Portland City Committee overseeing the
     renovation of Civic Stadium said that it would "try to work"
     with Portland Family Entertainment (PFE), a group led by
     former Blazers President Marshall Glickman, to renovate the
     facility, according to Ken Wheeler of the Portland
     OREGONIAN.  PFE, which is looking to bring an MLS team to
     Portland, topped an offer by the CS Group, which had hopes
     of luring an MLB team to the city.  However, the committee's
     written report stated that neither proposal offered "a
     sufficient level of private investment to justify
     transferring the operation of Civic Stadium to a private
     group."  The committee's recommendation now goes to Portland
     Mayor Vera Katz and Metropolitan-Exposition Recreation
     Commission Chair Gary Conkling (Portland OREGONIAN, 12/11).