COME BUY THE FRIENDLY SKYDOME -- BUT BRING AN EXTRA C$2M

          SkyDome President Patrick McDougall said that the
     stadium "may ask a successful bidder for the financially
     strapped" facility to provide C$2M in assistance, money it
     needs to "stay open until the end of February," according to
     Tony Van Alphen of the TORONTO STAR.  McDougall: "The
     winning bidder may be asked to carry us for the period, but
     we haven't determined if that will be the final decision." 
     The bidding process for SkyDome "should be complete" by the
     end of January.  SkyDome, which currently has a standing
     offer of C$100M from Sportsco for the stadium, is currently
     operating under court protection from creditors and will ask
     Friday for that protection to be extended until February 28
     to auction off the stadium (TORONTO STAR, 12/16).  More
     McDougall: "If we had no other interest, I'm sure we'd go
     further down the road with these (Sportsco) people, but we
     have other expressed interest" (TORONTO SUN, 12/16).