GIULIANI PUSHES FOR CABLEVISION TO OPERATE SPORTS COMPLEX

          N.Y. Mayor Rudy Giuliani "upped the ante" in his West
     Side "sports corridor" plan Thursday by saying that a
     private company such as Cablevision "should run the whole
     thing," according to Robert Hardt of the N.Y. POST. 
     Giuliani has proposed building a new domed stadium and a new
     MSG across from the state-owned Javits Convention Center on
     Manhattan's West Side.  Giuliani said he "liked the idea of
     linking Madison Square Garden to a new indoor larger arena
     that could also be considered as possibly being privatized
     for management by [Cablevision-owned] Madison Square
     Garden."  Giuliani noted that Cablevision's response to the
     plan was "very, very favorable," while Cablevision Chair
     Charles Dolan said in a statement, "Everything we have
     worked on together with the city has been positive"  (N.Y.
     POST, 1/22).  In N.Y., Frank Lombardi reports that NY Gov.
     George Pataki "was caught by surprise" by Giuliani's stadium
     plan last week (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 1/22).