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          The Browns will build an additional 35 luxury suites at
     the new Cleveland Stadium.  Lease prices for the original
     suites are $60,000-$125,000 per season, while the new ones
     will cost $35,000-$70,000 (Browns)....In DC, Eric Lipton
     writes that a $300M baseball stadium in downtown DC "could
     be paid for with money generated by the stadium itself."  DC
     Mayor Anthony Williams: "[Baseball] is part of the urban
     comeback around the country, and I don't think we should
     rebut that theory in the nation's capital" (WASHINGTON POST,
     2/19)....In Charleston, SC, Keith Namm reported that the
     5,100-seat home for the soccer A-League Battery will be
     called Blackbaud Stadium.  Blackbaud, a SC-based software
     development company, purchased the naming rights for five
     years at an undisclosed price (Charleston POST & COURIER,
     2/18)....In Toronto, the Air Canada Centre has dedicated 1%
     of the total number of seats for wheelchairs.  A total of
     165 spaces will be available for wheelchairs during Raptors
     games and 155 for Maple Leafs games (TORONTO STAR, 2/19). 
           

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