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FACILITY NOTES: TIGER STADIUM EMPLOYEE SWEPT FROM JOB

          In Detroit, Tom Gage reports that a popcorn vendor at
     Tiger Stadium has been dismissed for "unbecoming conduct"
     during the Tigers' victory over the Yankees on Sunday. 
     Sportservice Corp.'s Karen Libertore: "He took a broom from
     our commissary and was seen sweeping the (top of the)
     Yankees' dugout late in the game to signify the Tigers'
     series sweep.  We've had talks with representatives of the
     Tigers about it, but they weren't part of this.  They
     deferred to our judgment" (DETROIT NEWS, 4/20).
          NOTES: In AZ, the Avondale City Council voted 5-2 to
     form a stadium district with Scottsdale to "help finance" a
     proposed $624M hockey arena complex to be the new home for
     the Coyotes.  Arena developers and the Coyotes need a second
     city to "use a state tax break" to help pay for the complex. 
     A Scottsdale vote on the district is set for May 18 (AZ
     REPUBLIC, 4/20)....The new $125M Nashville superspeedway
     located in Wilson County, TN, won't be ready until 2001, a
     year later than expected (TENNESSEAN, 4/20)....The
     Jacksonville Sports & Entertainment Board will hold a public
     meeting to examine replacing the "existing Coliseum with a
     larger arena."  Board member Lawrence Jaffe said that the
     effort "is not based on efforts to attract" an NBA or NHL
     franchise, but rather to possibly attract NCAA basketball
     tournament games or arena football (TIMES-UNION, 4/17).


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