BUSINESS WEEK's Lorraine Woellert profiles MD business
exec and prospective Redskins bidder Daniel Snyder. Cowboys
Owner Jerry Jones: "Snyder would be an outstanding owner"
(BUSINESS WEEK, 4/26 issue)....The Jaguars have "mailed
thousands of postcards to fans who have attended at least
one game" in an effort to sell "about" 5,000 available
season tickets. Jags CFO Bill Prescott: "It is the most
economical way to reach out and touch fans" (FLORIDA TIMES -
UNION, 4/17)....In Detroit, Perry Farrell writes that Pacers
coach Larry Bird will "move into the front office next
season" as Exec VP, with Rick Carlisle "taking over as coach
... a move that hasn't set well with the players, who don't
respect Carlisle" (DETROIT FREE-PRESS, 4/20)....The IHL K.C.
Blades "Toothless Night" promotion last Saturday drew 9,325,
with 269 fans getting in free for missing a tooth, and 48
qualifying for half-price tickets with a chipped tooth (CP,
4/20)....In Philadelphia, Christopher Hepp writes on the
success of the AHL Phantoms. Phantoms COO Frank Micelli
says "putting a great product on the ice and keeping your
tickets affordable is two-thirds of it. The rest is
creativity." To which Hepp adds, "The Phantoms ... do it as
well as anyone" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 4/20).
