FACILITY NOTES

          In Atlanta, Glenn Hannigan wrote that Philips Arena
     features "massive steel columns ... that spell out" Atlanta,
     "sort-of."  Miami-based architectural firm ARQ, which
     designed the arena, "left a little room for interpretation,"
     as they elected not to use "crossbars" on the sign, making
     the "As" look like "upside-down Vs."  ARQ architect Bernardo
     Fort: "The word Atlanta is more readable if you squint your
     eyes.  We wanted to keep some of the mystery in it" (ATLANTA
     CONSTITUTION, 7/8)....Denver-area taxpayers "will learn
     today if the price tag on the new Broncos stadium will climb
     beyond" $360M, as the stadium board is scheduled to meet
     this morning to "set the cost for the new stadium, being
     built for the 2001 season."  Board members and the Broncos
     have "promised the team would pay for any extras" (ROCKY
     MOUNTAIN NEWS, 7/9)....Bills officials will tour the
     Rochester Institute of Technology and the Univ. of Rochester
     "as possible new training camp sites within the next few
     weeks."  The city's St. John Fisher College "remains the
     leading candidate" (DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 7/9)....The Lennox
     Lewis-Evander Holyfield fight will "still be in Las Vegas in
     the first two weeks of November."  Whether the fight will be
     November 6 at Mandalay Bay or November 13 at the Thomas &
     Mack Center "is still to be determined" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-
     JOURNAL, 7/9)....Kansas Speedway Corp. President Grant Lynch
     said that "because of demand of hospitality suites" at the
     facility, "consideration is being given to increasing the
     number of suites that will be available" in its
     construction.  Long-term lease agreements have been secured
     for all of the original 32 suites (K.C. STAR, 7/9).