UNIVERSAL APPEAL? MAGIC EXECS MEET WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

          Magic execs "met recently" with Universal Studios
     officials, according to Larry Guest of the ORLANDO SENTINEL,
     who wrote that the discussions could be about "nothing at
     all -- as Universal intones -- to anything from a simple
     joint promotion to a transfer of all or a portion of
     ownership ... [or] even a future arena on Universal Studios
     property."  Magic President Bob Vander Weide, who called the
     meeting "very exploratory": "We don't have any plans to
     sell, but at some point we might be interested in partnering
     in some way with an entertainment company."  Universal
     Studios President Tom Williams, on the meeting: "It was very
     preliminary and there's nothing in the fire.  To my
     knowledge it had nothing to do with joint ownership."  Guest
     noted that a CA-based real estate exec "in the Universal
     hierarchy" was involved in the talks and that he suspects a
     future arena was being "explored" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 8/26).