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WILL NBA, NHL ROLL THE DICE WITH FRANCHISES IN LAS VEGAS?

          Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman will meet with NHL
     Commissioner Gary Bettman and NBA Commissioner David Stern
     today in N.Y., according to Steve Carp of the LAS VEGAS SUN,
     who wrote that Goodman "has acknowledged these meetings as
     key to the future of the proposed downtown arena project." 
     Goodman: "There are two questions -- one, whether the
     leagues have a problem with an arena being built here and
     two, the leagues' position on gambling.  I don't know if
     they have a major problem with the sports books.  From my
     perspective, gambling shouldn't be a stumbling block.  Las
     Vegas is unblemished as far as gambling is concerned.  It's
     a regulated and controlled industry."  Goodman said that he
     "has been impressed" with Padres Owner John Moores, who will
     accompany him to N.Y. In "preparation for these meetings"
     Goodman "picked the brain" of Mirage Resorts Chair Steve
     Wynn and Lakers VP Jerry West (LAS VEGAS SUN, 9/27).  
          TAKING A GAMBLE: In Toronto, Rosie DiManno, on Las
     Vegas' quest: "It's unlikely the rigidly anti-gambling,
     anti-lottery Stern would ever allow the NBA to soil itself
     by planting a team in Vegas.  But Bettman is not quite so
     sanctimonious.  And frankly, the NHL has to try harder to
     capture the imagination of an American populace distracted
     by dizzying sports options" (TORONTO STAR, 9/27). USA
     TODAY's Michael Hiestand writes that the NBA "has a long
     history of opposing the spread" of sports gambling.  Stern:
     "We believe most of our fans are basketball fans, not fans
     of point spreads.  Having fans go home unhappy because their
     team hasn't covered the spread is not the business we're
     in."  Meanwhile, NHL Senior VP/Legal Affairs Bill Daly said
     his league "has no plans to expand or teams wanting to
     relocate."  Daly: "There's obviously nothing we can offer
     [Las Vegas] one way or the other" (USA TODAY, 9/28).

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