There was "heavy security presence" at Lowe's Motor
Speedway (LMS) for Monday's UAW-GM Quality 500, but "no bomb
threats were called in and no problems were reported,"
according to Joe Macenka of the AP. Security presence was
increased due to "recent bomb-related problems associated
with" Lowe's retail stores (AP, 10/11). About 25,000
attended Wednesday's pole qualifying event, down about
10,000 from '98. LMS President Humpy Wheeler: "We've had a
few people call and say they don't want to come, but it
hasn't been many" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 10/11).
MORE NOTES: In Dallas, Robert Ingrassia reported on
Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood Development and Tom Hicks'
Southwest Sports Realty seeking to "convert a dormant swath
of inner-city land" into a duplication of N.Y.'s Times
Square around the city's new sports arena. The group's plan
"does not entirely mesh with Dallas zoning laws" (DALLAS
MORNING NEWS, 10/10)....NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue,
after touring the renovated Ralph Wilson Stadium: "The thing
that's impressive to me is ... how the stadium looks like
one unified piece of architecture. But the fan services are
the biggest thing, the size of the club areas and
convenience of everything" (DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 10/11).
