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ULTERIOR MOTIVES? WATSON SUGGESTS HOCKEY ARENA AT ASTRODOME

          IHL Aeros Owner Chuck Watson "is trying to strike a
     deal" for a hockey arena inside the Astrodome, while he
     "campaigns against a proposed downtown arena" for the
     Rockets, according to John Williams in a front-page feature
     in the HOUSTON CHRONICLE.  Watson has proposed that Harris
     County and "private interests" put an arena "inside the
     Astrodome shell after the rodeo vacates it for a new stadium
     next door."  The arena "would be part of a development"
     Watson presented Tuesday to county officials, including
     museums, a sports hall of fame, a movie theater and a hotel. 
     Watson would provide a $1M developer's fee "to coordinate
     the county, himself and other private interests."  The
     proposal "doesn't discuss financing."  Watson's actions were
     "immediately criticized as an attempt to dissuade voters
     from voting" for the downtown arena on November 2.  Harris
     County Commissioner El Franco Lee: "I'm suspect of this. 
     This comes at a precarious time."  Watson "has complained"
     that a new downtown arena "will kill his chances of getting"
     an NHL franchise because Rockets Owner Les Alexander "would
     control the revenues" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/20).

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