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RHINOS CHARGE FORWARD WITH PUSH FOR NEW $44M STADIUM

          The A-League Rochester Rhinos soccer team made its
     "public sales pitch" yesterday for a new soccer stadium,
     detailing its "vision of combining private and public money"
     to finance the $44M facility, according to DiVeronica &
     Blackwell of the Rochester DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE.  Rhinos
     owners said that they are "willing to spend" $4M in cash,
     borrow $22M in bonds and "cover any losses themselves" from
     the operation of the 20,000-seat, "multipurpose" facility. 
     But they also want $2M from the city of Rochester, $6M from
     Monroe County, $10M from the state and a land donation for
     the site.  DiVeronica & Blackwell write the team owners
     "didn't answer several key questions" during Tuesday's
     presentation, including "who would own the stadium" and "who
     would operate it."  DiVeronica & Blackwell: "Receiving state
     funding might be tough to come by unless political leaders
     come together to support the project."  With a new facility,
     DiVeronica & Blackwell write there is "a good chance" the
     team "could move up" to MLS (DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 1/12). 
     In NY, Bob Matthews writes the Rhinos "made a terrific
     presentation. ... But it figures to be a tough sell for non-
     sports loving taxpayers."  Rhinos President Frank DuRoss:
     "With a new soccer stadium, we'd go to the top -- or near
     the top -- of [MLS'] expansion list.  They think we can be
     the ... Packers of that league" (DEM. & CHRONICLE, 1/12).

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