FLOORING NEWS! PALACE SELLING AD SPACE ON CONCOURSE FLOOR

          Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) is installing a
     $2M "terrazzo floor" in the main concourse of The Palace of
     Auburn Hills in an effort to "generate revenues," according
     to Becky Yerak of the DETROIT NEWS.  For $20,000 per year
     over five years, companies "can get their name inlaid" into
     one of 26 walkways "connecting the concourse to the arena
     bowl."  Only three "spots are spoken for" since the bidding
     began three weeks ago.  MI-based MPD Welding was "among the
     first to sign up," and the ad represents its "first and
     only" one in the arena.  PS&E President Tom Wilson: "You're
     buying a piece of The Palace" (DETROIT NEWS, 1/19).