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REDSKINS SET TO BUY US AIRWAYS ARENA? SNYDER WON'T SAY

          The Redskins "are negotiating to purchase" US Airways
     Arena and its surrounding land and "would consider" moving
     Redskin Park, the team's practice facility, there "if the
     deal is completed," according to Mark Maske of the
     WASHINGTON POST.  Sources say the deal "could be worth as
     much as" $50M and "would solve several problems" for
     Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder because it would enable the
     team to own additional parking spots near FedEx Field, and
     "perhaps would provide" Snyder with a facility in which his
     AFL team "eventually" could play.  Through a spokesperson,
     Snyder "declined comment" (WASHINGTON POST, 1/20).
          CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN: In DC, Paul Schwartzman reports
     that the Redskins are "teaming up with corporate groups" to
     launch a charitable campaign to donate $1M "or more" a year
     to community groups in the metropolitan area.  The
     organization, called the Washington Redskins Leadership
     Council, was set up to "oversee the contributions." 
     Redskins President Stephen Baldacci said that FedEx,
     Dominion Resources and Arthur Andersen are among the
     corporations that will sit on the council.  The council has
     raised $560,000 and is "hoping to draw an additional"
     $800,000 this year (WASHINGTON POST, 1/20).

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