In Charlotte, David Scott writes to "look for" Speedway
Motorsports Inc. President Humpy Wheeler to announce today
that "some ticket prices" will be reduced in Lowe's Motor
Speedway's "lower-priced section." 1Wheeler: "We want to
give something back to those so-called 'blue-collar' folks.
We want to give them some incentive for coming back, to let
them know we appreciate them. ... We keep on being told
we're getting too elitist. And that's what we've got to get
away from" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/23).....In Baltimore, Jon
Morgan reports the MD Stadium Authority (MSA) has selected
Gilbane Building Co. as construction manager for the new
$107M arena at the Univ. of MD. MSA execs said the
selection of Gilbane "has nothing to do with the pending
move" of MSA Exec Dir Bruce Hoffman, who is scheduled to
resign April 13 to join Gilbane as a regional VP (Balt. SUN,
2/23)....AL State Rep. John Rogers said that a domed stadium
for Birmingham is "practically a done deal thanks to private
investors." Rogers: "I anticipate we'll begin breaking
ground in a year or two." Rogers added that the plan "will
not depend on tax dollars" (BIRMINGHAM NEWS, 2/22).
