PUT YOUR DUKES UP ... FOR SALE: BASEBALL CLUB TO MOVE TO OR

          Portland Family Entertainment (PFE) announced yesterday
     that it has completed a deal giving it the right to purchase
     the PCL Triple A Albuquerque Dukes from Owners Bob and Joan
     Lozinak.  The Dukes will remain in NM for the 2000 season. 
     After Minor League Baseball and the PCL have approved PFE's
     ownership application, PFE will file to relocate the
     franchise to Portland for the 2001 season (PFE).  In
     Albuquerque, Dennis Latta wrote that the Dukes, which
     Lozinak bought for "less than" $1M in '79, were sold for an
     estimated $10-12M (ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, 3/13).  In OR, Roger
     Anthony wrote that after the acquisition of the Dukes, PFE
     will be "in position to close a deal" with the city of
     Portland, in which the operation of Portland's 74-year-old
     Civic Stadium "would be turned over" to the partnership. 
     The city will retain ownership of the facility and "pay for
     all but" $4M of a $37M stadium remodeling project that will
     add 32 luxury suites (Portland OREGONIAN, 3/13).