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          MORE MSG GOOD FOR YOU? In N.Y., Charles Bagli writes on
     Cablevision's plans to "demolish" MSG and build a new arena
     and notes that Cablevision President James Dolan did not say
     what subsidies might be involved in the project.  Dolan, on
     public financing: "It's possible we'll be able to do it
     without any help at all" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/21).
          NOTES: The Seahawks' First & Goal group will hire a
     consultant to recruit corporations interested in a naming
     rights deal to the team's new stadium.  Seahawks President
     Bob Whitsitt, on finding the right regional partner: "If
     it's going to be something like Preparation H Arena, we'd
     rather pass" (SEATTLE TIMES, 3/20)....A record 130,888
     people attended 12 events held at the First Union Spectrum
     and First Union Center last weekend.  The complexes hosted
     two 76ers games, two Flyers games, an AHL Phantoms game and
     seven Sesame Street Live shows (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS,
     3/20)....Boston Mayor Tom Menino said that the city "may
     help" the Red Sox' push for a new Fenway Park by "acquiring
     and assembling the proposed 14-acre ballpark site."  Menino:
     "We can help (with land acquisition) if the city has the
     ability to recoup the revenues we spend on it" (BOSTON
     GLOBE, 3/21)....In N.Y., Harvey Araton writes that
     relocating the Nets and Devils to an arena in Newark "makes
     sense" because if the state uses taxpayer money, "it ought
     to be for a facility that is serviceable for as many
     taxpayers as possible."  Araton: "The suburbanites in North
     Jersey have, for two decades, had their antiseptic drive-in. 
     Win or lose, it has never been the place to go" (N.Y. TIMES,
     3/21)....In Houston, Jonathan Feigen writes that Rockets
     players were impressed with Conseco Fieldhouse after the
     team's first visit their Sunday.  Rockets G Shandon
     Anderson, on the arena: "It makes you play better.  I've
     never had a gym that makes you want to play like that"
     (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 3/20)....NBA Commissioner David Stern
     visited AmericanAirlines Arena for the first time last night
     for the Lakers-Heat game and called the facility "quite
     extraordinary.  I think in its vision, from the dock to the
     hotel plans and the shopping venues, you can see the fan
     experience is at the core of it" (MIAMI HERALD, 3/21). 
     FSN's Keith Olbermann said one suggestion to cut down on the
     number of visible empty seats that are prevalent during Heat
     game highlights "might be to paint those visible seats
     another color, almost any other color besides than that
     taxi-cab, tweety-bird, day-glo, brighter-than-the-sun yellow
     they have now" ("Fox Sports News," 3/20).  

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