FACILITY NOTES

          In Seattle, Tom Paulson writes that food safety
     inspectors at Safeco Field during a Mariners' game last week
     found three "red critical" violations at three of the
     ballpark's 55 concession stands and 38 kiosks, a "marked
     improvement" from when the facility opened last season. 
     Food services at Safeco Field are managed by Volume Services
     America (SEATTLE P-I, 4/12)....In N.Y., Wilner & Edozien
     cite sources as saying that talks between City Hall and the
     Yankees and Mets over public funding for the $1B price for
     two new ballparks "have just about ground to a halt."  The
     talks have "bogged down" because Mayor Rudy Giuliani's
     administration "has taken a hard ball stance, refusing, in
     the middle of his Senate campaign, to fully open up the
     flush city coffers to help pay for the stadiums" (N.Y. POST,
     4/12)....In Philadelphia, Mayor John Street's stadium study
     committee will release a report today recommending a
     baseball-only ballpark for the Phillies be built in Center
     City (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 4/12).
          INSIDE LOOK: On NESN's "Front Row," Tom Caron examined
     a potential new Fenway Park.  Red Sox President Jim Healey:
     "We make a lot less money out of Fenway Park than other
     clubs do out of their ballparks, and the whole reason for
     doing this is one of being competitive, we need to stay
     competitive."  Red Sox GM Dan Duquette: "The longer you wait
     to build a new stadium, the further you fall behind in the
     revenue game in relation to the other clubs" (NESN, 4/11).