FACILITY NOTES

          In FL, Noah Bierman writes that the Marlins are putting
     off legislative action on their ballpark proposal for at
     least a year.  The team is now "asking for a study panel
     that would look for" the $320M in financing team Owner John
     Henry says he needs for the ballpark (P.B. POST, 4/19)....In
     Detroit, Joe Falls notes that only 21,632 tickets were sold
     for the Red Sox-Tigers game at Comerica Park last night,
     meaning "there were 18,000 or less in the place, or more
     empty seats than filled seats.  Who thought such a thing
     would happen in the first home stand of the new stadium?" 
     The Tigers' record during the homestand fell to 3-4 after
     last night's loss (DETROIT NEWS, 4/19)....Deloitte & Touche
     estimated that a domed stadium in Birmingham, AL, "would
     generate" $100M in annual economic benefits for the city and
     around 3,000 jobs within five years (WALL ST JOURNAL, 4/19).