In Orlando, Dan Tracy writes that the city earned a
record $1.1M on its lease with the Magic at the city-owned
TD Waterhouse Centre this past season. TD Waterhouse Centre
President Bill Becker: "We had a fun team and everybody had
a good time. We're very happy." The Magic's rent at the
arena doubled from $7,000 per game to $15,000 per game
(ORLANDO SENTINEL, 5/11)....In Boston, community activists
and opponents of a new Fenway Park for the Red Sox "slammed"
the team and city and state officials for holding a "secret"
meeting earlier this week. MA Public Interest Research
Group Legislative Dir Rob Sargent: "The Sox owners and their
developer friends are basically manufacturing a consensus
that doesn't exist that this is the right way to go" (BOSTON
HERALD, 5/11)....In Dallas, Steve Davis wrote that the
Mavericks' sales and marketing staff "will abandon" their
Reunion Arena offices in June and move to a building across
from team Owner Mark Cuban's Broadcast.com offices (DALLAS
MORNING NEWS, 5/10)....In Green Bay, Thomas Content writes
that the Packers "will permit" fans to bring signs into
Lambeau Field Saturday when WI Gov. Tommy Thompson signs the
$295M stadium renovation bill (G.B. PRESS-GAZETTE, 5/11).
