FACILITY NOTES

          In Orlando, Dan Tracy wrote that the Magic are "vastly
     improving" their chances of securing a new arena by "winning
     over" free agents Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady.  Tracy: "The
     positive buzz the Magic have created in greater Orlando has
     turned apathy on the part of civic leaders into enthusiasm
     for the team" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/16).  RDV Sports Chair
     Rich DeVos is in talks with potential partners selling a
     minority interest in the Magic as part of a larger deal to
     fund construction of a new arena.  The minority partner
     would "control the arena" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 7/17).
          MORE NOTES: In Minneapolis, Dan Barreiro noted the
     Vikings' plan to play an exhibition game in San Antonio and
     wrote that Vikings Owner Red McCombs is "getting tough" on
     the issue of a new stadium.  Barreiro: "The tone has
     changed.  There is an edge now, sharp as a razor blade.  We
     are about to embark upon a new, more volatile phase." 
     McCombs: "I have people hive-five me and Purple Pride me,
     and then they say, 'Don't move the Vikings.'  I say, 'Wait a
     minute.  I'm not going to move the Vikings.  You're going to
     move the Vikings'" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 7/15)....Jets
     Owner Woody Johnson, on the team's new stadium efforts:
     "We're looking at our options for the Jets not to play in
     somebody else's stadium, to have a homefield advantage. ...
     We're open (to playing in Jersey)" (N.Y. POST, 7/15).