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WHO LET THE SEA DOGS OUT? NOT FORMER TV EXEC DANIEL BURKE

          Former Capital Cities CEO Daniel Burke's investment in
     the Double A Portland Sea Dogs is profiled by Dyan Machan of
     FORBES.  Burke paid $3.5M for the right to establish the
     team when the Eastern League expanded in '94, and this past
     season, the Sea Dogs sold 377,000 tickets and sold out their
     6,800-seat ballpark "for half the home games."  The team
     grosses "nearly" $4M per year from gate, concessions,
     signage, souvenirs and a "small amount" from TV and radio. 
     Should Burke decide to sell, "there is the prospect" for
     more of a capital gain, as the Eastern League Rock Cats sold
     last year for $6.5M (FORBES, 10/30 issue). 

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