Facility Notes

Steelers, League File To Dismiss Warnock’s Anti-trust Suit

LACK OF TRUST: In Pittsburgh, Robert Baird reports the Steelers and the NFL on Friday filed a motion in U.S. District Court to dismiss Robert Warnock's $200M antitrust suit, contending that Warnock "has no standing to challenge the public funding of new stadiums ... because he can't show damage to his business or property." Warnock's lawsuit claims the Steelers and other NFL franchises "have used the league's monopoly power to coerce the public to build stadiums and practically give them to the teams" (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 6/2). Warnock is also asking the court to void the Steelers' Heinz Field lease (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 5/30).

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Buccaneers Exec VP Ed Glazer appeared on "NFL Total Access" last night with a model of the team's planned $30M, 150,000-square-foot practice facility. Glazer said it would be the "largest of any [practice] facility," adding it will be started this fall and should be completed for the '06 season. The facility includes three football fields and a 10,000-square-foot weight room, and is located adjacent to Raymond James Stadium. Glazer: "Our facility right now has seen its day. ... We don't have a name yet. It's something we're working on" ("NFL Total Access," NFL Network, 6/1).

HOOKED: In San Antonio, Greg Jefferson reported the PGA of America "pulled out" of a planned 2,600-acre PGA Village development in North Bexar County (TX) that "has been at the heart of a three-year public battle over water quality and economic development" (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 5/29).