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Mets Offering Fans Chance
To Buy Shea Stadium Seats |
On Long Island, David Freedlander reports Mets fans after this season "will be able to buy a pair of seats from Shea Stadium for $869." The city of N.Y. and the Mets yesterday announced that beginning August 25, "16,000 of Shea Stadium's seats will be put up for sale to the general public." Season-ticket holders "will be able to buy their seats before then." The sale from the seats "could gross more than $14[M]" (NEWSDAY, 8/6).
HOUSE HUNTING: In Dallas, Gabriel Cabarrouy reports with only eight months until the launch of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, Dallas and St. Louis "remain the only teams among the seven franchises without a home stadium." WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci said that she "hopes the Dallas stadium issue will be resolved by early September." If not, Dallas' inaugural season "could be postponed." The lack of a stadium has kept Dallas team owners "from selling season tickets, finding business sponsors or hiring front-office staff." Dallas co-Owner Brent Coralli said that the team "will be called the Sting," and he added that the team "inquired about playing at Pizza Hut Park, home of [MLS] FC Dallas, but determined it would be too expensive." Coralli said that the franchise "needs to find an affordable stadium with a FIFA-approved turf and capacity of about 10,000" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 8/6).
TIME TO CARPOOL: In DC, Eric Weiss reports Redskins fans "will no longer be able to take a shuttle bus from the Landover Metro station to FedEx Field." The team yesterday said that they were "unable to obtain a season-long waiver from the Federal Transit Administration." The team "used to charter shuttle buses from Metro, but new federal guidelines prohibit public transit agencies from providing charter bus service if private companies are available to provide the service" (WASHINGTON POST, 8/6).
NOTES: Infineon Raceway and the IndyCar Series have agreed to keep open-wheel racing at the track through 2011. Until now, the series has had year-to-year agreements with Infineon (S.F. CHRONICLE, 8/6)....Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center, formerly known as the Wang Center, is preparing to announce a partnership with MSG. The agreement would give the Center the "opportunity to tap into the pipeline of events" at MSG (BOSTON HERALD, 8/6).
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