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In Boston, Thomas Grillo reports Delaware North Cos. on July 16 will launch a "Golden Ticket" contest, offering a "pair of tickets to all events" at TD Garden for the '09-10 season to coincide with next week's renaming of the arena. Delaware North will give out 19,600 chocolate candy bars at the arena and at 24 TD Bank locations across Massachusetts, five of which contain the "Golden Ticket" under the wrapper. Each ticket grants a "behind-the-scenes tour of the Garden and a second round of unwrapping to reveal the grand prize winner." The runners-up will get $500 and a 10-pack of Bruins and Celtics tickets (BOSTON HERALD, 7/7).

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SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON: NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora reported new NFL stadiums may play a role in upcoming CBA talks because it might not be the “open-and-shut instance that everyone thinks it is: you get a new stadium, you make a ton of more money.” NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith and the union have “talked a little bit about the idea that there have been a lot of handouts for teams, getting free money, public money, municipal assistance to build stadiums.” La Canfora added there is a “sense among owners that we’ve dipped into our pockets pretty significantly at a lot of these places as well and we’re still servicing a million dollars in debt on some of these new buildings” (“NFL Total Access,” NFL Network, 7/7).

SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT: On Long Island, Eden Laikin reported the Hempstead, New York, Town Board on August 4 is "expected to hear concerns from local government officials" and other people involved with the Lighthouse Project, which would include an Islanders arena. Town officials said that consultants will "use input from the public hearing to make sure all issues are addressed in a final environmental impact statement" (NEWSDAY, 7/6).

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