STADIUM NOTES

          The TX Senate State Affairs Committee yesterday
     approved a bill by TX Sen. John Whitmire that would allow
     Houston and Harris County to impose new taxes for stadium
     and arena construction.  The bill now heads to the full
     Senate.  Whitmire said that after the Senate approves the
     bill, "it will take a back seat" to a similar bill by TX
     Rep. Kim Brimer.  Whitmire said that he will push his bill
     in the TX House only if Brimer's bill "bogs down" (HOUSTON
     CHRONICLE, 3/14)...."In Akron, columnist Bob Dyer on
     building a domed stadium for the Browns in Cleveland: "A
     dome would be dumb.  Simple as that.  Is anybody building
     domes these days?  No" (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 3/14)....The
     Alamodome will host the '97 Big 12 Conference championship
     football game, and Builders Square Alamo Bowl officials will
     organize the game locally (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 3/14).