REDS' ALLEN RELEASES ESTIMATED COST OF NEW STADIUM

          Reds Managing Partner John Allen said "he expects a new
     ballpark for the team to cost roughly $230 million,"
     according to Lucy May in the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.  This is
     "the first time the Reds have provided an estimate for their
     vision of a new ballpark, and it's $50 million more than the
     latest stadium estimate Hamilton County [OH] officials have
     made public."  The Reds' estimate would bring the total cost
     of the stadium development projects, including the Bengals
     facility, to "more than" $700M, "well over" the $544M "price
     tag touted during the campaign to pass a half-cent sales tax
     increase to fund stadium construction."  Allen added that
     the $230M figure "does not include any necessary land
     acquisition, design fees or demolition," but is only the
     cost of "building the ballpark itself and parking."  County
     Commissioner Tom Neyer said it was "premature ... to be
     tossing numbers around" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 6/11).