FACILITY NOTES

          KC-based sports architecture firms HOK, Ellerbe Becket
     and HNTB were featured in an extensive piece in Sunday's
     K.C. STAR (10/26)....A front-page story by Lance Williams in
     Sunday's S.F. EXAMINER examined last June's 49ers stadium
     vote: "[F]our months after the voting, the election remains
     a concern to many citizens, and aspects of the stadium vote
     are still under investigation." Stadium opponents claimed
     they had seen 49ers campaign workers wearing team logoed
     clothing "near or inside polling places," and argued that
     the presence of the 49ers supporters "intimidated some
     voters ... enough, perhaps to sway a close election."  S.F.
     Mayor Willie Brown has "vouched for the integrity" of the
     vote (S.F. EXAMINER, 10/26)....George Will, who serves on
     the Padres Board of Dir, wrote a letter to the editor of the
     San Diego Union-Tribune supporting a publicly funded
     ballpark for the team (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 10/25)