AFTER TICKET SNAFU, RAPTORS AIM TO PULL UP ROOTS FROM GARDEN

          The Raptors played the Lakers last night at Maple Leaf
     Gardens instead of the SkyDome, where the Blue Jays "have
     priority," and in Toronto, Bill Harris reports that "more
     than a thousand" Raptors fans left MLG "angry and
     disappointed last night, frustrated by ticket chaos." 
     Harris reports that "as many as 3,000 fans" waited in line
     for tickets and that "many of the people waiting with what
     they thought were legitimate tickets were told new tickets
     had been issued ... voiding the SkyDome version."  Raptors
     Dir of Ticketing Chris Overholt insisted there was a "plan"
     in place.  Overholt: "But we didn't anticipate the sheer
     numbers" (TORONTO SUN, 4/1).  The STAR's Doug Smith writes
     that team ticketing execs "were under siege" by "upset
     patrons," and "more than a few" fans left in "disgust before
     they got into the building" (TORONTO STAR, 4/1).