FACILITY NOTES

          A deteriorated expansion joint was found in Three
     Rivers Stadium Tuesday, but the Giants-Pirates game was
     played anyway and ballpark officials stressed it "was not a
     Yankee Stadium situation."  Stadium GM Jimmy Sacco: "There
     is no jeopardy to fans."  As a precaution, a section of
     seats were closed last night, and will be closed throughout
     the week (USA TODAY, 4/22)....Officials from St. Paul and
     the NHL Wild approved preliminary plans for the new hockey
     arena.  The 650,000-square-foot building will feature four-
     tier seating for 18,600.  The concourse will be 25- or 26-
     feet wide "at its narrowest" (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 4/22).