While the debate continues over whether the Flyers
should trade Eric Lindros, columnist Timothy Dwyer reports
that both Lindros' contract and the leases for many of the
CoreStates Center's luxury suites expire after next season.
Flyers Chair Ed Snider: "I don't care about marketing when it
comes to our season ticket holders and suite (owners). I
care about winning." The arena's 126 suites go for $75,000-
$150,000, and many of them are on a three-year lease. Dwyer
writes that about "a dozen" have not been leased, which
"means there is no waiting list -- except, perhaps, for a few
suites in prime locations." Dwyer: "But the fact that a
dozen boxes have yet to be leased two years into the life of
the building shows that the market is close to being tapped
out. ... So it is no surprise that Snider wants to sign
Lindros to a long-term deal." Most of Comcast-Spectacor's
income "is derived from three sources -- luxury boxes,
broadcasting and marketing. And Lindros is the force that
drives all three." But Snider said, "I don't operate that
way. We operate one way, and that is to do everything that
is humanly possible to win" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 5/8).
