SABRES SHARPEN THEIR BOTTOM LINE WITH STRONG PLAYOFF RUN

          The Sabres have sold all 80 of their luxury suites --
     ranging in price from about $60,000 to $115,000 -- for next
     season, "and they're planning to have a waiting list for the
     following season," according to Gene Warner of the BUFFALO
     NEWS.  The team also wants to capitalize on its playoff run
     this year by increasing its season-ticket base from about
     8,600 to 10,000 next year.  The team's seven home playoff
     games this year grossed more than $700,000 per game, and
     Sabres Majority Owner John Rigas said the playoff run
     "brought another" $4-5M "to the bottom line."  Warner called
     the Sabres' sold-out suites their "most surprising success"
     and a "marked contrast to the Bills' problems selling their
     new suites" (Gene Warner, BUFFALO NEWS, 6/7).