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FLORIDA CITIES TEAMING UP FOR BID ON 2012 SUMMER GAMES

          Orlando will announce today that it is joining with
     Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg in a bid for the 2012 Summer
     Olympic Games, according to Spear & Lancaster of the ORLANDO
     SENTINEL.  A plan "now under discussion" would have the
     Tampa Bay area hosting the opening and closing ceremonies
     and "many of the events," while Orlando would host soccer
     and basketball games in the Florida Citrus Bowl and Orlando
     Arena, respectively.  Orlando's support "marks a turnaround"
     from the city's earlier stance, and Mayor Glenda Hood said
     she agreed only after getting assurances that Orlando will
     not have to help pay for the Games (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/17).
          ARLINGTON BID AILING? Some Arlington (TX) city council
     members said yesterday that they "are worried about the
     progress" of the city's effort to mount a regional bid for
     the 2012 Games.  The council members said that they are
     "frustrated" that the bid committee is "small and has no
     athletes as members, that no funds have been raised and that
     Dallas -- considered a crucial part of the bid -- still has
     not joined the effort."  Grady Hicks, who is heading the
     Arlington Olympic effort, on the concerns: "I understand
     where they're coming from.  It's just a process that takes a
     little time" (Mary Doclar, Ft. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 6/17).

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