BOND SALE MAY HELP STEELERS MAKE STADIUM CONTRIBUTION

          Allegheny County Commissioner Bob Cranmer said
     Wednesday that if the Steelers help sell "stadium investment
     bonds," as they indicated they would, "it would count toward
     their share" of the $803M city/county proposal to build new
     football and baseball stadiums and other developments,
     according to Tom Barnes of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE.  By
     buying bonds, local companies could buy elements of the
     stadium, "such as seats or a scoreboard, and receive tax
     benefits as those assets depreciate."  Another element of
     the financing proposal would let "investors secure exclusive
     rights to stadium concessions."  Cranmer said that if the
     Steelers could sell $20-25M in bonds, it could be added to
     their previous commitment of $50M, "raising it to the level
     of [$70-75M] he's been pressuring them to provide."  The
     team had no comment, and Barnes wrote that no one with the
     Steelers "has been willing to say" how they would raise
     their $50M commitment (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 6/19).