RAVENS NEW STADIUM EXPECTS HEAVY FLUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TODAY

          Ravens fans will have their first opportunity to buy
     single-game tickets for the upcoming season on Saturday when
     the team opens its ticket office at its new stadium,
     according to Jon Morgan of the Baltimore SUN.  Ravens VP/PR
     Kevin Byrne said that the team will have "at least" 6,000
     tickets to sell for each game at the new 69,000-seat
     facility.  So far, the team has sold 53,000 of 59,000
     available season tickets and PSLs, which means "as many as"
     16,000 tickets "could be available" for each game.  In other
     news, the Ravens are negotiating with singer Aretha Franklin
     to give a free concert outside the stadium on September 5,
     the night before the team's season opener (Balt. SUN, 7/15).
          TOILET HUMOR? Today, several hundred volunteers will
     simultaneously flush more than 1,000 toilets and urinals in
     the new Ravens stadium in order to "make sure the plumbing
     system works."  The team has hired a professional comic to
     host the event (Jon Morgan, Baltimore SUN, 7/15).