TX-based HKS will be the architect of record for the
downtown Dallas sports arena. The Dallas Arena Group also
selected two Dallas minority-owned businesses,
Johnson/McKibben Architects Inc., and CamargoCopeland
Architects LLP as associate architects for the $230M
project. Architect David Schwarz was chosen last month to
design the sports arena (FT. WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, 7/24).
...In Chicago, Michael Sneed reports that Bears Owner
Michael McCaskey's "would-be deal to build a new stadium in
Elk Grove Village is almost as dead as a smelt" (SUN-TIMES,
7/24)....NJ Developer William McCann, President & CEO of
Allied Junction, Corp. has "quietly begun pushing plans for
building the Yankees a new stadium next to a huge train
station under construction in the Meadowlands" (N.Y. DAILY
NEWS, 7/24)....Parking at Three Rivers Stadium for Steelers
games will increase next month for the first time in eight
years. Rates will increase from $5 to $8 for regular-season
games and from $5 to $9 for playoff games. Rates for
Pirates games will not increase (TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 7/23).
