In Denver, stadium backers on Monday will turn in
50,000 signatures on petitions seeking a vote on a $260M
subsidy for a new Broncos stadium. Citizens for a New
Stadium needs 28,700 valid signatures to make the November 3
ballot (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 7/31)....Giants Stadium has
added 46 private boxes for the '98 season, ranging in size
from 460 to 746-square-feet. The stadium now has 118 luxury
suites, just above the league average of 114. The Jets,
Giants and the NJ Sports & Exposition Authority will net
more than $4M each every year, once the $43M loan to finance
the boxes is paid off (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 7/31)....In
Toronto, Robert Benzie reports that the $1B Technodome
sports and entertainment complex "moved closer to reality
yesterday after Toronto city council approved rezoning of
the Downsview base lands." Along with a 12,500-seat arena,
an indoor mountain and whitewater river and theme park,
Technodome will feature an Olympic-sized swimming pool and
diving facility (TORONTO SUN, 7/31).
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY-LAND? 36,016 fans attended the
Ravens' open-house "practice" last night at their new
stadium. In Baltimore, McKee & Klein report that there were
elevator and sound-system problems (Baltimore SUN, 7/31).
But in DC, Ken Denlinger writes under the header, "Ravens
Have Grand Opening" (WASHINGTON POST, 7/31).
