STAPLES CENTER SAYS, 'LOW TICKET PRICES? YEAH, WE GOT THAT'

          NHL Kings President Tim Leiweke said that the team's
     season-ticket holders "are not going to get priced out" of
     the new Staples Center, according to Roger Phillips of the
     Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM.  Leiweke: "We're going to be very
     aggressive to make sure a family of four can walk into the
     Staples Center on a nightly basis and get in for less than
     $100, and that's for everything.  ... Our season ticket
     holders will be very, very happy with the way we price out
     the new arena. ... I do not want to scare fans away.  Sports
     have hit a ceiling.  This building is not going to be for
     the corporate elite.  It's going to be for everybody, and we
     better price ourselves accordingly."  Leiweke said that
     construction on the 18-month project is on schedule, which
     he called "remarkable" (Long Beach PRESS-TELEGRAM, 2/9).