PANTHERS POINT TO BURE SIGNING AS ONE REASON FOR TICKET HIKE

          The NHL Panthers have raised their season-ticket prices
     for the sixth consecutive summer, according to Michael Russo
     of the Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL.  The "biggest jump" in
     the average 5% increase comes in the price of club seats,
     which have gone from $86 to $90 per game.  Lower-bowl season
     tickets have increased from $57 to $60, and mezzanine seats
     have gone from $33 to $35.  Sideline balcony and end-zone
     season tickets have increased $1 per game.  Panthers
     VP/Marketing Steve Dangerfield: "It's one of the lowest
     increases we've had."  Russo adds that the increase is "no
     surprise," as after the team signed Pavel Bure to a $58M
     deal in February, team President Bill Torrey said that
     ticket prices would likely increase (SUN-SENTINEL, 5/11).