SALT LAKE TORNADO CAUSES DELTA CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WEEKS

          The 19,911-seat Delta Center, which lost parts of its     roof yesterday when a tornado touched down in Salt Lake     City, will "be closed for at least six weeks for repairs,"     according to Joe Baird of the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE.  Jazz GM     Tim Howells: "It took a major hit.  But nobody got hurt.  We     got very lucky."  While the tornado tore "away strips of     roof panels, giving the ceiling a venetian blind effect,"     the arena "remained intact."  However, the Starzz will move     their final two home games to Weber St. Univ.'s Dee Events     Center in Ogden, and other events, such as Jazz F Karl     Malone's August 20 benefit concert, will "have to be moved     or rescheduled" (S.L. TRIBUNE, 8/12).  Jazz Dir of Media     Relations Evan Silverman: "It would be premature to say when     we'll have another event at the Delta Center" (AP, 8/12).