LIGHTNING STRIKES IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA: TEAM PLOTS NEW FACILITY

          Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) is planning a new
     facility for the Lightning in downtown Tampa that "may
     include a sports bar/game center, three upscale restaurants
     and a ballroom for the new Tampa Marriott Waterside hotel,"
     according to Kyle Parks of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES.  PS&E
     is seeking to build a 200,000-square-foot center called
     Treasure Pointe that would be located on three acres of land
     it owns between the Ice Palace and a Marriott.  The
     developers "envision" the facility would "draw both Ice
     Palace patrons and Tampa Convention Center visitors."  The
     developers' "goals" include landing an establishment
     "similar to" an ESPNZone.  Lightning President Ron Campbell:
     "At arenas around the country, this is a concept that is
     going in around them.  The idea is to have people come early
     and stay late" (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 1/26).