-=> Quoting John Vickers To Barry Laws, Jr. <=-
-=> Quoting Barry Laws, Jr. To John Vickers Re: Atlanta Hawks <=- 
JV> Sounds like as good a place to me as any...Do you know what the  
JV> seating capacity of this place is?  Didn't know they were building a 
JV> new arena...Always thoughtthey might play in the Georgia Dome.   
JV> Geez, how many sports complexes can one city have?  We are having  
JV> the same debate here in Dallas Texas.
BLJ> I have no idea...the only "sport" that I know of that has been in the
BLJ> Cobb County Arena is WCW pro wrestling (house shows and Nitros)...if
BLJ> the seating capacity is too small, they might just play in the Georgia
BLJ> Dome (they'd  probably close off a lot of seats if they play NBA
BLJ> basketball there...isn't  there a maximum seating capacity limit set by
BLJ> the NBA). 
Hi Barry,
They probably would close off a lot of seats if the Haks played in 
the Georgia Dome.  They do the same thing in the Pontiac Silverdome
for the Detroit Pistons.  I don't know about any NBA crowd limit 
though.  It stands to reason that they would want the biggest crowds
they could get.  Witness the exhibition games that are play outside 
the United States every year, thet are all packed.  I think David 
Stern is the best marketer of any of the commissioners of any of the
major sports.  Of course baseball doesn't really have a commissioner
anymore.
Ross Perot Jr. is threatening to pull the Dallas Mavericks out of 
Dallas if the city doesn't agree to "his" terms on a new sports 
arena.  There is talk that he is using this to blackmail the city
into the taxpayers footing most of the bill.  This pit the Dallas 
Stars directly against the Mavericks and the city as well.  I don't 
want the Mavericks or the Stars to move to the suburbs but, I hope 
the city of Dallas holds their ground.
                                  
                             Your Friend,
                                       
                                 John
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