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SPORTS!
THE BATTALIOfi
New arena not yet paying dividends
By Mark Babineck
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — As the clock counts
down to the opening of their new down
town arena, the Houston Rockets have yet
to sell about two-thirds of the building’s 94
luxury boxes that were among the main
reasons they wanted a new taxpayer-
backed home.
Team President George Postolos said
Tuesday that the $200 million, 775,500-
square-foot arena is on schedule to open
for concerts and other events in September.
He also said he’s confident the Harris
County/Houston Sports Authority will
reach a buyout agreement on the Rockets’
lease at Compaq Center, which runs
through the first month of the NBA season.
Many of the suites that have sold are
among the best in the house, Postolos said,
but some prime suites remain available.
“Not all the good ones are gone,”
Postolos said during a news conference at
the team’s downtown sales office, which
includes a mock suite. “People still have
time to get down here.”
The Rockets complained that Compaq
Center, the NBA’s second-oldest arena,
didn’t have the luxury boxes and other
moneymaking amenities needed to allow
the franchise to remain financially compet
itive. The arena, built in 1976, was among
the first to have such suites and boasts 20
skyboxes above the upper deck.
At least one of those tenants, Dynegy
Inc., said Tuesday it will not re-up at the
new arena as it and other companies tight
en their belts during difficult economic
times. Dynegy spokesman John Sousa said
the Houston-based company sometimes
donated use of its suite to several charita
ble organizations this season rather than
use it to wine and dine clients.
Dynegy is ditching its suite as part of its
“continuing focus on reducing our admin
istrative costs,” Sousa said.
Also unresolved is the name of the
building, which currently operates under
the working title of Houston Arena.
Postolos said he has a short list of Houston
companies as well as a list of national and
international companies, some of which he
said were attracted to the Rockets because
of the buzz generated by Chinese center
Yao Ming.
“It may not be a traditional sports
advertiser,” Postolos said.
Like the suite sales and the Compai
Center lease, Postolos said he was confktai
a naming rights deal would be in plat:
before the 2003-04 season. But also liketii
other issues, there’s work left to be done.
The new arena boasts 18,500 new seat
some of which already have been installs
in the second deck. The building increase
seating capacity by 2,250 and capacity!!
the lower bowl, which Postolos said fan;
have told them they prefer, by 2,800 u
nearly 10,000.
Postolos added that 2,500 of the seal;
— more than the total added capacity-
will cost $25 or less, he hoped won!
appeal to fans who can’t afford thehipk
dollar seats.
Improvements fans should notice ove
Compaq Center will be wider concourses
more restrooms and concession stands ait!
the highest resolution video screens in tit
NBA, a title Postolos said is currently he!
by the Dallas Mavericks’ new home.
“We appreciate the high standard the;
set,” Postolos said of American Airlines
Center, which opened in 2001. “Buts
technology has advanced, we’re in post
tion where we’ll be able to have incredih!
high-resolution screens.”
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — The
Houston Texans have narrowed
down the potential choices for
their No. 3 overall pick to two
players, assuming they don’t
trade it, general manager
Charley Casserly said Tuesday.
Casserly, addressing reporters
ahead of Saturday’s draft, for
obvious reasons couldn’t name
names, but said the team theoret
ically would have two players
with whom to begin negotiating
if Cincinnati and Detroit use
their picks as expected.
“We have settled on a cou
ple of players and we’ll make a
final decision in which ones
we’ll take before Saturday’s
draft,” Casserly said, adding
that they’ve also placed a trade
value on each of their picks and
will “entertain trades” now
through their time on the clock.
If the Bengals were to take
Southern Cal quarterback
Carson Palmer and the Lions
pick Michigan State receiver
Charles Rogers, conventional
wisdom leaves the Texans to
choose from names such as
Miami receiver Andre Johnson,
Arizona State defensive end
Terrell Suggs, Kansas State
cornerback Terence Newman
and Utah offensive lineman
Jordan Gross.
Casserly also predicted that
if a team were
to trade up for
the Texans’
pick, it would
be a short
jump up the
board rather
than a fran
chise moving
from far back
in the first-round pack. He
added that the team has set a
limit on how far down it’s will
ing to trade.
He also reminded reporters
that the first pick isn’t the only
one of its league-high 13 that
the Texans could trade.
“We’ll be flexible in every
round, trading up or down,” he
said. “We would like to
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acquire picks for next year."
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marks to the available cropd
wide receivers and defensivt
linemen, while saying thepo«!
of running backs and offenshc
tackles “maybe not as strait
as in other drafts.”
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when asked if he and oil
general managers read mater
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there, but would never base:
draft on such publications.
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