Seahawks Stadium Vote Will Be Decided On Thursday
For football widows, this has been an off-season of mourning.
Weeks of hard-hitting ad campaigns about building a new stadium for the Seattle Seahawks come to an end Tuesday as exhausted voters decide whether to spend $327 million in public money to replace the Kingdome.
Stadium boosters cheer that the project would be a victory for the state’s economy. But critics groan that it would cause a sudden death of tax dollars and lottery sales which otherwise could pay for schools.
In other events this week:
Today
Washington Wheat Tour begins at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express in Pullman. Call Marie Sullivan at 509-967-5804.
Horticulture tour at Washington State University greenhouse begins at 9 a.m. Call 509-397-6290.
Tuesday
Opening day for Spokane Indians baseball team.
Ford Motor Co. scheduled to discontinue production of Probe.
Wednesday
Wal-Mart scheduled to open first Spokane store at 15727 E. Broadway.
Spokane Computer Inc. announces new WebQB business software for the Internet. Call Michael Lee, 624-4248.
Fields of Tomorrow tour begins at 9 a.m. at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds in Colfax, Wash.
Citizens for Clean Air hold public meeting on the Spokane garbage incinerator at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Call 534-6909.
Products produced by Idaho QVC winners scheduled to be aired.
Consulting firm Arthur Andersen releases report detailing growing investments in domestic oil and gas exploration and production.
National Association of Securities Professionals conference opens in Miami.
Thursday
Spokane Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction meet at 5:30 p.m. at Cavanaugh’s on Fourth Avenue. Cost: $13. Call Ardy Luttermoser, 747-0950.
Rep. George Nethercutt of Spokane expected to decide on bid for U.S. Senate.
Business After Hours begins at 5:15 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express-Valley, 9220 E. Mission. Cost: $5. Call 459-4111.
Friday
Jim Schriner, editor of Industry Week, speaks to the Inland Northwest Partners, at 9 a.m. at the University of Idaho Student Union Building in Moscow. Cost: $25 members; $35 nonmembers. Call 482-4064.
Grass seed industry tour begins at 9 a.m. at Jacklin Seed in Post Falls.
President Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and other world leaders open G-7 summit in Denver.
Saturday
Washington State Grange annual convention opens in Poulsbo, Wash.
Sunday
Business Week ‘97 opens at Gonzaga U. for 200 high schoolers. Call Jane Hession, 328-4220, ext. 3425. , DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: ON THE SHELF Business Week, June 16: Inside story looks at labor dispute between United Parcel Service and its myriad part-time workers represented by the Teamsters. Inc. Magazine, June: Inside story tells how fiber-optic cable maker Robert Kopstein took his company public by himself and became a billionaire for a day.
Nothing but bucks Top endorsement money earned by sports stars 1990-96, according to Forbes magazine: Michael Jordan, $222.5 million. Mike Tyson, $155.1 million. Evander Holyfield, $117.8 million. Arnold Palmer, $82.4 million. Shaquille O’Neal, $78.2 million. Andre Agassi, $74.8 million. Jack Nicklaus, $74.6 million. George Foreman, $71.8 million. Wayne Gretzky, $68.3 million.
Nothing but bucks Top endorsement money earned by sports stars 1990-96, according to Forbes magazine: Michael Jordan, $222.5 million. Mike Tyson, $155.1 million. Evander Holyfield, $117.8 million. Arnold Palmer, $82.4 million. Shaquille O’Neal, $78.2 million. Andre Agassi, $74.8 million. Jack Nicklaus, $74.6 million. George Foreman, $71.8 million. Wayne Gretzky, $68.3 million.