51.   Brinksmanship and threats of leaving town are the usual tactics used by sports team owners seeking taxpayer help in building new arenas or stadiums.

52.   Building a new arena remains the final hurdle for the program to assume truly major status.

53.   Burke and the Coyotes are pursuing a new arena in Scottsdale as part of the redevelopment plans for Los Arcos Mall.

54.   Burke now is backing off threats to move the team, but he continues to push for a new arena or renovations to the existing one.

55.   Buss said a ceremony has been in the works for years but was put on hold as the Lakers waited through planning stages for a new arena.

56.   But Duncan likes it in San Antonio and if the city comes through with a new arena he said he will stick around.

57.   But even with a new arena in Raleigh this season, tickets sales reportedly are slow.

58.   But he spoke optimistically of cleaner restrooms, better food at the concession stands and improved access to a new arena through public transit.

59.   But no one is likely to be interested in the Islanders without a guarantee that a new arena will be built.

60.   But not to use as an excuse for a franchise stuck on a treadmill to mediocrity with a new arena to fill in two years.