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July 3
<br /> Ju y 15, 1986
<br /> total of 43.4 million; fly fishing fans the sport's marketing and make baseball
<br /> increased 2.2 million to 7.6 million, a profitable entity. Many team owners
<br /> nd salt water fishing gained 2.1 million have filed balance sheets that show los-
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<br /> or total of 12.7 million. NSGA, 1699 ses in recent seasons .
<br /> all St., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. (312) * * * * * * * *
<br /> t 439-4000.
<br /> The New Jersey legislature has been re- MUSIC, RECORDS & TAPES
<br /> I viewing boxing; some legislators have
<br /> called for the sport to be abolished in
<br /> the state. While many have thought of New arenas and amphitheaters for concerts
<br /> it as "the deadliest game," horse racing are opening almost as rapidly as events
<br /> ranks #1 with 12.8 deaths per 1,000 par- are being scheduled, a review of trade
<br /> ticipants; boxing ranks #8 with 0.13 fa- publications (Variety, Amusement Busin-
<br /> talities per 1,000 . Other dangerous ess, Billboard and others) indicates.
<br /> sports include sports parachuting, with Some of the new facilities include the
<br /> 12.3 deaths per 1,000; hang gliding, at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View
<br /> 5.6 deaths; mountaineering, 5.1; and (Ca.) on the San Francisco peninsula, a
<br /> scuba diving, 1.1 deaths per 1,000. new look for the Pacific Amphitheatre in
<br /> Costa Mesa (Ca. ) , not too far from where
<br /> Anaheim's huge music center is soon to
<br /> Ski product sales hit a record $1.28 bil- open, Canada's Saskatoon multi-purpose
<br /> lion last season; it was the 3rd straight $25 million arena, plus the Great Woods
<br /> year of billion-dollar-plus sales, and Center in Mansfield, Mass. , which open-
<br /> was 23% above the previous season. In- ed a month ago greeted by monsoon rains.
<br /> ventories remain high, and prices could
<br /> decline again as they did last season, New (and improved) concert series include
<br /> dropping 2.3%, says Ski Industries Am- the first "Summer Celebration" at Rose- ,
<br /> erica of McLean, Va. First-time skiers mont (Ill. ) Horizon last month, which
<br /> were primarily women (61%) , single (64%) drew 20% more people than expected: a
<br /> and under age 25 (63%) . total of 90,746 over 6 days. After last
<br /> summer's successful return, the Newport
<br /> 111/1 SGA figures put first-time Alpine ski- Folk Festival is set for Aug. 9-10 at
<br /> rs at 1.8 million last year, for 9.4 Fort Adams State Park, Rhode Island, and
<br /> million total; cross-country skiing got jazz is on a comeback surge, several re-
<br /> 1.1 million newcomers, for 5.5 million ports show. The JVC Jazz Festival New
<br /> total. York ended June 29, all but smothered in
<br /> * * * * * * * * its ad campaign by the city's Fourth of
<br /> Corporate support is growing for the at- July hoopla. Several shows were SRO,
<br /> tempt to win back yachting's America's and the outdoor weekend event at Sarato-
<br /> Cup, won by Australia 3 years ago--the ga Springs broke records with crowd of
<br /> first time the series of races was won 30,000 .
<br /> by an outsider. Australia has announced * * * * * * * *
<br /> a 29-event, 6-month festival which kicks Just over a year, the LiveAid phenomenon
<br /> off in September (the reversal of sea- touched the world, as 1 billion people
<br /> sons changes race schedules) . There's tuned in to telecasts of concerts from
<br /> still not enough money to fund the six London and Philadelphia. The concerts
<br /> racing syndicates that hope to race raised $110 million for African peoples
<br /> down-Under. One syndicate is America affected by famine; some $45 .4 million
<br /> II out of the New York Yacht Club; it is yet to be invested/utilized. More
<br /> has a $12 million budget for two new than $63 million has been disbursed--
<br /> 12-meter boats and supporting cast of $43 million for direct relief, and $20
<br /> 50 now based at Perth. million for long-term aid projects. The
<br /> concept was adopted by others for pro-
<br /> The Western Australian Government ex- jests and means of appealing to young
<br /> pects more than 1 million visitors be- persons. "LiveAid" has gotten praise
<br /> tween September and March, 1987. In from professionals for its efforts.
<br /> the works are a million-dollar horse Laventhol & Horwath accounting firm of
<br /> race, The Australasian, to be run on Philadelphia (hq) was overseer of funds
<br /> Jan. 26; a world heavyweight title fight but planning came from Bob Geldof and
<br /> is planned for Jan. 17. others in the music world.
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<br /> dor League Baseball will gain $10 mil- The pace of gold/platinum winners this
<br /> ion a year beginning next year when it year is about the same as last, says the
<br /> takes over licensing from the Licensing Recording Industry Assn. of America: 62
<br /> Co. of America. Commissioner Peter Ue- gold LPs, 38 platinums, and 26 multi-
<br /> berroth wants to control all aspects of platinum LPs thru the end of June. Last
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