Article: COUNTY HAS SURPLUS SAFECO FIELD MONEY

AP
The Columbian
05-09-1999
SEATTLE (AP) - King County officials are worried that the Seattle Mariners might make a pitch for new money.
An unexpected surplus in the tax revenues collected to finance Safeco Field, the ballclub's new $517 million stadium, has county officials concerned about a possible new Mariners' game plan.
The question: Do the Mariners want some of the county's additional cash to cover the stadium's mounting construction costs?
County officials want to make a pre-emptive strike to thwart such a Mariners' move. King County Councilman Larry Phillips said he may introduce a motion reaffirming the public contracts with the Mariners and restating that any cost ...

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