Article: Class AAA Examines Area Expansion Bid

The Class AAA Expansion Committee visited the group seeking a team for Prince George's or Anne Arundel County yesterday, and the group's leader, Peter Kirk, said the panel's reaction made him believe "our chances of getting a team are very, very good."

The committee, chaired by Larry Schmittou of the Nashville Sounds, toured prospective stadium sites and spent about an hour meeting with Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer and other state and county officials.

The committee's main concern seems to be the willingness of the state and local governments to participate in a three-way partnership with Kirk's group in order to construct a $9 million

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