Judging by how sales have gone the past few days, I think we will have a sellout. That's what we're preparing for.

Both sports are exciting and fast-paced, and fans have responded to it. Season ticket sales were brisk for both from the beginning.

Walk-up (ticket sales) for the first (Stockton Thunder) hockey game was huge. We averaged 8,300 fans for Saturday hockey games, so I suspect we'll do that for football.

What we've seen over the past few months is a very gradual recovery in retail sales. We're likely to see a continued recovery in coming months, but nothing dramatic.

Many of the factors that have negatively impacted sales over the past year are lessening.

Its comparable sales have been on a tear over the past two year, up 6 percent in 2002 and up 4 percent last year. Sales in the first-half of this year have continued to be strong, and Pink appears to be contributing to it.