We're important to ESPN. We fill up a lot of space for them in the summer. We're their programming in the summer. If you look at 'SportsCenter,' most nights in the summer, it's, what, 70 percent baseball.

I had a conversation with [city councilman] Jack Evans the other day, ... There is no reason why we can't get it done. There is an issue of timing and whether it has to be approved by the council or signed off by the sports commission, but in terms of the substantive issues, we are getting close.

I had a conversation with [city councilman] Jack Evans the other day. There is no reason why we can't get it done. There is an issue of timing and whether it has to be approved by the council or signed off by the sports commission, but in terms of the substantive issues, we are getting close.

While we had other options, we didn't want to lose what's been a relationship since 1990, and we think they're doing an awfully good job.

No decision has been made to date. The commissioner and I continue to meet with representatives of the groups and there will be an official announcement when the decision is made.

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