Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 26, 1995 TAG: 9504260118
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Everything is now in place for the Olympic ticket rush.
The brochure and order form for 1996 Olympics tickets was unveiled, less than a week before about 36 million copies will be distributed across the country.
The booklet includes a full schedule of the Atlanta Games, a map of the city, descriptions of each sport, a price list, a worksheet, a ticket order form and an envelope.
They will be available Monday at thousands of grocery stores that sell Coca-Cola as well as at Home Depot stores. Applications received in the first 60 days will be given equal priority. After that, it will be first-come, first-served.
Though 11 million tickets are being printed, only about seven million will be sold to the general public. The rest, including most for the premier events, already have been made available to VIPs and corporate sponsors.
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch reiterated his intention to bid for the U.S. television rights to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., and Chase Carey, chairman of Fox Television, met in Lausanne, Switzerland, with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
Murdoch's Fox Network previously had expressed interest in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, but those rights eventually were awarded to CBS for $375 million.
Montana joins life in the fast lane
Finally, there is something that scares Joe Montana: speed.
So why was he at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, sliding a bright red fire suit over his royal blue Armani ensemble? Speed, it seems, is as fascinating as it is frightening to one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.
One week after announcing his retirement from the game he dominated for 16 years, Montana gave the first indication of what his life will be like after football. He has become a partner in Target-Chip Ganassi Racing, an IndyCar team with two promising young drivers.
``It is definitely a pleasure to be putting one career behind and getting started in something that's been in the back of my mind for a number of years,'' Montana said.
Don't expect to see Montana behind the wheel of one of Ganassi's bright red racers. He'll leave that to rising stars Bryan Herta and Jimmy Vasser. Montana will do mostly marketing and promotions for the team, which is sponsored by the Edina-based discount chain.
The team, named for the former IndyCar driver who grew up about six miles from Montana in Pittsburgh's south suburbs, is based in Indianapolis. Neither Montana nor Ganassi would discuss financial arrangements.
Keywords:
AUTO RACING
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