Saddleman

galleria?

That's a building in downtown Los Angeles.

Sorry, but what is a 'trading area'? I've seen it a couple of times before, but I still don't know a concrete definition. The best I can figure, it's a sphere of economic influence.

There was in article in the paper this weekend (still tryin to find it) about Rice football. Rice is playing schools like UCLA and Texas because they get $500,000 to lose. And that $500,000 may soon be going up to $800,000. Next year Rice will even play Florida State. These games are being played in an effort to have the football program pay for itself, and make some money.

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There still is the possiblity of Rice axing football in the future. It wasn't about Rice having enough money for football. It was about whether there's a need for it at such a very small university, and it's lack of a great number of fans.

Rice athletes' grade point averages tend to be some of the highest among college athletes accross the country.

Rice was talkin about nixing their football program a year or two ago. If they eventually do, I'm sure it will be torn down.

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But tourist generally are the people who stay at hotels.