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the stadium. And then there are the tents. A village of tents, in fact. The parking lot has 18,500 spaces, but only 8,200 will be available to the public. Buses, limousines and, most of all, tents will take up a ma- jority of the lot. The tents house corporate spon- sors. One of the dozens of tents be- longs to ABC Sports. It's 14,000 square feet. Another belongs to Ford Motor Co. It's 25,000 square feet. Super Bowl parking spaces are becoming so scarce that, according to Wilson, "Pretty soon, there won't be one spot left." To help control the problem, shuttle buses will be bring fans from San Diego State and back. If most of the fans take the buses, "It'll be a snap," according to Wil- son. Sunday evening, when Super Bowl XXII is over and the fans are long gone, crews will begin to take many of the stadium extras down. The next big event? In a few weeks, motocross is coming. So long, green field.

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C'hanged at the stadium. 'l'he seating capacity ha in- creased by I .000 to 7, ,500, thanks to new field -level bleacher costing . 8,",0,000. And new bleachers have been added above the Diamond Vi• ion scoreboard. A new 750,000 sound system, which includes 476 remote speak- er , has been installed. And a smaller temporary ver ion of Dia- mond Vi ion ha · been raised on the opposite side of the stadium from the current scoreboard screen. Brighter lights were also added within the past year. The stadium'. exterior also has be n touched up . About 140 trees and 4,500 flowers and plants have been added. Much of the parking lot hafi been resurfaced. Colored banners of all 28 NFL teams hang between the columns high above the . tadium. A rectan- gular aluminum sign with logos for the Broncos, Redskins, and the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Tro- ph} hangs outside the open end of

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Office, Walden said. "I know the state bar grinds," Patton said. adding he is confi- dent of being cleared of any wrongdoing. Troiani, a 37-year-old Vista resident, was fatally shot on Oceanside's North River Road. His wife, Laura Ann, has been convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life term without the possibility of parole. The remaining defendants, except for Watkins, have pleaded guilty to mu der to avoid the death penal- ty. Walden has said the death penalty would not be sought for Watkins, making the maximum sent .ce he faces if found<~~ilt~ li,f' m prison without paro~

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co-counsel and law-firm partner, William Fletcher, could not con represent Watkins because he would become a witness to the accessory con- tinue to

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\\ ithholding evidence from the prosecution, a diary written by that supposedly con- tains damaging evidence against him. Patton said the diary was protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege and that he was cleared of

troversy. Deputy District At- Watkins torney Philip Walden said.

The prop<,sed a'>' has the sup- -port of the bar's board of direc- tors who, by an overwhelming vote, ap-proved increasing the annual fee from :275 to $470. At issue m the Watkins case 1s \\ hether Patton was an accesso- ry to murder in actions he took nearl) three years ago in defense of his client. The allegation wa:s made b~ the District Attorney's Office and filed with the S~ Califorma but with the trial of ~than two weeks a ruling is still pending. If a complaint is filed. Patton's

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pretrial motions and how they would pick a jury for the high- any profile case but it could all stop wrongdoing by a Superior Court if the bar files an ' order to show judge. cause ' against Patton. Walden, however, said the rul- State l.Jar spokesman Tod Mar- mg that was made during a clos- tin ~aid Patton could be tern ed hearing did not clear Patton porarily suspended until a hear- of the allegation. The judge rul- ing on the allegation is conclud- ed that Patton would not be ed removed from the case and that

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"The hearing would take on the aspects of a trial," he said, ·'where witnesses would be call-

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dskins Notes

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As Redskins General Manager Bobby Beathard said, "No one can s~y, 'Why were you so stupid? You didn't take Marino.' We were the only team without a chance to take him." A postscript, however: Beathard admitted that even if Marino had been available, the Redskins still would have selected Green. . Gibbs said the Redskins' offen- sive players will be introduced be- fore Sunday's game. "We flipped a coin after practice to see who calls it and then we flipped again to see who is intro- duced," Gibbs said. "Joe Bugel our offens_ive line coach, called h~ads both times and won both times. So the offense will be introduced." Redskins quarterback Doug William_s, ~aid h!s college coach, Grambling s Eddie Robinson, was scheduled to arrive here today and attend the game.

earlier cleared t~ters off the top of an apartment on a hill above t~e field, said they had no jurisdic- t10n over the students unless it was an emergency. The commotion finally ended when USD Dean Tom Burke talk- ed to tne students. "I was aware of the chanting across the street, but it didn't dis- tract us," Gibbs said. "As I've said, you n~ver can have a totally closed practice no matter how hard you try." ~utside of Miami, the Red- skms are the only team that d_oesn't have to answer the ques- tion: "Why didn't you draft Dan Marino in the first round of the 1983 draft?" Miami, of course, selected Mari- no afte_r 26 other clubs had passed over him. The Redskins had the 28th pick in that draft, which they used to select cornerback Darrell Green.

holdout. ."I did~\. tell him anything," Gib_b~ said. I think he made that d~cis~on on his own. And, I think his wife, Candyce, told him. I think her statei:nent was, 'I'm going back to play m Washington. I don't know what you're going to do.' Dave went with her." Said Butz: "Coach Gibbs told me he would appreciate it if I would come back. That meant a lot My wife s~id, 'You're.ready to go: I'm not gomg to put up with you if you don't go." The Redskins "had a normal Thursday workout," Gibbs said af- ter a_ two-hour practice at the Uni- versity of San Diego. There were two minor incidents at.., U~D• .Dne involved students chantmg and watching practice from the top of an outside stairwell at a dormitory across the street from the practice field. San Diego police officers, who

think t~at. ome~ody would review . o~ethmg up tmr ·and blow it up- lair . We blow 20, 30, 40 on the field, _and we're going to blow one up tmrs and verybody's going to be upset about that? That doesn't dd up. "You've got to understand the ~,oncept It should only be done if it's a definite (missed call) It . bouldu't be done any other w~y. ''• : · We're n)l trying to help our offic 1al do a b tter Job calling the gam , I'd hate to see it be thrown out. To me it makes sense, and the Hf>d km are still behind it. What other way do we have (to right a wrong) other than to stand on the ideline and hope? ."A a co11ch I wouldn't want to wm one I shouldn't win and I wouldn't want to lo,e'one I shouldn't lose." Gibbs wa asked what he told Dave Butz thi summer to get the veteran defensive tackle to end his

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