To amplify Marie Maxwell's message to the effect that her friend's new
(and "doomed") museum is in the MCI Arena:

For those who don't know (and have no reason to know), the MCI Arena is
the new, lavish, state-of-the-art downtown Washington sports venue.  With
a capacity of something like 20,000+ and events booked for over 200 nights
in the first year alone, the Arena provides a steady flow of people who
are a *potential* audience for Marie's friend's National Sports Gallery.
Moreover, as most of them are going to sports events, they are the
*natural* audience as well.

However, having just attended an event at MCI, I can attest to the fact
that it is perfectly possible to spend several hours in the buiding while
remaining unaware of the museum's existence.

Andy Finch
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