Mr. Vallone sees the stadium referendum as a popular issue for his uphill campaign for Governor.

One recent poll showed the stadium referendum failing but homosexual voters supporting it.

Because voters in San Jose rejected a stadium referendum last week, the Giants are today's team on the verge of moving.

Today, Mr. Vallone will push his knife just a tad deeper by introducing a bill to hold the stadium referendum.

The stadium referendum drew considerable public attention until it was bumped from the ballot by the Charter revision issue.

Houston voters responded positively via a stadium referendum and the Astros stayed put.

I want to prepare for the stadium referendum.

The judge declared the commission's ballot proposal to be null and void, effectively creating ballot space for the stadium referendum.

The Council went to court to stop the Mayor's referendum, but he succeeded in bumping the stadium referendum from the ballot.

But even if the referendum loses, skeptics say, the Mayor will still win, because what he really wanted was to bump the stadium referendum.