BY GEOFF HOBSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer

There are almost daily developments in the stadium battle. Here's a recap of the past several days:

• Dec. 23: The Enquirer reports Cincinnati and Hamilton County are inching closer to an agreement in which the city transfers 10 acres crucial to the Bengals' new stadium.

  A city proposal asks the county to commit $14 million to the city's $120.5 million overhaul of Fort Washington Way. County officials, who say they aren't charged with riverfront development, are wary about making more contributions.

• Dec. 26: Bengals President Mike Brown accuses the city of not living up to the deal it cut with the county two years ago in which it agreed to transfer riverfront land for the stadium.

  In a letter to business leaders and elected officials, Mr. Brown defends the project's $400.3 million price.

  He argues the $270 million for the stadium itself is in line with other new NFL stadiums and says the $400.3 million figure includes money for riverfront development.

• Dec 29: Mr. Brown tells the Enquirer that if the land isn't transferred by the end of January, the Bengals will cancel the stadium deal, exercising an option in the lease the Bengals signed with the county in May.

  If the team doesn't walk, Mr. Brown said, it would be forced to get late payments from the county, and ''that's not what we wanted and that's not what the taxpayers wanted.''

  He argues the Fort Washington Way project shouldn't be linked to the stadium deal. The city responds, ''Where will the Bengals get a better deal?''

• Dec. 30: While Mr. Brown calls a press conference to take his plea to the public, local officials can't answer the big question. If the Bengals walk, is the county sales tax for new Bengals and Reds stadiums dead?

  Brown says he won't discuss his options if he walks, but they are the same ones from two years ago: Vacant stadiums in Cleveland, Los Angeles and Toronto that the club thinks would generate more revenue than a new Cincinnati stadium.

• Dec. 31: State Sen. Lou Blessing Jr., R-Colerain Township, says if the stadium deal dies, he'll ask the General Assembly to pull state funding for Fort Washington Way.