Editing Howard Metzenbaum (section)

==Business career==
Metzenbaum became independently wealthy through investments, particularly in real estate near what became the [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport]], which Metzenbaum and his partner, [[Alva "Ted" Bonda]], correctly envisioned would make for extremely profitable, 24-hour, well-lit parking lots. The business expanded to become [[APCOA Parking|Airport Parking Company of America]]&nbsp;(APCOA), the world's largest parking lot company.<ref name="latimes" /> By 1970, he had sold his interest in APCOA Parking for US$20&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909179,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228221047/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909179,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2008|title=Upset Time: POLITICS|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 18, 1970|access-date=February 27, 2008}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, Metzenbaum also co-owned the ''[[Sun Newspapers]]'' chain of weeklies which covered the Cleveland suburbs, a venture undertaken after his first senatorial election defeat.<ref>[http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SN "Sun Newspapers,"] ''Encyclopedia of Cleveland History,'' David D. VanTassel, ed., 1997. Retrieved March 13, 2008</ref>