'SeaWorld’s greed and arrogance are offensive, and the city will hold it accountable,' City Attorney Mara Elliott said of the planned litigation.
The San Diego City Council decided Monday to take SeaWorld to court in hopes of recouping nearly $10 million in back rent that the city says the marine park failed to pay during the height of the pandemic.
“Although SeaWorld’s public disclosures show it to be in good financial shape despite the pandemic, it refuses to pay back rent on its Mission Bay leasehold,” Elliott said in a statement following the vote. “It is the only City lessee to use state-mandated closures during Covid as a pretext to withhold rent.
“It’s been bothering me for a long time, and now we’re two years into this,” he said. “I want that money now, I want it yesterday, I want it with interest. I’m getting more and more mad as I think about it because of all the things that it could be used for instead of stacking on top of the other stacks of cash SeaWorld has.”
As a result, minimum rent was due, the city informed SeaWorld. As of last year, SeaWorld’s minimum rent was $10.4 million for a full year, plus a 3 percent surcharge.
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