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OPERATING AGREEMENT
by and among
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
THE CITY OF MIAMI
and
MARLINS STADIUM OPERATOR, LLC
1 1, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS........................................................................................
ARTICLE Il ENGAGEMENT OF OPERATOR..............................................................
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ARTICLEIII TERM....................................................................................................................15
Section3.1 Tenn..........................................................................................................15
Section 3.2 Options to Extend....................................................................................15
ARTICLE IV OPERATOR'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ..............................
Section4.1
Operation................................................................................
Section 4.2
Use and Service Agreements . ................................................
Section 4.3
Revenue Rights......................................................................
Section 4.4
Concessions........................................................................
Section 4.5
Labor Peace............................................................................
Section4.6
Signage.....................................................................................
Section 4.7
Naming Rights.........................................................................
Section 4.8
Scheduling..............................................................................
Section 4.9
Annual Payment.....................................................................
Section 4.10
Operating Expenses...............................................................
Section 4.11
Access Rights.........................................................................
Section 4.12
Administration.......................................................................
Section 4.13
Transact Business...................................................................
Section 4.14
County and City Acknowledgment . .......................................
Section 4.15
Utility Rates. ..........................................................................
Section 4.16
Public Safety Personnel.........................................................
Section4.17
Plaza.......................................................................................
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ARTICLE V SOCCER STADIUM..............................................................................................22
Section 5.1 Construction...............................................................................................22
Section5.2 Scheduling..................................................................................................23
Section5.3 Advertising.................................................................................................25
Section 5.4 Soccer Agreement....................................................................................26
ARTICLE VI GOVERNMENT PARTY USE............................................................................26
Section 6.1 Government Parry Use of Baseball Stadium.............................................26
Section 6.2 Government Party Access........................................................................30
Section 6.3 Stadium Event Proceeds..........................................................................30
ARTICLE VII COMMUNITY BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS ................................................. ..30
Section 7.1 Community Benefits................................................................................30
Section 7.2 Local Business Initiatives........................................................................31
Section 7.3 Communi _ Suite.....................................................................................32
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ARTICLE VIII 0«'NERSHIP OF STADIUM. ASSETS...........................................................32
Section 8.1 County Ownership Interest......................................................................32
Section 8.2 Ownership Of Team Depreciable Assets For Income Tax Purposes.........32
Section 8.3 Ownership of Promotional Rights...........................................................33
ARTICLE IX MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ...................33
Section 9.1 Maintenance and Repairs.........................................................................33
Section 9.2 Capital Improvements................................................................................33
Section 9.3 Capital Reserve Fund.................................................................................34
Section 9.4 Title to Additions. ....................................................................................35
Section 9.5 Annual Reports..........................................................................................35
ARTICLE X INSURANCE..........................................................................................................37
Section 10.1 Insurance Requirements...........................................................................37
Section 10.2 Master Policy: MLB Policies.....................................................................38
Section 10.3 General Insurance Provisions....................................................................38
Section 10.4 Proceeds of Insurance..............................................................................39
ARTICLE XI CASUALTY DAMAGE ..............
Section 11.1
Damage or Destruction....
Section 11.2
Insurance Proceeds............
Section 11.3
Government Relief Grants.
Section 11.4
Option to Terminate..........
Section 11.5
Survival .............................
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ARTICLE XII EMINENT DOMAIN..........................................................................................42
Section 12.1 Total Taking...............................................................................................42
Section 12.2 Partial or Temporary Taking....................................................................42
Section 12.3 Condemnation Proceedings and Awards...................................................43
ARTICLE XIII INDEMNIFICATION........................................................................................43
Section 13.1. Indemnification by O.perator......................................................................43
Section 13.2 Indemnification by Government Parties....................................................44
Section 13.3 Indemnification Procedures.......................................................................45
Section 13.4 Insurance Recoveries...............................................................................46
Section13.5 Survival....................................................................................................46
ARTICLE XIV ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS...............................................................47
Section 14.1
Operator Assignments..............................................................................47
Section 14.2
Permitted Transfers.................................................................................47
Section 14.3
Release of Operator ..................................................................................47
Section 14.4
Transactions that are not Transfers.
Section 14.5
Transfers by Government Parties.............................................................48
Section 14.6
Transfers Void.........................................................................................48
Section 14.7
Compliance Certificate............................................................................48
Section 14.8
Collateral Assi = ent..............................................................................49
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ARTICLE XV REPRESENTATIONS. WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS .........................54
Section 15.1 County Representations. Warranties and Covenants...............................54
Section 15.2 City Representations. Warranties and Covenants....................................55
Section 15.3 Operator Representations. Warranties and Covenants . ............................56
Section 15.4 Mutual Covenants......................................................................................58
ARTICLE XVI TAXES...............................................................................................................60
Section 16.1 Intangible and Ad Valorem Taxes...........................................................60
Section 16.2 Targeted Taxes.........................................................................................60
ARTICLE XVII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES; TERMINATION
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Section 17.1
aerator Default......................................................................................60
Section 17.2
Government Party Default.......................................................................61
Section17.3
Remedies....................................................................................................61
Section 17.4
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Section 17.5
Termination..............................................................................................62
Section 17.6
Exclusive Remedies.................................................................................64
ARTICLE XVIII ARBITRATION ................
Section 18.1 Arbitration . .................
Section 18.2 Emergency Relief. ......
Section 18.3 No Indirect Damages.
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ARTICLE XIX MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................66
Section19.1
Notices.....................................................................................................66
Section 19.2
Merger Clause..........................................................................................67
Section 19.3
Amendment..............................................................................................67
Section 19.4
Binding Effect................................................................... ......................67
Section19.5
Waiver......................................................................................................67
Section 19.6
Non -Recourse Liability of County Personnel..........................................67
Section 19.7
Non -Recourse Liability of City Personnel...............................................68
Section 19.8
Non -Recourse Liability of Operator Personnel.......................................68
Section 19.9
Government Cooperation .........................................................................68
Section 19.10
Government Representatives...................................................................68
Section 19.11
Consent of Parties....................................................................................69
Section19.12
Headings..................................................................................................70
Section 19.13
General Interpretive Provisions...............................................................70
Section 19.14
Severability..............................................................................................70
Section 19.15
Absence of Third -Party Beneficiaries......................................................70
Section 19.16
Governing Law ........................................................................................70
Section 19.17
Time of Essence.......................................................................................71
Section 19.18
Relationship of Parties.............................................................................71
Section 19.19
Sovereign Rights......................................................................................71
Section 19.20
Antidiscrimination. Clause.......................................................................72
Section 19.21
Permitted Development Uses and Downzoning........................................72
Section 19.22
Force Majeure......................................................................... ............72
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Section 19.23 MLB Requirements..................................................................................72
Section 19.24 Valid AQreement......................................................................................73
Section 19.25 County Inspector General........................................................................73
Section 19.26 Books and Records_ Audit.......................................................................73
Section 19.27 Counterparts.............................................................................................74
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OPERATING AGREEMENT
This Operating Agreement (this "Agreement') is made and entered into as of this
day of 2009. by and among Miami -Dade County, a political subdivision of the State
of Florida (the "County"), Marlins Stadium Operator. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the "Operator'), and solely for purposes of the City Provisions (as defined in Article I), the City
of Miami, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida (the "City").
RECITALS
A. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the County, the City
and the Stadium Developer, an Affiliate of the Operator, are entering into a Construction
Administration Agreement that provides for the design, development and construction of the
Baseball Stadium. (Capitalized terms used herein are defined in Article I.) The Baseball
Stadium and the Baseball Stadium Site will be owned by the County.
B. This Agreement is being executed in conjunction with the Construction
Administration Agreement to provide for the operation and management of the Baseball Stadium
by the Operator once the Baseball Stadium has been substantially completed as provided in the
Construction Administration Agreement.
C. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, (i) the Team is
entering into the Non -Relocation Agreement with the County and the City pursuant to which the
Team is agreeing to play its home baseball games in the Baseball Stadium, and (ii) the Operator
and the City are entering into the City Parking Agreement that provides for the construction,
operation and use of Parking Facilities for Stadium Events.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth below. Certain other capitalized terms which are not defined herein shall
have the meanings provided in the Construction Administration Agreement.
"AAA" is defined in Section 18.1.
"Access Rights" is defined in Section 4.10.
"Admission Tickets" means the per event ticket or other indicia sold by (i) the Operator
or the Team or, with the consent of the Operator, any User, or (ii) with respect to any
Community Event, the County or the City, in each case, which authorizes admission to any
seating at the Stadium Premises for a Stadium Event.
"Admission Tickets Rights" means the right to sell or otherwise distribute Admission
Tickets.
"Advertising" means, collectively, all advertising, sponsorship and promotional activity,
Signage. designations (including "pouring rights" or similar designations). rights of exclusivity
and priority, and messages and displays of every kind and nature, whether now existing or
developed in the future and whether or not in the current contemplation of the Parties, including
permanent, non -permanent and transitory Signage or advertising displayed on permanent or non-
permanent advertising panels or on structures, fixtures or equipment (such as scoreboard
advertising and canopy advertising) whether within or on the exterior of the Baseball Stadium or
elsewhere in or around the Stadium Premises and all other Signage; audio or video public
address advertising and message board advertising; programs; electronic insertion and other
forms of virtual advertising; sponsor -identified projected images; advertising on or in schedules,
Admission Tickets and yearbooks; all other print and display advertising; promotional events
sponsored by advertisers; advertising display items worn or carried by concessionaires or
personnel engaged in the operation of any Stadium Event; and logos, slogans, uses of Marks or
other forms of advertising affixed to or included with cups, hats, t -shirts or other items; Field -
related advertising; advertising through Media Rights; and other concession, promotional or
premium items.
"Advertising Rights" means the right to display, control, conduct, license, permit, sell
and enter into agreements regarding the display of Advertising.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly or indirectly
owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this definition, one Person owns another when it owns more than fifty percent (50%)
of the equity interests in the other Person and one Person "controls" another when it has the right
to exercise more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the other Person.
"Affordable Seats" means at least 81,000 individual tickets for regular season MLB
Home Games each season, priced at no more than $15 per ticket in the first MLB season in the
Baseball Stadium. The price of those tickets may be increased in subsequent seasons, provided
that the price in any season shall not reflect a greater than 3.5% cumulative annual growth rate
from the initial $15 price (e.g., the price in the third season shall not exceed $16.07).
"Applicable Law" means any law, statute, code, ordinance, administrative order, charter,
resolution, order, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, writ, injunction, franchise, permit, or license
of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect to the Stadium Premises or to
the Persons within the Stadium Premises, now existing or hereafter enacted, adopted,
promulgated, entered, or issued.
"Arbitration" is defined in Section 18.1.
"Arbitration Panel" is defined in Section 18.1.
"Arbitrator" is defined in Section 18.1.
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"Baseball Stadium" means the stadium being constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site
pursuant to the Construction Administration Agreement.
"Baseball Stadium Site" is defined in the Construction Administration Agreement.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday.. Sunday or legal or bank holiday in
the County or the City. If any time period set forth in this Agreement expires on a day other than
a Business Day, such period shall be extended to and through the next succeeding Business Day.
"Capital Improvements" means improvements to the Stadium Premises of a character
required to be capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles and which include
Emergency Capital Repairs and Necessary Improvements but exclude Maintenance and Repairs.
"Capital Improvement Threshold Amount" means (a) with respect to the first Operating
Year, $400,000, and (b) with respect to each Operating Year thereafter, the prior Operating
Year's Capital Improvement Threshold Amount increased by 5%.
"Capital Reserve Fund" means a segregated account owned by the County and held by a
Qualified Trustee from which Capital Improvements will be paid as described in Section 9.3.
"Casualty" is defined in Section 11.1.
"Casualty Expenses" is defined in Section 11.2.
"Casualty Repair Work" is defined in Section 11.1.
"City" is defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"City Parking Agreement" means the City Parking Agreement between the City, the
County and the Operator dated as of the date of this Agreement, as it may be amended and/or
restated.
"City Provisions" means Article III; Sections 4.5, 4.6(b), 4.14 and 4.16; Article V;
Article VI; Article VII; Article VIII; Sections 9.3-9.5; the relevant provisions of Section 10.1(b),
Article XI, Article XII; XIII; Article XIV; Article XV; Article XVI; Article XVII; Article XVIII;
the relevant provisions of Article XIX; and the related defined terms in this Article 1.
"City Representative" is defined in Section 19.10.
"Collateral Assi_ng ment' means any pledge, collateral assignment or other security
interest or agreement by which all or any portion of the Operator's interests or rights under this
Agreement, including any of the Operating Rights, is pledged, encumbered, collaterally assigned
or transferred to secure a debt or other obligation.
"Community Event" means an amateur athletic, public service or other non-profit event
that is conducted or sponsored by a Government Party at the Stadium Premises pursuant to
Article VI and which is not undertaken for commercial purposes (i.e., there is no admission
charge. use fee or other consideration payable in connection with such event, other than amounts
payable to designated charities).
"Community Event Date" is defined in Section 6.1.1.
"Community Event Expenses" is defined in Section 6.1.4.
"Community Event Proceeds" is defined in Section 6.1.3.
"Community Reserved Date" is defined in Section 6.1.2.
`'Community Suite" is defined in Section 7.3.
"Concessions" means, collectively, food, beverages (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic)
("Beverage"), souvenirs, apparel, novelties, publications and merchandise and other items,
goods, equipment (including mechanical, electrical or computerized amusement devices), and
wares.
"Concessions Rights" means the right to sell, display, distribute and store Concessions
within the Stadium Premises, whether from shops, kiosks, individual vendors circulating
throughout the Stadium Premises, restaurants, bars, clubs, Suites, party rooms, dining rooms or
other permanent or temporary facilities, and to conduct catering and banquet sales and services,
both during Stadium Events and on a year-round basis.
"Condemnation Action"' means a taking by any Governmental Authority (or other Person
with power of eminent domain) by exercise of any right of eminent domain or by appropriation
or condemnation, or an acquisition by any Governmental Authority (or other Person with power
of eminent domain) by threat of condemnation or through a private purchase in lieu thereof.
"Condemnation Award" means all sums, amounts or other compensation payable to the
Parties as a result of or in connection with any Condemnation Action.
"Construction Administration Agreement" means the Agreement among the County, the
City and the Stadium Developer dated as of the date of this Agreement, as it may be amended
and/or restated.
"County" is defined in the Preamble to this Agreement.
"County Representative" is defined in Section 19.10.
"Default" means a Government Party Default or Operator Default.
"Dispute" is defined in Section 18.1.
"Emergency Capital Repairs" means a Capital Improvement that must be completed
immediately and without prior consent of the County Representative or City Representative in
order to: (i) comply with a notice of violation or similar order issued by a Governmental
Authority that requires that a Necessary Improvement be completed prior to the annual review
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process set forth in Section 9.5(.3 herein. (ii) to protect public safety and welfare, (iii) to prevent
unnecessary expense that would otherwise occur if the repair was not conducted immediately, or
(iv) to ensure all systems required to operate the Baseball Stadium for its intended use are
functioning.
"Entire Site" is defined in the Construction Administration Agreement.
"Event Specific Concessions" is defined in Section 6.1.6.
"Exclusive Areas" means all, or portions of areas of the Stadium Premises that are not
intended for use by the general public, including the following: (i) areas used by the Operator,
the Team and concessionaires as office space and for event persomzel; (ii) storage areas and
offices for managers, coaches, trainers, equipment managers and related personnel of the Team;
(iii) Team and auxiliary clubhouses, locker rooms and practice, training and medical facilities
(including all weight training and exercise rooms, x-ray rooms, equipment rooms, video rooms,
batting cages, auditorium, cafeteria, players" lounge, family lounge and related facilities); (iv) the
production, scoreboard and broadcast operations room and related facilities and equipment;
(v) separate umpire, baseball operations and in -game entertainer offices and dressing rooms; (vi)
ticket offices, (vii) Suites and private club rooms and lounges; and (viii) areas that have been
exclusively licensed or otherwise committed for use by Users or Service Providers.
"Exculpatory and Non -Discrimination Language" means the language set forth in the
following paragraph with the name of the exculpating parry inserted into the blanks:
acknowledges that this Agreement imposes no contractual obligations
upon Miami -Dade County or the City of Miami, and that shall not look to
or proceed against such County or City (or any of their respective officials, employees,
agents or consultants) with respect to any default under this Agreement. In performing
any services at the Stadium Premises under this Agreement, shall not
discriminate against any worker, employee or applicant, or any member of the public
because of race, sex, marital status, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin,
ancestry or disability.
"Field" means the playing surface (including field lighting, foul poles, backstop, warning
track, bullpens, dugouts, foul territories and perimeter walls) located inside of the Baseball
Stadium.
"Force Maieure" means a war, insurrection, strike or lockout, riot, hurricane, flood,
earthquake, fire, casualty, act of God, act of the public enemy, epidemic, quarantine restriction,
freight embargoes, lack of transportation, governmental restriction, court order, unusually severe
weather, act or the failure to act of any public governmental agency or entity, terrorism, or any
other cause in each case (including the events specified above) beyond the reasonable control
and without the fault of the Party claiming an excuse from performance; provided, however, that
any Force Majeure involving or relating to County or City governmental restrictions or acts or
failures to act of any County or City agency or entity shall not relieve the County or City, as the
case may be, of their obligations under this Agreement unless the failure to act is as a result of
another Force Majeure event beyond the reasonable control and without the fault of the Party
claiming an excuse from performance.
"Funding Ratios" means (a) Nvith respect to the County, a fraction having a numerator
equal to the County's financial contribution to the Baseball Stadium Project pursuant to Sections
3.8 (Public Infrastructure), 6.2(x) (County Funding) and 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 (Cost Overruns) of the
Construction Administration Agreement and a denominator equal to the Total Project Costs; (b)
with respect to the City, a fraction having a numerator equal to the City's financial contribution
to the Baseball Stadium Project pursuant to Sections 3.8 (Public Infrastructure), 6.3 (City
Funding) and 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 (Cost Overruns) of the Construction Administration Agreement and
a denominator equal to the Total Project Costs; and (c) with respect to the Operator, a fraction
having a numerator equal to the Team Affiliates' financial contribution to the Baseball Stadium
Project pursuant to Sections 6.4 (Stadium Developer Funding) and 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 (Cost
Overruns) of the Construction Administration Agreement and a denominator equal to the Total
Project Costs. In addition, the Operator's Funding Ratio contribution also shall include a product
equal to: $35,000,000 times a number equal to (i) the number of years lapsed under the term of
this Agreement, divided by (ii) the term of this Agreement; and the County's Funding Ratio
contribution shall include a product equal to: $35,000,000 times a number equal to (i) the term of
this Agreement minus the number of years lapsed in the term of this Agreement, divided by (ii)
the term of this Agreement. For purposes of the foregoing, the County's and City's financial
contributions pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Construction Administration Agreement shall not
include amounts they would have otherwise expended if there was no Baseball Stadium Project.
As used herein, "Total Project Costs" means the sum of the numerators set forth in (a), (b) and
(c) above, plus the amounts referenced in the second sentence of this paragraph.
"Government Entities" means, collectively, the City, the County, each County and City
agency, commission, division, subdivision, department, instrumentality or other body or entity,
and their respective Affiliates.
"Government Indemnitees" is defined in Section 13.1.
"Government Party" means each of the County and the City.
"Government Party Default" is defined in Section 17.2.
"Government Relief Grant" means a financial grant or other non-refundable relief or
assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland
Security, or any other federal, state or local Governmental Authority.
"Government Representative" is defined in Section 19.10.
"Governmental Authority" means any federal, State, County, municipal or other
governmental department, entity, authority, commission, board, bureau, court, agency, or any
instrumentality of any of them.
"Insurance Escrow Agent" is defined in Section 11.2(a).
"Insurance Escrow Agreement" is defined in Section 11.2(a).
"Insurance Policies" is defined in Section 10.1.
"Losses" is defined in Section 13.1.
Maintenance and Repairs" means work, labor and materials required in the ordinary
course of business to be performed and used to: (i) maintain in good, clean working order, and,
repair as a result of ordinary wear and tear, the entire Stadium Premises, including, but not
limited to, the Baseball Stadium, plaza, retractable roof, field and lighting features, safety
features, and all structures, components, systems, fixtures, landscaping, and furnishings
contained therein, (ii) replace, at the end of their economic life cycle, those components of the
Baseball Stadium whose reasonably expected economic life at the time of original installation
was two years or less, or (iii) conduct routine and preventative maintenance consistent with
manufacturer -provided warranty, maintenance, cleaning and best engineering and facility
management practices. All Maintenance and Repairs must be conducted consistent with the
maintenance and repair standards of Major League Baseball facilities. Maintenance and Repairs
do not include Necessary Improvements or Emergency Capital Repairs.
"Major League Baseball" means, individually and collectively, the Office of the
Commissioner of Baseball, the Commissioner of Baseball, the Major League clubs, Major
League Baseball Enterprises, Inc., Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., Major League
Baseball Properties Canada, Inc., Major League Baseball Productions, MLB Advanced Media,
Inc., MLB Advanced Media, L.P., MLB Media Holdings, L.P., MLB Media Holdings, Inc.,
MLB Online Services, Inc., each of their respective present and future affiliates, assigns and
successors, and any other entity owned equally by the Major League Baseball clubs.
"Major Necessary Improvements" means Necessary Improvements for major systems
and components of the Stadium Premises with their correspondent expected economic and/or
physical life cycle, reflected on Exhibit "A" attached, as such may be revised and updated by the
Parties before Substantial Completion, and that serve as a general guideline and an approximate
timeline in the approval process set forth in Section 9.5(3).
"Major Sponsor" means a Person that spends at least the following amounts in any
applicable Operating Year with the Team Affiliates (collectively) for Advertising or other rights
or benefits relating to the Team Affiliates and/or the Baseball Stadium: (i) $500,000 in any of
Operating Years 1-15, (ii) $525,000 in any of Operating Years 16-25, or (iii) $600,000 in any of
Operating Years 26-35.
"Marks" means any and all trademarks, service marks, copyrights, names, symbols,
words, logos, colors, designs, slogans, emblems, mottos, brands, designations, trade dress,
domain names and other intellectual property (and any combination thereof) in any tangible
medium.
"Media Rights" means the right to control, conduct, sell, license, publish, authorize and
grant concessions and enter into agreements with respect to all media, means, technology,
distribution channels or processes, whether now existing or hereafter developed and whether or
not in the present contemplation of the Parties, for preserving, transmitting, disseminating or
reproducing for hearing or viewing, Stadium Events and descriptions or accounts of or
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information with respect to Stadium Events, including by Internet, radio and television
broadcasting, print, film, photographs, video. tape reproductions, satellite, closed circuit, cable,
digital, broadband, DVD, satellite, pay television, and all comparable media.
"MLB Home Games" means each of the Team's scheduled or rescheduled baseball
Qames at the Baseball Stadium, including exhibition, spring training, regular season, playoff and
World Series Qames.
"MLB Jewel Events" means the MLB All-Star Game (and related events). World
Baseball Classic and other Major League Baseball -controlled events expected to have an
attendance of more than 5,000 people scheduled or rescheduled at the Baseball Stadium.
"MLB Reserved Dates" means all dates (i) on which MLB Home Games or MLB Jewel
Events have been scheduled (or rescheduled) or (ii) that the Team is required to reserve for the
scheduling of MLB Home Games (including potential post -season games) or MLB Jewel Events
under MLB Rules and Regulations
"MLB Rules and Reculations" means each of the following as amended from time to
time: (i) any present or future agreements applicable to the Major League Baseball Clubs
generally, entered into by or on behalf of Major League Baseball, including, without limitation,
the Major League Constitution, the Professional Baseball Agreement, the Major League Rules,
the Interactive Media Rights Agreement, the Basic Agreement between the Major League
Baseball Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association, and each agency agreement
and any operating guidelines among Major League Baseball clubs generally and Major League
Baseball; and (ii) any present and future mandates, rules, regulations, policies, interpretations,
bulletins or directives issued or adopted by Major League Baseball applicable to Major League
Baseball Clubs generally.
"MLS Home Games" is defined in Section 5.2(c).
"MLS Reserved Dates" is defined in Section 5.2(c).
"Naming Rights" means the right to (i) name and re -name the Stadium Premises and any
portion thereof, including the right to grant the Stadium Name, and (ii) contract from time to
time with any Person or Persons on such terms as the Operator determines with respect to the
naming of or attribution of the Stadium Premises or any portion thereof (a "Naming Rights
Agreement").
"Necessary Improvements" means Emergency Capital Repairs and those Capital
Improvements that are required (i) by Applicable Law; (ii) to obtain required insurance at
commercially reasonable rates; (iii) by the manufacturer, supplier or installer of any component,
system or equipment to preserve warranty rights or for compliance with safety requirements; (iv)
to repair or restore components of the Stadium Premises that are damaged or destroyed by
Casualty, to the extent not covered by insurance (including the payment of deductibles from the
Capital Reserve Fund as provided for in this Agreement); or (v) to replace (including
replacements via equipment leases paid from the Capital Reserve Fund, as approved by all
Parties) components of the Stadium Premises at the end of their economic life cycle.
"New Agreement" is defined in Section 14.8(e).
"New Agreement Notice" is defined in Section 14.8(e).
"Non -Relocation Agreement" means the Non -Relocation Agreement among the Team.
the County and the City dated as of the date of this Agreement, as it may be amended and/or
restated.
"Operating Rights" is defined in Section 4.1.
"Operating Year" means (i) the period commencing on the Substantial Completion Date
and ending on the next succeeding October 31 and (ii) each subsequent twelve (12) month period
during the Term commencing on the November 1 following the Substantial Completion Date and
ending on the next succeeding October 31; provided that if this Agreement terminates on a date
other than October 31, there shall be a partial last Operating Year ending on the date of such
termination.
"Operator" means Marlins Stadium Operator, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and its permitted successors and assigns.
"Operator Indemnitees" is defined in Section 13.2.
"Operator Default" is defined in Section 17.1.
"Operator Reserved Dates" is defined in Section 6.1.2.
"Parking Facilities" is defined in the City Parking Agreement.
"Partial Taking" is defined in Section 12.3.
"Parties" means, collectively, the City, the County and the Operator.
"Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, public body, authority, governmental unit or other entity.
"Plaza" means an area on the western portion of the Baseball Stadium Site, more
particularly described in the Construction Administration Agreement, that will be open to the
general public as provided in Section 4.16 of this Agreement.
"Premium Seating" means seating in the Baseball Stadium for which a premium is
charged above the generally applicable ticket price for rights that include access to amenities not
available to purchasers of general admissions tickets, such as food delivery service, special
access to seats, and exclusive bars, restaurants and lounge areas; such seating shall include Suites
and seats sold to the public as "club seats," "dugout seats" and "field boxes" (or any replacement
terms adopted in the future).
"Promotional Rights" means and includes any and all of the following rights as applied
to, arising out of or connected in any way with Major League Baseball, the Team Affiliates, the
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Proprietary Indicia. the Team's Major League Baseball franchise. the Baseball Stadium, the
Baseball Stadium Site, and Stadium Events and other permitted uses of the Stadium Premises:
(a) rights of exploitation, in any format now known or later developed, through
advertising, promotions, marketing. merchandising, licensing, food services, franchising,
sponsorship, publications, hospitality events or through any other type of commercial or
promotional means, including but not limited to advertising by interior, exterior or perimeter
signage, through printed matter such as programs, posters, letterhead, press releases, newsletters,
tickets, photographs, franchising, concessions, restaurants, parry rooms, uniforms, schedules,
displays, sampling, premiums and selling rights of any nature, the right to organize and conduct
promotional competitions, to give prizes, awards, giveaways, and to conscript official music,
video or other related data or information;
(b) media rights, in any format now known or later developed, including but not
limited to the right to broadcast, transmit, display and record images and recordings, in any and
all media now known or hereafter devised, including but not limited to radio, television, cable,
satellite and internet;
(c) Naming Rights; and
(d) rights to create, use, promote and commercialize any representation of the
Baseball Stadium, in whole or in part, or the name or contents thereof, for licensing,
promotional, publicity, general advertising and other suitable purposes, including but not limited
to the creation, use, promotion and commercialization of text, data, images, photographs,
illustrations, animation and graphics, video or audio segments of any nature, in any media or
embodiment, now known or later developed; and all other rights of marketing and advertising,
exploitation, in any format, now known or later developed, and associated promotional
opportunities.
"Property Insurance Policy" is defined in Section 10.1.
"Property Insurance Proceeds" means any proceeds paid pursuant to the Property
Insurance Policy and designated for the repair, restoration, replacement or rebuilding of all or
any part of the Stadium Premises.
"Proprietary Indicia" means all Marks, together with any other copyrighted or
copyrightable properties, in any format now known or later developed, that are or become owned
or controlled by a Team Affiliate or Major League Baseball, which are or become commercially
identified or associated with a Team Affiliate or Major League Baseball, or are now or hereafter
licensed by or to a Team Affiliate or Major League Baseball.
"Qualified Trustee" means a financial institution qualified to act as a depository, jointly
appointed by the County, the City and the Operator for the purpose of administering the Capital
Reserve Fund. The fees charged by the Qualified Trustee shall be funded from the interest
earnings on deposit in the Capital Reserve Fund.
"QSR" means a fast food restaurant or food shop in which meals or food items are sold at
a counter or window, or for take-out purposes. "QSR" does not include casual dining restaurants
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with waitered service or Latin restaurants that may serve croquettes or pastries from a counter or
window (such as Cafe Versailles and La Carretta).
"Renewal Term" is defined in Section 3.2.
'Retail Rights' means the right to sell retail goods, merchandise and products (including
souvenirs, novelty items and licensed products) to the general public at the Stadium Premises
and to operate areas at the Stadium Premises, including at the Team Store(s) and outlets open to
the general public on a year-round basis from the Stadium Premises, for such purposes.
"Revenue Rights" is defined in Section 4.3.
"Seat Rights" means the right to sell or license Admission Tickets, Premium Seating and
other rights to view any or all Stadium Events, including personal seat licenses and similar
rights.
"Secured Party" means any holder or beneficiary of any Collateral Assignment, which
may include the trustee under a security agreement or indenture, the collateral or administrative
agent under a credit facility or note purchase agreement, the holders of any notes, bonds or other
instruments secured thereby, or any insurer or guarantor of any of the foregoing (together with
any successor or transferee thereof).
"Service Agreement" is defined in Section 4.2.
"Service Provider' means any Person with whom the Operator enters into a Service
Agreement for the purpose of performing work or providing services, labor, materials or supplies
with respect to all or any part of the Stadium Premises.
"Signage" means all signage (whether permanent or temporary) in or on the Stadium
Premises, including scoreboards, jumbotron or other replay screens, banners, fascia boards,
displays, message centers, advertisements, signs and marquee signs.
"Soccer Stadium" is defined in Article V.
"Soccer Team" means an entity that has been granted a franchise by Major League
Soccer whose home territory is the City of Miami and whose home stadium is the Soccer
Stadium. For purposes of the restrictions on the Soccer Team in Article V, "Soccer Team" shall
include any Person that operates, manages or otherwise uses the Soccer Stadium.
"Sports User' is defined in Section 6.1.2.
"Stadium Agreements" means, collectively, this Agreement, the Construction
Administration Agreement, the Non -Relocation Agreement, the City Parking Agreement and the
Assurance Agreement.
"Stadium Developer" means Marlins Stadium Developer, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and its permitted successors and assigns.
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Stadium Event" means any event held at the Stadium Premises, including MLB Home
Games; MLB Jewel Events; Team practices, exhibitions, clinics, promotions and fan activities;
and other professional or amateur sporting events or exhibitions, concerts, trade shows,
conventions, general audience, family or other targeted audience shoNvs, performances or
exhibitions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stadium Events shall not include Community
Events.
"Stadium Image Rights' means the right to (i) use or display any Symbolic
Representation or other visual depiction of the Stadium Premises and all associated Marks in
connection with (A) the design, manufacture, production, sale, use, distribution, importation,
exportation, advertisement and display of goods or services bearing one or more Symbolic
Representations, including hats, t -shirts, sweatshirts, posters, models and other souvenirs and
apparel, and (B) the promotion of the Baseball Stadium and the production, promotion, telecast
or other exploitation in any medium, whether now known or hereafter created, of Stadium
Events, and (ii) contract from time to time with any Person or Persons on such terms as the
Operator determines with respect to the use and enjoyment of any Symbolic Representation and
any associated Mark.
"Stadium Information Svstems" means, collectively, the public address system,
scoreboards, video boards, ribbon boards, matrix boards, message boards and similar systems
(and all related control and equipment rooms) located in the Stadium Premises.
"Stadium Name" means the principal name given to the Baseball Stadium in any Naming
Rights Agreement and any replacements thereof from time to time.
"Stadium Premises" means the Baseball Stadium, the Baseball Stadium Site (including
the Plaza) and all other improvements from time to time constructed or otherwise located on the
Baseball Stadium Site in accordance with this Agreement, together with all rights, privileges,
easements and appurtenances relating thereto.
"State" means the State of Florida.
"Substantial Completion Date" means the date upon which Substantial Completion
occurs as provided in the Construction Administration Agreement.
"Suites" means the private viewing boxes to be designed, constructed, furnished and
equipped as part of the Baseball Stadium.
"Symbolic Representation" means any two-dimensional or three-dimensional replica,
model, artistic, graphic or photographic rendering or other visual representation of the Stadium
Premises or any portion thereof.
"Targeted Tax" means any taxes or government charges on: (i) receipts from purchasers,
lessees or licensees of Suites, of amounts in excess of the face value of the admission tickets for
seats in the Suites (excluding any generally applicable State sales tax on those amounts); (ii) the
activities conducted by a Team Affiliate at the Stadium Premises or the income from such
activities unless the tax or governmental charge applies to the same or similar activities
conducted by all or a broad range of businesses or persons within the County or the City or the
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income from such activities; (iii) receipts from the sale of any tickets (including tickets in Suites)
or other rights to admission to the Stadium Premises unless the tax or governmental charge is one
of general application levied against or imposed generally on receipts from the sale of tickets or
other rights to admission to sports, amusement and entertainment facilities within the County or
City; (iv) the gross receipts or incomes of players, coaches, enterprises, businesses, teams, or
team owners who use the Stadium Premises unless the tax or governmental charge is one of
general application levied against or imposed on the gross receipts or incomes of people,
enterprises, businesses, or owners of enterprises or businesses, as the case may be, within the
jurisdiction of the County or City; (v) any capital gain on or appreciation in the investment in a
Team Affiliate unless the tax or governmental charge is one of general application to investments
in enterprises or businesses of any type within the jurisdiction of the County or City; or (vi) the
sale of the Major League Baseball franchise or an ownership interest in a Team Affiliate unless
the tax or governmental charge is one of general application to the sale of ownership interests in
enterprises or businesses of any type within the jurisdiction of the County or City.
"Tax" means (i) any general or special, ordinary or extraordinary, tax, imposition,
assessment, levy, usage fee, excise, deduction, withholding or similar charge, however measured,
regardless of the manner of imposition or beneficiary, that is imposed by any Governmental
Authority and any and all liabilities (including interest, fines, penalties or additions with respect
to any of the foregoing) with respect to the foregoing, and (ii) any transferee, successor, joint and
several, contractual or other liability (including liability pursuant to Treasury Regulations §
1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non -U.S. law)) in respect of any item
described in clause (i).
"Team" means Florida Marlins, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership which owns a Major
League Baseball club, and its permitted successors and assigns.
"Team Affiliate" means the Operator, the Team, the Stadium Developer and any other
entity that is an Affiliate of the Team, the Operator or the Stadium Developer.
"Team Depreciable Assets" means any tangible personal property included in or relating
to Stadium Premises, whether located within public spaces in the Stadium Premises or in the
Exclusive Areas, to the extent paid for or provided by the Operator, the Team, or any of their
licensees, Users, Service Providers or Affiliates, regardless of the legal ownership for non-
income tax purposes.
"Team Foundation" is defined in Section 7.1.
"Team Store" means one or more retail stores open during Stadium Events and to the
general public on a year-round basis to which access may be obtained without an Admission
Ticket to a Stadium Event, and which sell, among other items, sports related apparel and
merchandise associated with the Team and other sports teams.
"Temporary Taking" is defined in Section 12.5.
"Term" is defined in Section 3.1.
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"Ticket Operations" means all ticket facilities of every kind and description, whether now
existing or hereafter developed and all rights (including Advertising with respect to Admission
Tickets to Stadium Events) relating thereto, including ticket windows and ticket sale facilities
(such as computerized ticket equipment systems), and all ticket operation functions, including
the printing, selling and distributing of all Admission Tickets to all Stadium Events, and the
printing and distributing of press credentials.
"Ticket Operations Rights" means the right to the full use and enjoyment of, and right to
control, provide, conduct, license, grant concessions with respect to and contract for, Ticket
Operations with respect to the Stadium Premises or any Stadium Event, including the right to sell
or license the right to provide Ticket Operations on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis.
"Total Taking" is defined in Section 12.2.
"Transfer" is defined in Section 14.1.
"Unusable Condition" means the existence of any one of the following conditions due to
any Condemnation Action or any Casualty:
(a) Major League Baseball determines the condition of the Stadium Premises
is such that the MLB Rules and Regulations, or a specific Major League Baseball directive,
prohibit the playing of MLB Home Games at the Baseball Stadium; or
(b) a Governmental Authority determines the use or occupancy of any
material portion of the Stadium Premises (excluding the Plaza) is: (i) not permitted under any
Applicable Law or (ii) is unsafe for customary usage.
"Use Agreement" is defined in Section 4.2.
"Use Rights" means the right to license, sublicense or otherwise grant Users the right to
use the Stadium Premises (or any portion thereof), and to enter into Use Agreements.
"User" means the Team and any other Person that is granted by the Operator the right to
use or occupy any part of the Stadium Premises.
ENGAGEMENT OF OPERATOR
The Operator shall be the sole and exclusive manager and operator of the Stadium
Premises during the Term of this Agreement with sole responsibility and authority and full
control and discretion in the operation, direction, management and supervision of the Stadium
Premises, subject to and as more fully described in this Agreement. The Operator is an
independent contractor and shall have no authority to bind the County. Except as provided in
Article VI with respect to Community Events, the Government Parties shall not, and shall not
authorize or grant any Person other than the Operator any right to, operate, manage, coordinate,
control, use or supervise the Stadium Premises (or any portion thereof) at any time during the
Term.
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ARTICLE III
TERM
Section 3.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
shall expire on October 31 in the year which is the later of (a) the year in which the thirty-fifth
(35th) annual anniversary of the Substantial Completion Date occurs or (b) the latest year (but in
no event later than 2052) in which any of the County Bonds are scheduled to mature upon their
initial issuance (or such earlier date on which all of the County Bonds have been repaid except
pursuant to a refinancing, in which case this Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of the
original maturity date of all the originally issued County Bonds or the maturity date of any bonds
that refund or refinance the County Bonds), unless sooner terminated pursuant to any applicable
provision of this Agreement (such term as it may be so terminated, or as it may be extended
pursuant to Section 3.2, being referred to herein as the "Term"). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the Operator's obligations with respect to the management, operation
and maintenance of the Stadium Premises shall commence upon the Substantial Completion
Date.
Section 3.2 Options to Extend. The Operator shall have the right (but not the
obligation) to extend the Term on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
(except as expressly provided in this Agreement) for two additional terms of five (5) years each
(each, a "Renewal Term"); provided that the Operator shall not have the right to extend the Tenn
if the Operator has received from the County a written notice of an Operator Default prior to the
time of exercise and such Operator Default continues to exist at the time of exercise. The
Operator shall exercise its right to extend the Tenn by delivering written notice of such exercise
to the County and the City no later than two (2) years prior to the expiration of the initial Term or
the first Renewal Term.
ARTICLE IV
OPERATOR'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Section 4.1 Operation. The Operator shall have the exclusive right, authority,
responsibility and obligation to operate, manage, coordinate, control, use and supervise the
conduct and operation of the business and affairs pertaining to or necessary for the proper
operation, maintenance and management of the Stadium Premises on a year-round basis, all in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement (the "Operating Rights"). The
Operator shall be responsible for operating and managing the Stadium Premises for all Stadium
Events (including Community Events), in accordance with the standards of service and quality
generally accepted within the Major League Baseball professional ballpark industry, and with
due regard for the health and safety of Persons lawfully on the Stadium Premises. The Operating
Rights and obligations shall include the following:
(a) scheduling and contracting for all Stadium Events and establishing all
rules and regulations respecting the Stadium Premises and Stadium Events;
(b) employment (as agents, employees or independent contractors),
termination, supervision and control of all personnel (whether full-time, part-time or temporary)
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that the Operator determines to be necessary for the operation of the Stadium Premises, including
ticket sellers, ticket takers, maintenance crews and security personnel (other than public safety
personnel as described in Section 4.15); and determination of all compensation, benefits and
other matters with regard to such personnel;
(c) selling and establishing the prices, rates, fees or other charges for goods,
services or rights (including Concessions and Seat Rights for all Stadium Events) available at or
with respect to the Stadium Premises;
(d) marketing and promoting Stadium Events, and identifying and contracting
with all contractors and vendors in connection with, and managing, coordinating and
supervising, all Ticket Operations, Concessions and Advertising;
(e) procuring, negotiating and entering into contracts for the furnishing of all
utilities, labor, equipment, services and supplies necessary for the operation of the Stadium
Premises;
(f) commencing, defending and settling such legal actions or proceedings
concerning the operation of the Stadium Premises as are necessary or required in the opinion of
the Operator, and retaining counsel in connection therewith, provided that the Operator shall not
defend or settle actions or proceedings against the County or City except as provided in Article
XIII;
(g) controlling the issuance of and issuing all credentials for Stadium Events;
(h) preparing the Stadium Premises for Stadium Events and converting the
Stadium Premises from one type of Stadium Event to another;
(i) performing, or causing to be performed, all Maintenance and Repairs,
Emergency Capital Repairs and Necessary Improvements in accordance with Article IX; and
0) operating the Stadium Premises in compliance with Applicable Law,
including by maintaining or causing to be maintained all necessary licenses, permits and
authorizations for the operation of the Stadium Premises.
Section 4.2 Use and Service Agreements. The Operator shall have the exclusive right
to negotiate, execute and perform use agreements, licenses and other agreements ("!Lse
Agreements"): (a) with the Team, provided that such Use Agreement is consistent with the
terms of the Non -Relocation Agreement; or (b) with other Persons who desire to schedule
events, performances, telecasts, broadcasts or other transmissions in, from or to the Stadium
Premises, or any part thereof, or who desire otherwise to license the use of or to occupy the
Stadium Premises or any part thereof. The Operator shall further have the exclusive right to
negotiate, execute and perform agreements with Service Providers that pertain to the service,
maintenance and/or operation of the Stadium Premises or any part thereof ("Service
Agreements"). Each Use Agreement and Service Agreement shall be in writing. No Use
Agreement or Service Agreement shall extend beyond the Term, including any early termination
of the Term pursuant to this Agreement. Each Service Agreement providing for payments to the
Service Provider of more than $250,000 (such amount to be increased each year by the
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percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the Miami area),
including the agreement with the principal concessionaire for the Baseball Stadium. and each
Use Agreement granting the User the right to conduct a Stadium Event open to the general public
shall contain Exculpatory and Non -Discrimination Language. Additionally, each Service
Agreement that will be funded with amounts in the Capital Reserve Fund shall include a
representation from the Service Provider that it is not on the County debarment list pursuant to
Section 10-38 of the County Code. The Operator shall provide the County Representative copies
of such Service Agreements upon request of the County Representative.
Section 4.3 Revenue Rights. The Operator shall have the sole and exclusive right to
exercise, control, license, sell, authorize, establish the prices and other teens for, and contract
with respect to all rights, revenues and rights to revenues arising from or related to the use,
occupancy, operation, exploitation or existence of the Stadium Premises from all sources,
whether now existing or developed in the future and whether or not in the current contemplation
of the Parties (collectively, "Revenue Rights"), in each case on such terms and conditions as the
Operator shall determine in its sole discretion. Subject to Section 6.3, the Operator shall have
the sole and exclusive right to collect, receive and retain all revenues and other consideration of
every kind and description arising from or relating to the Revenue Rights. The Revenue Rights
shall include the following rights, and the revenues and rights to revenues arising from the
exercise, control, license, sale, authorization or operation of such rights: (i) Admission Tickets
Rights; (ii) Advertising Rights; (iii) Stadium Image Rights; (iv) Media Rights; (v) Concessions
Rights; (vi) Naming Rights; (vii) Retail Rights; (viii) Seat Rights; (ix) Ticket Operations Rights;
(x) Use Rights; (xi) rights to operate the Stadium Information Systems; (xii) rights to revenues
from the exploitation of all other intellectual property owned by or licensed to the Operator and
associated with the Stadium Premises; and (xiii) whether or not included in any of the forgoing,
Promotional Rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Revenue Rights shall not include any
rights that are owned or held by the Team (e.g., Media Rights to Team games) or another Team
Affiliate.
Section 4.4 Concessions, The Operator's rights with respect to Concessions Rights
shall extend to all areas of the Stadium Premises (including areas that are open to the general
public from the Stadium Premises), and shall include the rights to (a) from time to time select
and contract with one or more concessionaires (or to itself act as concessionaire) to operate and
be responsible for all Concessions operations in the Stadium Premises; (b) administer any such
Concessions agreements; (c) determine the types, brands and marketing of all Concessions sold
in the Stadium Premises, and the prices to be charged for such Concessions; and (d) determine
the location of Concessions facilities within the Stadium Premises.
Section 4.5 Labor Peace. To protect the County's interest in ensuring that the Baseball
Stadium Project produces the funds necessary for repayment of the costs of indebtedness
incurred in the development and construction of the Baseball Stadium Project, the Operator shall
supply to the County prior to the opening of the Baseball Stadium a fully -executed labor peace
agreement between the entity which will operate the Stadium Premises food and Beverage
concessions and any labor organization in the Miami area that is actively engaged in representing
and attempting to represent Stadium Premises food and Beverage concession workers. The labor
peace agreement must be a valid agreement which prohibits the labor organization and its
members from engaging in any picketing, work stoppages, boycotts, or any other economic
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interference with the Stadium Premises food and Beverage concessions for at least the first five
years of the operation of the Stadium Premises and must cover Stadium Premises food and
Beverage operations which are conducted by lessees or tenants or under manaaement agreements
and Service and Use Agreements.
Section 4.6 Sianaae.
(a) The Operator's rights with respect to Advertising Rights shall include the
exclusive right to construct, operate and display Signage on the interior, exterior or other
portions of the Stadium Premises as the Operator deems necessary or desirable, in compliance
with Applicable Law, including laws pertaining to public decency.
(b) Prior to the Substantial Completion Date, the County and City shall
design, manufacture and install off-site traffic directional signage for the Baseball Stadium with
the number, location, design and content comparable to signage each has installed for other large
entertainment venues in the City. This obligation of the County and City shall not apply to any
directional signage controlled by the State or the federal government, provided that the County
and City shall assist the Team in its efforts to urge the State and federal government to provide
such signage. The County or City, as applicable, shall maintain, update and pay all costs for
such County and City controlled signage, except that such Parties shall have no obligation to pay
any costs associated with a change of the Stadium Name following the Substantial Completion
Date.
(c) The Stadium Premises shall include mutually agreed upon signage that
identifies the County both inside and outside the Baseball Stadium. By approving this
Agreement, the Board hereby waives the signage requirements set forth in the in the Building
Better Communities General Obligation Bond Program Administrative Rules.
Section 4.7 Naming Rights.
(a) The Operator shall have, subject to compliance with Applicable Law, the
exclusive right to sell, license or otherwise grant Naming Rights for the Term on such terms and
conditions as the Operator shall determine. The Operator must obtain the written approval of the
Stadium Name from the County Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided that approval shall not be required for the name
(including the commonly known name and the parent company name, but excluding any name
associated with tobacco, adult entertainment or guns) of any (i) Fortune 1000 company or any of
its subsidiaries or their respective products, (ii) bank, (iii) cruise line, (iv) airline or (v) nationally
recognized Beverage company. When approval is required, the County Representative shall
approve or disapprove of a proposed Stadium Name within ten (10) Business Days after
receiving a request for approval from the Operator. If the County Representative does not
respond within such ten (10) Business Days, the proposed Stadium Name shall be deemed
approved. The County Representative may disapprove any Stadium Name that is in conflict with
standards of public decency, including association with tobacco or adult entertainment.
(b) Following receipt by the Government Parties of written notice from the
Operator of the determination of the Stadium Name, in accordance with this Section 4.6, or the
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name of any portions of the Stadium Premises, the Govemment Parties shall use exclusively the
Stadium Name and, as appropriate, the name given to any portion of the Stadium Premises in all
correspondence, communications, advertising and promotion the Government Parties may
undertake with respect to the Stadium Premises, including in all press releases and in connection
with the promotion of the sale of Admission Tickets to any Community Event. In addition, the
Government Parties shall include the Stadium Name on all directional or other signage that is
installed by the County or City that refers to or identifies the Stadium Premises. The Operator
shall provide the Government Entities a non-exclusive license to use the Stadium Name and
Symbolic Representations for the purposes described in this Section 4.6(b), and to promote travel
and tourism and to publicize to its respective constituents the successful completion of the
construction of the Baseball Stadium Project,
Section 4.8 Scheduling. Subject to the Team's scheduling priority for MLB Home
Games and MLB Jewel Events and Article VI with respect to Community Events, the Operator
shall have the exclusive right and authority to schedule and book all Stadium Events.
Section 4.9 Annual Pavment. In consideration for the Team's use of the Baseball
Stadium and the rights granted to the Operator under this Agreement, the Team shall remit to the
County an annual amount per Operating Year as provided in Section 7 of the Non-Relocation
Agreement. If the Operator elects to extend the Term pursuant to Section 3.2, prior to the start of
each Renewal Term the Operator and the County shall negotiate an annual amount payable by
the Operator or the Team to the County during such Renewal Term.
Section 4.10 Operating Expenses. Except for Community Event Expenses and as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Operator shall be responsible for the
payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Operator in managing and operating the
Stadium Premises, including game-day operations, security on the Baseball Stadium Site (as
provided in Section 4.15 with respect to Public Safety Personnel), utilities, custodial services,
premiums and deductibles (to the extent required by Article XI) for the Insurance Policies, and
supplies and other consumable goods.
Section 4.11 Access Rights. The County hereby grants to, and covenants and agrees to
maintain for, the Operator, subject only to the access and entry rights expressly reserved for the
County under Article VI, the exclusive right to use and to authorize others to use, and
uninterrupted access for the Team Affiliates and their invitees to and from, the Stadium Premises
on a twenty-four (24) hour per day, year-round basis throughout the Term (the "Access Rights").
The County and City shall not take any actions that would disturb the Team Affiliates' quiet
enjoyment of the Stadium Premises or impede their ability to exercise the Operating Rights. The
County shall not grant, permit or suffer to exist any right, claim or other Lien that materially
interferes (or could reasonably be expected to materially interfere) with the Access Rights, and
shall promptly discharge or terminate any such right, claim or lien.
Section 4.12 Administration. The Operator shall have the exclusive right to plan,
coordinate and administer the operation of the Stadium Premises, including the coordination of
the efforts of all parties involved in Stadium Premises operations, establishing and maintaining
procedures for payment of operating expenses, receipt of revenues, development and
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implementation of accounting policies for the Stadium Premises, and coordination of the work of
any party performing services at the Stadium Premises.
Section 4.13 Transact Business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Operator shall have the right to enter into contracts and transact business with
other Persons, including concessionaires. Affiliates of the Operator, Users and Service Providers,
for the performance of the Operator's obligations, duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement; provided, however, that such contracts shall not relieve the Operator of its
obligations, duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.
Section 4.14 Countv and City Acknowledgment. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Operator nor any of its Affiliates,
subcontractors, licensees or delegates shall be required to (a) seek or obtain competitive bids or
proposals for, or competitively award, any agreements it enters into, purchases it snakes or other
actions it takes with respect to the management, operation or use of the Stadium Premises, (b)
comply with or follow any County or City selection processes, procurement requirements or
similar procedures or requirements contained in the County Code, City Code or otherwise,
except that with respect to construction, the Operator and other Team Affiliates, subcontractors,
licensees or delegates shall comply with Applicable Law, including Chapter 255, Florida Statutes
and all of their respective obligations set forth in this Agreement, (c) comply with County or City
employment practices (other than those applicable to employers generally) or any County Code,
City Code or ordinance provisions uniquely governing the management or operation of public
projects, buildings, structures or works, or (d) except in connection with the Operator's
compliance with Applicable Law, obtain County or City approval of any of its actions, other than
where specifically provided for in this Agreement.
Section 4.15 Utility Rates. The County shall use reasonable best efforts to assist the
Operator to secure utilities for the Stadium Premises at rates comparable to the County's reduced
bulk rates, if any.
Section 4.16 Public Safety Personnel. The Parties agree to the following terms, which
are hereby incorporated into this Agreement:
(a) Police Staffing. To the extent off-duty police staffing is available,
(i) the County Police Department will provide off-duty police staffing within the Baseball
Stadium Site for all MLB Home Games, MLB Jewel Events and all other Stadium Events having
an expected attendance of more than 5,000 people, and (ii) the City Police Department will
provide off-duty police staffing of all other areas of the Entire Site for MLB Home Games,
MLB Jewel Events and other Stadium Events having an expected attendance of more than 5,000
people, all at the Stadium Operator's sole expense. The City will also provide off-duty police
staffing to provide police presence in the surrounding jurisdictional neighborhoods, streets, etc.
due to increased activity expected due to MLB Home Games, MLB Jewel Events and other
Stadium Events having an expected attendance of more than 5,000 people, at Stadium Operator's
sole expense. In the event either the County or the City Police Department does not have
sufficient off-duty police personnel to staff an event, as described above, then the department
that has additional off-duty police personnel shall fill the positions of the department that does
not have sufficient personnel. If neither Police Department has sufficient personnel to staff an
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event, then the City, or the County, as the case may be, shall have the right to staff the event by
using third parry agencies. In the event there are no police off-duty personnel available to staff
an event. the Stadium Operator shall be responsible for providing security for the event. For
each of the above described events staffed by City and County Policed Departments, a joint
command structure will be established between the City and the County to ensure cross -
coordination between the respective Police Departments. The Stadium Operator shall pay City
and County police personnel the hourly rates payable by City or County for such work. When
off-duty police officers are used in the staffing of an event, the Stadium Operator shall pay the
highest of the City or the County hourly rate payable to such police officers. Stadium
Operator's expense obligation shall be limited to the hourly rates paid by the City and the County
to the police personnel. For Community Events, the City and the County may provide off-duty
police services using their own forces inside and outside the Baseball Stadium Site. Nothing in
this section shall limit the City's Police Department's jurisdictional authority to respond to
emergencies or investigate crimes committed anywhere on the Stadium Premises.
(b) Fire Rescue Off -Duty Staffing. The City and the County will
jointly provide at Stadium Operator's sole expense, Fire Rescue off-duty staffing within the
Baseball Stadium Site. For each MLB Home Game, MLB Jewel Event and Stadium Event
having expected attendance of more than 5,000 people. staffing within the Baseball Stadium Site
will consist of at least one City and one County Fire Watch unit. Fire Rescue units shall be
provided equally from the City and County (one each, two each, etc., depending on the demand
for off-duty fire rescue service). This may consist of first aid stations, roving firefighters, etc., as
necessary for the event. A joint command structure, with a designee from each Fire Rescue
Department to act as the lead for each such Stadium Event, will be established. The lead from
each Fire Department will be in charge of cross -coordination of issues between the entities. City
protocols and radio systems will be used, with specific details to be formalized in a stadium -
specific protocol jointly written by the City and the County prior to Substantial Completion.
City and County fire rescue personnel will be paid at the hourly rates for off-duty work payable
by City or County, whichever is higher, and Stadium Operator's expense obligation shall be
limited to those hourly rates. Both the City and the County may elect to use their own Fire
Department within the Baseball Stadium Site for Community Events.
(c) Police and Fire Rescue staffing levels, hours and locations shall be
determined by the County or City Police and Fire Departments, as applicable, in accordance with
Applicable Law after consultation with the Operator.
Section 4.17 Plaza. The Operator shall be responsible for the operation and
maintenance of, and shall have the right to all revenues from, the Plaza to the same extent as the
other portions of the Stadium Premises. The Operator shall not construct any permanent
structures in the Plaza that are not needed to support its roof or utility systems, except for (a)
structures that are part of restaurants or retail stores that are included in and ancillary to the uses
of the Baseball Stadium, and extend no more than an aggregate of 10,000 square feet into the
Plaza, and (b) lighting, benches, pavers, seating, tables, fountains, awnings, bollards, railings,
waste receptacles, statues, bicycle racks, flagpoles, scoreboards and signage. The Plaza shall be
open to the general public during daylight hours on a year-round basis; provided that the
Operator may restrict access to certain portions of the Plaza from two (2) hours preceding
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through two (2) hours following Stadium Events, and otherwise as may be reasonably necessary
to maintain the Plaza in a safe, clean and orderly condition.
ARTICLE V
SOCCER STADIUM
The City may develop a soccer stadium for a Major League Soccer team. If such soccer
stadium will be located within the Entire Site (the "Soccer Stadium"), the following provisions
of this Article V shall apply.
Section 5.1 Construction.
(a) The City shall keep the County and the Team Affiliates informed of any
plans it develops or modifies for a Soccer Stadium. The City may, subject to the provisions of
this Article V, (i) pursue the Soccer Stadium on such terms and conditions as it may determine,
(ii) transfer the right to pursue a Soccer Stadium to a third party for such consideration as it
determines, or (iii) joint venture with the Team, or cause a third party to joint venture with the
Team, to pursue a Soccer Stadium.
(b) The City acknowledges that the success of the Baseball Stadium will
depend on, among other things, the proper coordination of all of the proposed construction and
uses of the Baseball Stadium and the Soccer Stadium. As such, the Operator and the City have
agreed to coordinate certain scheduling and sponsorship matters with respect to the Baseball
Stadium and the Soccer Stadium in Section 5.2 below. The City further agrees, and shall require
and cause all users and contractors of the Soccer Stadium, to comply with the following
restrictions:
(i) The Soccer Stadium shall be architecturally harmonious with the
Baseball Stadium and the facade features of the Soccer Stadium shall have no highly reflective
materials facing the Baseball Stadium.
(ii) During the construction period for the Baseball Stadium, Parking
Facilities and Public Infrastructure, the Baseball Stadium, Parking Facilities and Public
Infrastructure contractors shall have job site priority over construction of the Soccer Stadium.
The City shall require that any work to be performed in respect of the Soccer Stadium be done
without causing a delay in the completion of the Baseball Stadium by the Targeted Completion
Date and the Public Infrastructure by the deadlines specified in the Construction Administration
Agreement. In addition, the City shall not, following the Substantial Completion Date, allow any
substantial or noisy construction activity in respect of the Soccer Stadium that materially
interferes with the use of the Baseball Stadium during the period from two (2) hours before and
one (1) hour after MLB Home Games or MLB Jewel Events, or other Stadium Events with an
expected attendance of 5,000 or more people.
(iii) The following uses shall not be permitted within the Soccer
Stadium: (A) ticket brokerage businesses (other than brokerage services provided by a Team
Affiliate for Major League Baseball games and by the Soccer Team for Major League Soccer
games), (B) retail businesses whose primary business directly competes with the naming rights
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sponsors of the Baseball Stadium at the time the retail business is established, (C) QSRs, except
for QSRs in the Soccer Stadium operating during soccer stadium events. (D) portable or
temporary food, or the give-away of food or beverage, during the period from three (3) hours
before and one (1) hour after MLB Home Games or MLB Jewel Events, or other Stadium Events
expected to have attendance of at least 5,000 people, (E) the sale of beer in an outdoor bar (beer
garden) within one hour before MLB Home Games or MLB Jewel Events, or other Stadium
Events expected to have attendance of at least 5,000 people, (F) the promotion and sale of
baseball branded or themed memorabilia and merchandise by persons other than a Team
Affiliate, and (G) the promotion and sale of soccer branded or themed memorabilia and
merchandise by persons other than the Soccer Team.
(iv) The City shall not permit the construction of the Soccer Stadium to
commence until after the second anniversary of the Substantial Completion Date.
(v) The City shall not permit the use of Soccer Stadium that in any
material respect interferes with the operation of the Baseball Stadium or the Parking Facilities for
MLB Home Games or MLB Jewel Events, or other Stadium Events expected to have attendance
of at least 5,000 people.
(vi) The Team or any Team Affiliate and the County shall have the
right to review (but not approve) the plans and specifications as well as leases in respect of any
Soccer Stadium for a reasonable period prior to the construction of such Soccer Stadium or prior
to the execution of such leases.
The City, the County and the Operator agree that the foregoing restrictions shall run with the
Soccer Stadium land through the Term, or through construction in the case of the first two
sentences of Section 5.1(b)(ii). The City, the County and the Operator (if appropriate) shall
record an appropriate legal instrument in the Public Records of Miami -Dade County evidencing
the continuing applicability of these restrictions.
Section 5.2 Scheduling.
(a) As provided below, MLB Home Games and MLS Home Games will not
be scheduled to take place at the Baseball Stadium and Soccer Stadium during the same time,
whether or not the games do not commence at the same time. They may, however, be scheduled
on the same day so long as the game time does not interfere with the restrictions for exclusive
use of the Parking Facilities provided in the City Parking Agreement (i.e., the second game may
not be scheduled to start within four (4) hours after the scheduled end time of the first game).
(b) The scheduling of MLB Home Games and MLB Jewel Events shall have
absolute priority over the scheduling of all soccer games and Other Events at the Soccer
Stadium; provided that (i) the Operator shall provide the Soccer Team up to thirteen (13)
Saturday nights during each MLS soccer season for its MLS Home Games at the Soccer Stadium
and (ii) the Operator shall make reasonable effort to accommodate any post -season MLS Home
Games that would otherwise conflict with regular season MLB Home Games. The priority for
MLB Home Games and MLB Jewel Events shall be on all dates (x) on which MLB Home
Games or MLB Jewel Events have been scheduled (or rescheduled) or (y) that the Team is
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required to reserve for the scheduling of MLB Home Games (including potential post -season
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games) or MLB Jewel Events under LB Rules and Regulations (collectively. "MLB Reserved
Dates"). The Operator or the Team shall notify the Soccer Team and the City in writing of the
MLB Reserved Dates (and the scheduled start times of the MLB Home Games and MLB Jewel
Events) for each Operating Year no later than ten (10) Business Days after the Team's schedule
is finalized for that Operating Year. The Soccer Team shall not schedule any game or other
event or activity at the Soccer Stadium (A) on an MLB Reserved Date, except at a different time
in compliance with Section 5.1(a) above, or (B) between March 15 and November 15 in any
Operating Year for which it has not yet received the MLB Reserved Dates.
(c) The scheduling of the Soccer Team's regular season and playoff MLS
home games at the Soccer Stadium ('`MLS Home Games") shall have absolute priority over the
scheduling of Stadium Events other than MLB Home Games and MLB Jewel Events. Such
priority shall be on all dates (i) on which MLS Horne Games have been scheduled (or
rescheduled) or (ii) that the Soccer Team is required to reserve for the scheduling of MLS Home
Games (including potential playoff games) under MLS rules and regulations, in each case in
accordance with the priority for MLB Reserved Dates set forth above (collectively, "MLS
Reserved Dates"). The Soccer Team shall notify the Operator and the City in writing of the
MLS Reserved Dates (and the scheduled start times of the MLS Home Gaines) for each
Operating Year within 5 Business Days after it receives the MLS Reserved Dates from Major
League Soccer.
(d) Once the Team or the Soccer Team is mathematically eliminated from
participation in the playoffs in any Operating Year, its MLB Reserved Date or MLS Reserved
Dates shall no longer include reserved playoff dates for that Operating Year.
(e) If Major League Baseball shall establish or change the date for an MLB
Home Game or MLB Jewel Event to an MLS Reserved Date, or to a time that would conflict
with an MLS Home Game, then such date (or time) shall no longer be reserved for the Soccer
Team, and the Operator shall promptly notify the Soccer Team of such change and the Soccer
Team shall reschedule the MLS Home Game to a date (or time) that does not conflict with the
MLB Home Game or MLB Jewel Event. The Operator shall cooperate with the MLS Team and
use diligent efforts to minimize the disruption from such rescheduling.
(f) As between (i) Stadium Events that are not MLB Home Games or MLB
Jewel Events and (ii) events at the Soccer Stadium that are not MLS Home Games ((i) and (ii),
"Other Events"), priority in the use of the Parking Facilities will be determined on the basis of
which Other Event is booked first in accordance with the following procedures:
(i) The Soccer Team may not reserve the Parking Facilities between
March 15 and November 15 in any Operating Year until it has received the MLB
Reserved Dates in accordance with Section 5.1(b); and the Operator may not reserve the
Parking Facilities for Other Events between April 15 and October 15 in any Operating
Year until it has received the MLS Reserved Dates in accordance with Section 5.1(c).
(ii) Each of the Operator and the Soccer Team may reserve the Parking
Facilities for a bona fide Other Event (A) at any time during periods that are not restricted
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under paragraph (i) above and (B) at any time during such restricted periods after it has
received from the other the MLS Reserve Dates and MLB Reserved Dates, respectively,
provided that such time does not conflict with an MLB Horne Game, MLB Jewel Event
or MLS Home Game. In order to make such reservation, the Operator or Soccer Team
shall deliver to the other and the City a written notice setting forth (w) a description of
the proposed Other Event, (x) the expected attendance, (y) the proposed start and end
times of the Other Event, as well as the proposed use times of the Parking Facilities, and
(z) any approvals or other conditions that may be required to hold such Other Event, and
the status of such approvals and conditions. The City shall only reserve the Parking
Facilities for bona fide Other Events, and at times that do not conflict with MLB Home
Games, MLB Jewel Events, MLS Home Games or previously reserved Other Events.
(iii) The provisions of this Section 5.2(f) shall only apply to Other
Events that are reasonably expected to have an attendance of more than 5,000 people.
Each of the Operator and the Soccer Team may at any time reserve the Parking Facilities
in accordance with the City Parking Agreement for Other Events that are reasonably
expected to have attendance of fewer than 5,000 people.
(iv) Additional provisions with respect to the reservation and use of the
Parking Facilities are set forth in the City Parking Agreement. Any dispute under this
Section 5.2 shall be resolved by Arbitration pursuant to Article XVIII.
Section 5.3 Advertising.
(a) Subject to the remaining terms of this Section 5.3, Ambush Advertising
shall be prohibited (i) at the Stadium Premises during (and within two hours before and after)
soccer games and other events at the Soccer Stadium expecting to have attendance of at least
5,000 people, and (ii) at the Soccer Stadium premises during (and within two hours before and
after) MLB Home Games, MLB Jewel Events or other Stadium Events expecting to have
attendance of at least 5,000 people. "Ambush Advertising" means any promotions, contests or
other sponsorship activation activities directed at undercutting the value or impact of a
competitor's advertising signage or sponsorship at the Soccer Stadium (in the case of Ambush
Advertising from the Stadium Premises) or at the Stadium Premises (in the case of Ambush
Advertising from the Soccer Stadium premises).
(b) Exterior Advertising on a Soccer Stadium may not conflict with any
product or service category rights granted to any Major Sponsor. Exterior Advertising consists
of Advertising on the Soccer Stadium or inside the Soccer Stadium that is visible outside of the
Soccer Stadium. The Operator or the Team shall notify the Soccer Team of its Major Sponsors
from time to time, and at least once each Operating Year. No advertiser on the exterior of the
Soccer Stadium that competes with a new Major Sponsor (i.e., a Major Sponsor that enters into
an agreement with a Team Affiliate or Baseball Stadium following the Team's first year in the
Baseball Stadium and following the execution of an agreement by such advertiser with the
Soccer Team) shall be required to terminate its agreement early or to remove its competing
advertising until the expiration of the term of its agreement; provided that no such agreement
shall be renewable if it conflicts with a Major sponsor at the time of such renewal. The Major
Sponsor restrictions in this paragraph relating to exterior signage on the Soccer Stadium shall not
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apply to the naming rights sponsor of the Soccer Stadium, except that the Soccer Stadium shall
not be permitted to enter into or renew any naming rights agreement that would conflict with the
Naming Rights of the Baseball Stadium. In order to implement the preceding sentence, the
Soccer Stadium may not grant its naming rights until after the Operator has entered into a
Naming Rights Agreement. The Operator represents to the City that it has not entered into a
Naming Rights Agreement. The City represents to the Operator that it has not entered into any
agreement with respect to a Soccer Stadium.
Section 5.4 Soccer Agreement. The City shall cause the provisions of this Article V to
be included in any agreement under which it authorizes a Soccer Team to use or operate the
Soccer Stadium, and shall cause the Soccer Team to comply with such provisions.
ARTICLE VI
GOVERNMENT PARTY USE
Section 6.1 Government Party Use of Baseball Stadium.
6.1.1 Community Event Dates. During each Operating Year, the County and
the City shall each have the right to use the public areas of the Stadium Premises (excluding the
Exclusive Areas, other than "parry" Suites licensed on an event -by -event basis, and retail stores)
as described below ("Community Event Dates"). Each of the County and the City shall be
permitted to conduct up to four (4) Community Events during the period from March 1 through
the last potential World Series game in each Operating Year. The County and the City shall not
be restricted in the number of days that each may use the Baseball Stadium for Community
Events during the period from such last potential World Series game through the following
February 28, except as provided below.
6.1.2 Scheduling of Communijy Events.
(a) The Operator and the Team shall have absolute priority to use, or
permit third parties holding Stadium Events to use, the Stadium Premises on the following dates:
(i) all MLB Reserved Dates; (ii) in the case of any other amateur, college or professional sports
team that has committed to play games at the Baseball Stadium (a "Sports User'), all dates that
have been scheduled (or rescheduled) for, or that such Sports User is required to reserve for the
scheduling of, its home games, under the applicable rules of its league, conference or other
governing body; (iii) all other dates reserved for Stadium Events that have previously been
scheduled and are committed to take place at the Stadium Premises; (iv) all dates that have been
included in bids for prospective Stadium Events; (v) a reasonable number of dates that have been
reserved for the attraction of other prospective Stadium Events; and (vi) any dates reasonably
reserved to accommodate set-up and break down time for any of the foregoing or reasonably
expected repair of the Stadium Premises (collectively, "Operator Reserved Dates").
(b) If a Government Party wishes to reserve a date for a Community
Event (a "Community Reserved Date"), it shall deliver to the Operator a written notice
requesting such date at least thirty (30) days before the proposed date of the event, but not more
than one hundred eighty (180) days before the proposed date of the event. Such notice shall set
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forth the requested Community Reserved Date(s) and shall identify in reasonable detail the
nature of the event. the areas of the Stadium Premises the Government Party expects to use, the
terms of admission (including ticket prices payable to a designated charity), the expected
attendance, any special security or other arrangements that are anticipated, and any other
inforination reasonably necessary for the Operator to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Not-,vithstanding the notice provisions in this paragraph and the Operator's rights in paragraph
(c) below. the Operator agrees to work cooperatively with the County or City, when possible, to
accommodate scheduling of Community Event dates.
(c) The Operator shall have the right to refuse to schedule any
proposed Community Event if: (i) the date requested is an Operator Reserved Date; (ii) the
proposed Community Event would violate Section 6.1.1. or 6.1.2(a); (iii) the proposed usage (w)
involves a sporting or athletic event above the high school level. (x) involves animals or motor
vehicles, (y) includes use of the infield unless the use is for a baseball or softball game, or (z)
would violate MLB Rules and Regulations relating to the public image of a Major League
Baseball team or the Baseball Stadium; (iv) the Operator reasonably believes the usage presents
an unacceptable risk of damage to the Field or the Stadium Premises, or would interfere with the
use, operation or preparation of the Stadium Premises for any MLB Home Game, MLB Jewel
Event or any other Operator Reserved Date; or (v) the promotional sponsorship connected with
the usage, in the opinion of the Operator, is incompatible with any arrangements with any Major
Sponsor or other exclusive Advertising or promotional arrangements connected with a Team
Affiliate or the Baseball Stadium. If the Operator rejects a proposed usage, it shall provide the
requesting Government Party with a reasonably detailed written explanation within five Business
Days after the Operator's receipt of that Government Party's request for a Community Reserved
Date. If the Operator fails to reject the request with a reasonably detailed written explanation
within such time period, it shall be deemed to have waived its right to reject such proposed
usage.
(d) If Major League Baseball shall establish or change the date for an
MLB Home Game or MLB Jewel Event to a Community Reserved Date, or any other league,
conference or governing body shall establish or change the date for a home game of any other
Sports user to a Community Reserved Date, then such date shall no longer be reserved for the
applicable Government Party, and the Operator shall promptly notify the applicable Government
Party of such change and reschedule the Community Event to a date that is not an Operator
Reserved Date. The Operator shall cooperate with the applicable Government Parry and use
diligent efforts to minimize the disruption from such rescheduling and to assist the Government
Parry in rescheduling the cancelled Community Event. If a Community Event is cancelled
pursuant to this Section 6.1.2(d), and no date can reasonably accommodate a re -scheduling of the
Community Event within 60 days, the Government Party shall not be liable for Community
Event Expenses incurred by the Operator leading up to the original date of the Community
Event. Any payments for Community Event Expenses made by the Government Party to the
Operator prior to a scheduled Community Event which is cancelled pursuant to this Section
6.1.2(d) shall be credited by the Operator to the Government Party and such credit may be used
by the Government Party towards any Community Event Expenses incurred with respect to the
re -scheduled Community Event; however, if no date can reasonably accommodate a re-
scheduling of the Community Event within 60 days, then such payments shall be reimbursed to
the Government Party.
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6. 1.3 Communitv Event Proceeds. The charity that is the beneficiary of a
Community Event shall be entitled to (a) the ticket proceeds (net of applicable Taxes, credit card
fees, ticketing agent fees and other related expenses), if any, from such Community Event, and
(b) all proceeds (net of Taxes, credit card fees, enforcement costs, any expenses of or amounts
allocated to the Operator's concessionaires and other related expenses) from the sale of Event
Specific Concessions ((a) and (b), collectively, "Community Event Proceeds"), in each case after
payment of the Community Event Expenses for such Community Event pursuant to Section
6.1.4.
6.1.4 Community Event Expenses. The Government Party requesting a
Community Event shall reimburse the Operator, or cause the Operator to be reimbursed, for all
costs and expenses incurred in connection with or attributable to the use of the Stadium Premises
for a Community Event, including: (a) the cost of insurance referred to in Section 6.1.6(b); (b) all
costs relating to the set-up and breakdown for the Community Event; (c) all costs for ticket
takers, ushers, security personnel, facility and system operators, janitorial personnel and other
personnel working at the Community Event; (d) utility expenses, additional insurance and post -
event clean-up expenses of the Stadium Premises; (e) the costs for repairing damage to the
Stadium Premises caused on the Community Event Date or otherwise arising from the
Community Event (except for ordinary wear and tear); and (f) all costs associated with ticketing
for the Community Event (collectively, "Community Event Expenses"). Upon request by a
Government Party prior to a Community Event, the Operator will provide the Government Party
with personnel rates for such Community Event. The County or the City, as applicable, will
provide and pay for proper Public Safety Personnel with respect to its Community Events. The
Operator shall apply any Community Event Proceeds received by the Operator to the payment of
Community Event Expenses for the applicable Community Event. If the Community Event
Proceeds received by the Operator from a Community Event exceed the Community Event
Expenses for that Community Event, the Operator shall remit the excess to the applicable charity
as directed by the applicable Government Party within thirty (30) after the Community Event
Expenses are determined. If the Community Event Expenses for a Community Event exceed the
Community Event Proceeds received by the Operator for that Community Event, the applicable
Government Party shall reimburse the Operator for such excess Community Event Expenses
within thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Operator.
6.1.5 Stadium Signage. The Government Parties shall not sell, license or
authorize, or permit any of their invitees to sell, license or authorize, any Advertising Rights at
any time in or on the Stadium Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Government Party
conducting a Community Event shall have the right, without charge (other than reimbursement
of expenses as set forth in Section 6.1.4), to display within the Baseball Stadium during
Community Events temporary banners, signs and similar event -specific materials; provided that
such materials may not contain any sponsor identifications that conflict with or otherwise violate
the terms of any then -existing agreement of the Operator, any of its Affiliates or any other Sports
User regarding Advertising Rights of a Major Sponsor, Naming Rights or similar exclusive
sponsorship rights. The Government Parties shall not, nor shall they permit any other Person to,
obscure, mask, alter, cover or obstruct (electronically or otherwise) any fixed or permanent
Signage displayed in the Stadium Premises, whether during a Community Event or otherwise.
On request by a Government Party from time to time during the Term, the Operator will provide
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the Government Party a list of all Major Sponsors and all advertisers that have similar exclusive
sponsorship rights for the Baseball Stadium.
6.1.6 Communitv Event Use Agreement. Prior to each Community Event, the
applicable Government Party shall enter into a Use Agreement with the Operator addressing
matters not covered by this Section 6.1 that are customarily addressed between stadium users and
stadium operators (a "Community Event Use Agreement"). Such Community Event Use
Agreement shall be on reasonable terms and conditions, no more restrictive or onerous in any
material respect than those imposed on other Users of the Baseball Stadium for similar purposes
and similar expected attendance. Such Community Event Use Agreement shall, at a minimum,
contain the following provisions:
(a) an agreement by the applicable Government Party to indemnify,
defend, protect, and hold harmless the Operator Indemnitees from and against any and all Losses
of any nature resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the Community Event or the
use of the Stadium Premises on a Community Event Date;
(b) a requirement that the applicable Government Party shall obtain
(or cause to be obtained) and provide the Operator with evidence at least seven (7) Business
Days prior to any scheduled Community Event that it has obtained (or caused to be obtained)
insurance with respect to the Community Event comparable to the insurance required by the
Operator of Users making comparable use of the Stadium Premises (including deductible and
retention amounts), which insurance shall name each of the Operator, the Team and their
respective Affiliates as an additional insured and loss payee, as appropriate;
(c) a requirement that the applicable Government Party comply, and
cause its invitees to comply, with generally applicable policies established by the Operator for
the Stadium Premises, including those regarding crowd control, security, access, building
operations and broadcasting;
(d) an agreement by the applicable Government Party not to operate or
permit any Person to operate any Concessions operations in or upon the Stadium Premises at any
time, except that the Government Party shall have the right to sell, duplicate and distribute non-
perishable hard and soft Concession items that are specifically and exclusively related to the
particular Community Event and that are supplied by or on behalf of the Government Party and
do not contain any Advertising or sponsor identification ("Event Specific Concessions");
provided that the Government Party shall use or cause to be used, on an exclusive basis, the
Operator's concessionaires for all such sales;
(e) an agreement by the applicable Government Party to return the
Stadium Premises to the same condition than existed prior to the Community Event; and
(f) deposit or other customary conditions to ensure payment to the
Operator of the Community Event Expenses for the Community Event.
Any independent promoter or sponsor of a Community Event shall join the applicable
Government Party in executing a Community Event Use Agreement, and shall be bound thereby
to the same extent as the Government Party.
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6.1.7 Operator Agreements. Unless otherwise determined by the Operator or
the applicable agreement, all agreements of the Operator and its Affiliates with vendors,
suppliers, sponsors, suiteholders, concessionaires, advertisers. ticketing agents and other relevant
parties shall remain in effect with respect to all of the Community Events and Community Event
Dates, and all revenues from such agreements and otherwise generated at the Stadium Premises
in connection with a Community Event (except for Community Event Proceeds) shall be payable
to the Operator. The Operator shall permit charities that sponsor Community Events to utilize
their own Concessions vendors and ticketing agents for those events, provided that such
arrangements do not conflict with any agreements of the Operator or its Affiliates, or raise other
reasonable concerns of the Operator.
Section 6.2 Government Party Access. Nothing contained in this Agreement is
intended to limit the right of the Government Parties from exercising a nonproprietary function
(e.g., building and fire safety inspections, as applicable) to access the Stadium Premises in the
ordinary exercise of their police powers, provided that any such entry shall not unreasonably
interfere with the business or operations of the Stadium Premises except in the case of an
emergency.
Section 6.3 Stadium Event Proceeds. As it relates to the use of the Baseball Stadium
each Operating Year for Stadium Events with an attendance of 5,000 or more people and with
respect to which the Operator is paid revenues, other than MLB Home Games, MLB Jewel
Events, other baseball or Team -related events, and Community Events, the Parties agree that: (a)
the Operator shall retain the revenues from each of the first ten (10) such Stadium Events in such
Operating Year, and (b) the Operator shall split 50% - 50% with the County the Operator's net
income from such Stadium Events eleven (11) and beyond in such Operating Year; and (i) 100%
of the County's half of such net income shall be deposited into the Capital Reserve Fund and (ii)
50% of the Operator's half of such net income shall be deposited into the Capital Reserve Fund,
with the Operator retaining the remaining 50%. Such deposits shall be in addition to the
amounts otherwise payable to the Capital Reserve Fund under Article IX. For purposes of this
Section 6.3, a multi -day event or group of related events (e.g., a multi -day convention or concert
tour) shall be considered a single event. The Operator shall provide the County Representative
an accounting of any and all net income deposited into the Capital Reserve Fund pursuant to this
Section 6.3 following each Operating Year.
ARTICLE VII
COMMUNITY BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS
Section 7.1 Community Benefits. The Operator and the Team acknowledge a civic
responsibility to promote and contribute to charitable, educational and community organizations
and other public works in South Florida. The Operator shall cause the Team to develop and
deliver a strong and substantial community benefits package that shall include the following:
(a) The Team shall maintain, fund, and vigorously promote its not-for-profit
Florida Marlins Community Foundation (the "Team Foundation") as well as the Team's own
internal community relations efforts, which collectively are focused on promoting educational,
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athletic, health, social and community service programs with a particular focus on Miami -Dade
County and the City of Miami in addition to other activities for South Florida's youth.
(b) The Team shall endeavor to maximize benefits for (i) youth and other
residents of South Florida, with a particular focus on Miami -Dade County and the City of
Miami, and (ii) rebuilding youth baseball infrastructure through local baseball -related charitable
organizations and Major League Baseball's various affiliated charitable organizations and
programs, such as: Major League Baseball Charities, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities, Baseball
Tomorrow Fund, Join the Major Leagues @ Your Library, Breaking Barriers, Baseball
Assistance Team; Jackie Robinson Foundation, and Commissioner's Initiative for Kids. In
addition to the Team's efforts to reach the youth and other residents of Miami -Dade County and
the City of Miami through its Team Foundation, the Team shall develop along with the City and
County aggressive youth programs that are oriented towards infrastructure, maintenance and
assisting sports -based programs and such programs shall establish goals and benchmarks.
(c) The Team shall request and encourage its advertisers and sponsors to
contribute to and support the Team Foundation.
(d) The Team shall request and encourage its players and other Team
personnel to support and participate in community activities through personal appearances and
other means, such as financial or other contributions to the Team Foundation or to other
organizations that benefit youth and other residents of Miami -Dade County and the City of
Miami as well as other organizations and youth in South Florida. The Team will work with its
players, coaches and senior management to make at least twenty-five (25) personal public
appearances (counting no more than three appearances per event) per year in South Florida in
support of education, youth sports, or other public service activities.
(e) The Team shall provide attractive and meaningful programs designed to
keep Major League Baseball games affordable for youth and the elderly in South Florida.
During each Operating Year, the Team shall (i) provide Affordable Seats, and (ii) distribute at
least ten thousand (10,000) regular season individual tickets on a complimentary basis each
Operating Year to appropriate Miami -Dade County charities that will make such tickets available
to underprivileged youth accompanied by adult mentors. The amount of such Affordable Seats
and complimentary tickets shall be pro -rated on a per -game basis to the extent there are fewer
than eighty-one (81) regular season MLB Home Games in any Operating Year.
Section 7.2 Local Business Initiatives. In addition to the Team participating in Major
League Baseball's Diverse Business Partners Program, the Operator shall develop along with the
City and the County prior to Substantial Completion an aggressive small business outreach
program that will increase participation during the operation of the Baseball Stadium; and such
program shall establish goals and benchmarks. The Operator will take affirmative steps to: (i)
promote the employment of residents of Miami -Dade County and the City of Miami in the
Operator's operations, and (ii) afford local, small and disadvantaged businesses in Miami -Dade
County and the City of Miami an equal opportunity to compete for business for the supply of
goods and services to the Operator.
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Section 7.3 Community Suite. Each MLB season. the Operator shall make available
at no charge (other than food, beverage and other variable costs typically paid separately by Suite
licensees, except that the Operator shall provide food and beverages at no charge to youth
charities) one standard Suite (the "Community Suite") to each regular season MLB Home Game
for public and/or charity use. Each MLB season, the County and the City each shall have the
right to designate the public or charity use for the Community Suite for forty (40) regular season
MLB Home Games, and the home opener shall be shared by the City and County. In the case
of any playoff or World Series MLB Home Game or other MLB Jewel Event, the City and
County will have the right to purchase tickets for the Community Suite on the same basis as
other Suite licensees are permitted to purchase Suite tickets. Use of the Community Suite shall
be subject to the same rules, regulations and restrictions as are applicable to the other Suites, and
the County and City shall execute the Operator's standard form of suite license (but without a
license fee).
ARTICLE VIII
OWNERSHIP OF STADIUM, ASSETS
Section 8.1 County Ownership Interest. Legal ownership of and legal title to the
Baseball Stadium Site, after conveyance from the City under the Construction Administration
Agreement, and the Baseball Stadium shall at all times be vested in the County.
Section 8.2 Ownership Of Team Depreciable Assets For Income Tax Purposes. Team
Depreciable Assets shall be owned for income Tax purposes by the Person who paid for or
provided said assets. Such Person shall retain the sole beneficial and depreciable interest for
income Tax purposes (to the extent of its investment) in all such items. Neither the County, the
City nor any other Person shall have the right to take depreciation deductions with respect to
such items, or claim any other right to income Tax benefits arising from Team Depreciable
Assets. Such items shall be allocated in accordance with the methodology set forth in Section
5.11 of the Construction Administration Agreement or another methodology selected by the
Operator or Team Affiliate. In the event that the depreciation of the Team Depreciable Assets by
the Operator, the Team or their Affiliates causes ad valorem taxes to become due, the Operator
(or such other Person) shall pay any resulting ad valorem tax. In the event that the Florida
Department of Revenue does not issue a favorable opinion regarding the sales tax exemption
program described in Section 5.8 of the Construction Administration Agreement, and the failure
to issue a favorable opinion is based solely on the Team Affiliate's right to claim ownership of
Team Depreciable Assets as set forth in this Agreement or the other Stadium Agreements, the
County shall not be required to fund the increase to the Stadium Project Budget solely attributed
to sales taxes paid for construction materials and equipment for the Baseball Stadium that were
expected to be exempt from tax under the materials procurement program as more fully set forth
in Section 5.8 of the Construction Administration Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any equipment, fixtures, furniture or other personal property added to the Exclusive Areas of the
Stadium Premises by the Operator or the Team at its expense shall remain the property of the
Operator or the Team, as applicable, and the Operator or the Team at its expense may remove
such items of equipment, fixtures, furniture and other personal property from the Stadium
Premises on or prior to the end of the Term. In no event shall items funded by the County using
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bond proceeds be allocated or reallocated pursuant to Proposed Treasury Regulations § 1.141-6 to
the Stadium Developer, other Team Affiliate or any Person other than the County.
Section 8.3 Ownership of Promotional Rights. As between the County and the City
on the one hand and the Operator and other Team Affiliates on the other hand, the Operator or
Team Affiliates own all Promotional Rights and all Operating Rights exclusively and on a
worldwide basis, including but not limited to the right to exercise and exploit the Promotional
Rights in any and all media, now known or hereafter invented, and for any and all purposes,
products and services throughout and for all countries and territories of the world. Neither the
County nor the City shall use, sell, assign, commercialize or otherwise exploit the Promotional
Rights without the written permission of the Operator or the Team, which may be given or
withheld in the Operator's or Team's absolute discretion. As between the County and the City
on the one hand and the Operator, other Team Affiliates or Major League Baseball on the other
hand, all Propriety Indicia are solely and exclusively the property of the Operator, other Team
Affiliates, Major League Baseball or their respective assigns. As between the County and the
City on the one hand and the Operator, other Team Affiliates or Major League Baseball on the
other hand, the creation, use, compilation, collection, arrangement, assembly, display,
promotion, licensing or other promotion or exploitation of Proprietary Indicia are rights
exclusively belonging to the Operator, other Team Affiliates, Major League Baseball or their
respective assigns, as the case may be. Use of the Proprietary Indicia by the County or City is
strictly prohibited without the prior written pennission of the Operator or the Team, which may
be given or withheld in the Operator's or Team's absolute discretion. The Operator and/or other
Team Affiliate shall provide written notice to the City and/or the County of any violations by the
City or the County of use of Proprietary Indicia at any time during the Term and shall provide
the City or the County a period of thirty (30) days to cure the violation.
ARTICLE IX
MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Section 9.1 Maintenance and Repairs. The Operator shall undertake and pay for, or
cause to be undertaken and paid for, all Maintenance and Repairs.
Section 9.2 Capital Improvements.
(a) The Operator shall promptly make all Emergency Capital Repairs and
Necessary Improvements subject to Section 9.3(d) and Article XI. The cost of such Emergency
Capital Repairs and Necessary Improvements shall be paid or reimbursed to the Operator from
funds in the Capital Reserve Fund subject to Section 9.3(d).
(b) The Operator shall be permitted to make Capital Improvements (other than
Emergency Capital Repairs and Necessary Improvements) as it deems necessary or appropriate;
provided that:
(i) the Capital Improvement is below the Capital Improvement
Threshold Amount; or
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(ii) the Capital Improvement is above the Capital Improvement
Threshold Amount and has received prior written approval of the County
Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed
(and shall be deemed granted if the County Representative fails to respond to the
Operator's request for consent within thirty days after the request is made).
The cost of such Capital Improvements in (i) and (ii) above shall be borne by the Operator and
shall not be deemed an expense eligible for reimbursement from the Capital Reserve Fund,
unless otherwise agreed by the County Representative in writing. The Operator covenants that it
will not divide a Capital Improvement project into more than one project if such division directly
or indirectly results in the circumvention of the requirements of this subsection.
Section 9.3 Capital Reserve Fund.
(a) Prior to the Substantial Completion Date, the Parties shall establish an
interest bearing Capital Reserve Fund with a Qualified Trustee and shall agree to the terms of a
trust, escrow or similar agreement, which agreement shall include, among other things,
disbursement procedures. All earnings and profits from the investment of the Capital Reserve
Fund shall be for the account of the Capital Reserve Fund. The Parties intend the Capital
Reserve Fund to be an asset of the County designed to protect its ownership interest in the
Baseball Stadium, and not an asset of the City, the Operator or any of its Affiliates.
(b) Prior to the November 30 following the end of each Operating Year (but
not the last Operating Year), (i) the City shall deposit $250,000 into the Capital Reserve Fund
and (ii) each of the County and the Operator shall deposit $750,000 into the Capital Reserve
Fund. If the first Operating Year starts on a date other than November 1, the amounts to be
deposited after the first Operating Year shall be pro -rated to the extent such year is a partial year.
If State funding contemplated under Section 6.10 of the Construction Administration Agreement
is obtained that provides for deposits into the Capital Reserve Fund of at least $2,000,000 per
Operating Year, the City shall not be required to contribute to the Capital Reserve Fund in any
such Operating Year. If such State funding is obtained in an amount less than $2,000,000 in any
Operating Year, the City's Capital Reserve Fund contribution in that Operating Year shall be
reduced pro rata. As an example, if $1,000,000 of State funding is received during any
Operating Year, the City's contribution will be reduced by $125,000 to $125,000. If the County
funds a portion of the deductible costs, and any amounts exceeding any applicable sub -limit
under the Property Insurance Policy pursuant to Section 11.2(c)(ii) that is not reimbursed by a
Government Relief Grant, the Operator shall contribute such amount, subject to the provisions of
Section 11.2(c), to the Capital Reserve Fund on behalf of the County within ninety (90) days
after payment of such amount by the County. Such contributions will relieve the County of its
obligations under this Section 9.3(b) up to the amount contributed by the Operator on its behalf.
(c) The Operator may from time to time withdraw funds from the Capital
Reserve Fund to pay for Necessary Improvements or Emergency Capital Repairs in accordance
with Section 9.2(a). The Operator shall provide the Government Representatives a simultaneous
copy of each withdrawal request given to the Qualified Trustee, together with a description of the
Necessary Improvements or Emergency Capital Repairs being funded with the withdrawn funds.
Upon request of a Government Representative, the Operator shall provide the Government
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Representative with documentation evidencing payment of such Necessary Improvements or
Emergency Capital Repairs.
(d) To the extent funds in the Capital Reserve Fund, including any State
funding contemplated under Section 6.10 of the Construction Administration Agreement (if
received), are not sufficient to fund Necessary Improvements and Emergency Capital Repairs,
the responsibility for funding such deficiency shall be as follows: (i) during Operating Years 0 to
10, the Operator shall be obligated to fund all such funding requirements; and (ii) during
Operating Years 11 to 35 the Parties shall jointly determine funding responsibilities of each Party
for such deficiencies.
(e) Upon the end of the Term, any funds remaining in the Capital Reserve
Fund shall be distributed to the County to be used by the County to fund Capital Improvements.
At the time of reversion to the City, any funds remaining in the Capital Reserve Fund shall be
distributed to the City to be used by the City to fund Capital Improvements.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 9.3(b) and (c), if the Operator
elects to extend the Tenn pursuant to Section 3.2, prior to the start of each Renewal Term the
Parties shall negotiate the amount of their annual contributions to the Capital Reserve Fund
during such Renewal Term.
Section 9.4 Title to Additions. All alterations, improvements, changes and additions
made to or with respect to the Stadium Premises in accordance with this Article IX shall remain
upon and be deemed to constitute a part of the Stadium Premises, and the County shall have legal
ownership of and legal title to all such alterations, improvements, charges and additions. Any
such alterations, improvements, changes and additions, to the extent constituting Team
Depreciable Assets, shall be owned for income Tax purposes by the Operator or such other Team
Affiliate. Notwithstanding the legal ownership of any Team Depreciable Assets, the Operator or
another Team Affiliate, by virtue of its ownership, operation or license pursuant to the Stadium
Agreements of such items, shall retain the sole beneficial and depreciable interest for income
Tax purposes (to the extent of its investment) in all such items, and for all income Tax purposes
neither the County, the City nor any other Person shall have the right to take depreciation
deductions with respect to such items, or claim any other right to income Tax benefits arising
from such items, such rights being exclusively reserved to the Operator or such other Team
Affiliate (to the extent of its investment) unless assigned by the Operator or Team Affiliate, in
whole or in part, to one or more third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any equipment,
fixtures, furniture or other personal property added to the Exclusive Areas of the Stadium
Premises by the Operator or the Team at its expense shall remain the property of the Operator or
the Team, as applicable, and the Operator or the Team at its expense may remove such items of
equipment, fixtures, furniture and other personal property from the Stadium Premises on or prior
to the end of the Term.
Section 9.5 Annual Reports.
(1) Thirty (30) days prior to the end of each Operating Year, the Operator will
provide the County Representative and the City Representative an Annual Report regarding the
Capital Reserve Fund. This report will include, at a minimum, the following information:
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a. A budget showing the balance of the Capital Reserve Fund.
including details of capital projects conducted during the prior Operating Year, costs
and descriptions of prior year improvements by category (Emergency Repairs or
Necessary Improvements);
b. A list of anticipated Necessary Improvements, including estimated
costs, description, and reason for the projects to be conducted in the upcoming
Operating Year; also to include whether an item is being considered to be leased and
paid for from the Capital Reserve Fund;
C. A section detailing Maintenance and Repair work conducted and
planned to be conducted on HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and structural
systems of the Stadium Premises;
d. A list, for informational purposes only, of anticipated Capital
Improvements that are not Necessary Improvements or Emergency Capital Repairs
not funded from the Capital Reserve Fund and that are below the Capital
Improvement Threshold Amount;
e. A list of anticipated Capital Improvements that are not Necessary
Improvements or Emergency Capital Repairs above the Capital Improvement
Threshold Amount.
(2) Within (30) days of receipt of the Annual Report, the
Operator/County/City Representatives will collaboratively review the aforementioned Annual
Report, taking into consideration the following:
a. Balance of the Capital Reserve Fund relative to the estimated cost
of the planned Necessary Improvements for the upcoming year;
b. Balance of the Capital Reserve Fund relative to estimated costs to
replace systems/components that may be nearing their economic life and due for
replacement;
C. Projected uses of the Capital Reserve Fund.
(3) The Operator, in consultation with the County Representative and the City
Representative, shall prepare a budget for the Capital Reserve Fund for the upcoming Operating
Year (the "Annual Capital Reserve Fund Budget"). The Annual Capital Reserve Fund Budget
and Necessary Improvements planned by the Operator shall be subject to approval of the County
Representative and the City Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed. The Major Necessary Improvements are generally intended to be made
in accordance with this Agreement. The Parties recognize that the Necessary Improvements
must be made in time and in a manner as to maintain the Stadium Premises to the standards of
service and quality generally accepted within the Major League Baseball professional ballpark
industry. The County Representative's approval of the Annual Capital Reserve Fund Budget
shall not be deemed approval of any Capital Improvements (other than Emergency Capital
Repairs and Necessary Improvements) the cost of which is above the Capital Improvement
Threshold Amount. The approval or disapproval of such Capital Improvements shall be given as
set forth in Section 9.2, whether as part of the Annual Capital Reserve Fund Budget review
process (with any discretionary improvements above the Capital Improvement Threshold
Amount separately identified for approval) or at another time arising during the year.
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(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City Representative shall only receive
information, participate in the processes, and have approval rights under this Section 9.5 while
the City is contributing to the Capital Reserve Fund under Section 9.3(b).
ARTICLE X
INSURANCE
Section 10.1 Insurance Requirements. Beginning on the Substantial Completion Date,
and thereafter at all times during the Tenn, the Operator shall, at its sole cost and expense,
maintain the following insurance policies (the "Insurance Policies"), in each case subject to
Sections 10.2 and 10.3 and at levels that are commercially and reasonably available in the South
Florida insurance market:
(a) Commercial General Liability. Commercial general liability insurance
against claims arising out of bodily injury, death or property damage arising out of the operations
of the Stadium Premises under this Agreement (including coverage for Certified Acts of
Terrorism as defined by and made available by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA)) containing standard form provisions, written on an occurrence
basis, with a combined single limit for each occurrence of not less than $1,000,000 per
occurrence and $2,000,000 in the annual policy aggregate.
(b) Property Insurance. Property insurance (the "Property Insurance Policy")
on an all risk basis (including coverage for Certified Acts of Terrorism as defined by and made
available by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA)) for the
Baseball Stadium and all improvements at any time situated upon or forming part of the Baseball
Stadium with overall coverage limits on a replacement cost basis and sub -limits in amounts that
are customary, as established using an appropriate industry standard probable maximum loss
analysis (as long as the sub -limits are commercially and reasonably available in the South
Florida insurance market).
The property insurance shall name the County and the Operator as named insured and the City as
additional insured to the extent of its interest. As long as the policy contemplated under this sub-
section (b) provides coverage under a single policy for (i) the Baseball Stadium and all related
improvements, (ii) the Operator and Team contents, and (iii) for business interruption and extra
expenses, it is understood and agreed that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, and unless otherwise agreed upon between the Parties, that in the event of a claim
hereunder which involves more than one interest and/or coverage and/or peril, the order of
payment under this policy for loss at the Baseball Stadium shall be made as follows: (1) first to
Miami -Dade County real property, (2) second to personal property, (3) third, to business
interruption and extra expenses. The property insurance to be maintained under this
subparagraph (b) shall include coverage for the Operator's parking revenue under the terms of
Section VI of the Parking Agreement that would be lost as a result of a casualty to the Parking
Facilities.
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(c) Workers' Compensation. Workers' compensation insurance or a qualified
self insured program complying with the statutory requirements of the State and including
employers liability insurance coverage.
(d) Umbrella. Umbrella liability coverage on a comprehensive basis and in an
amount no less than $10,000,000 combined single limit in excess of the commercial general
liability, employer's liability and automobile liability limits as described in this Section 10.1.
(e) Automobile. Automobile liability coverage covering owned, non -owned,
leased or hired automobiles used by the Operator in the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement in an amount no less than $1,000,000 combined single limit.
The commercial general liability and umbrella policies shall name the Operator, the Team and
applicable Team Affiliates as the named insureds, and shall include the County and City as
additional insureds as their interests may appear in connection with this Agreement.
Section 10.2 Master Policy; MLB Policies.
(a) Any one or more of the types of insurance coverages required under
Section 10.1 may be maintained through a master policy insuring other entities (such as any
Affiliate of the Team or the Operator), provided that such blanket or master policy and the
coverage effected thereby comply with all applicable requirements of this Agreement.
(b) Any one or more of the types of insurance coverages required under
Section 10.1 may be maintained through a policy made available to the MLB clubs generally.
Section 10.3 General Insurance Provisions.
(a) Each Operating Year during the Term, the Operator shall provide the
Government Representatives with certificates of insurance covering the Insurance Policies and
providing the limits and sub -limits of each such policy. The Operator shall also provide a copy
of the policies to the County within 30 days of its receipt from the carrier. The County shall
submit a copy of the Property Insurance Policy to the Florida Insurance Commissioner or other
relevant state emergency management agency (or other appropriate FEMA -related state agency)
(the "State Insurance Agency") each year to seek confirmation that the Property Insurance Policy
for the Baseball Stadium qualifies as reasonable. If the State Insurance Agency determines that
the Property Insurance Policy is not reasonable, the County shall promptly notify the Operator in
writing. The County may seek a determination from the arbitrator pursuant to Article XVIII as
to whether the Property Insurance Policy complies with the requirements of this Article X. If the
arbitrator determines that the limits purchased do not meet the standard of commercially and
reasonably available in the South Florida insurance market, the Operator shall be required to
immediately purchase additional coverage to meet that standard. The Insurance Policies shall be
obtained from financially sound insurance companies rated not less than A- and a minimum
Class VII financial size category as listed by A.M. Best & Company (or any equivalent rating
agency approved by the County Risk Management Division, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and authorized to do business in the State. The Operator shall provide
the County Representative written notice of any material changes to the Insurance Policies
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within thirty (30) days prior to the date such change becomes effective. if practicable, but in no
instance later than the date such chances become effective.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Operator
shall not be obligated to carry insurance for matters customarily subject to exclusions by the
insurance industry.
(c) Any dispute arising under this Article X shall be resolved by Arbitration
pursuant to Article XVIII.
Section 10.4 Proceeds of Insurance. Without limiting the Operator's obligations under
Article IX with respect to Maintenance and Repairs or under Article XI with respect to Casualty
Repair Work, in accordance with the order of payment set forth in Section 11.2; any and all
insurance proceeds paid under the Property Insurance Policy that do not constitute Property
Insurance Proceeds (e.g., proceeds for business interruption or other business loss) shall be
payable to the Operator or another Team Affiliate.
ARTICLE XI
CASUALTY DAMAGE
Section 11.1 Damage or Destruction. If at any time after the Substantial Completion
Date, all or any part of the Stadium Premises shall be damaged or destroyed by a casualty of any
nature (a "Casualty"), the Operator shall (i) promptly secure the area that has been damaged or
destroyed to safeguard against injury to Persons or property, and (ii) subject to Sections 11.2,
11.3 and 11.4, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, repair, restore, replace and/or rebuild (such
work being "Casualty Repair Work") the Stadium Premises as nearly as practicable to a
condition that is at least substantially equivalent to that existing immediately before the Casualty,
with such changes and alterations thereto as the Operator shall request and the County
Representative and City Representative shall approve, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Casualty Repair Work shall commence not later than one
hundred eighty (180) days after the Casualty occurs, which time shall be extended (provided the
Operator is proceeding with reasonable diligence to commence the work) by such reasonable
time as is commensurate with any delays due to adjustment of insurance, proceedings under
Section 1 1.2(c), preparation of any necessary plans and specifications, bidding of contracts,
obtaining of all required approvals and events of Force Majeure. The Casualty Repair Work
shall be performed in accordance with Applicable Law.
Section 11.2 Insurance Proceeds.
(a) Requirements for Disbursement. If Property Insurance Proceeds paid with
respect to a Casualty are less than or equal to Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000), such proceeds shall be paid and delivered to the Operator. Except as provided in
Sections 11.2(b), 11.2(c), 11.3 and 11.4, such Property Insurance Proceeds shall be held by the
Operator in a segregated account for the purpose of paying the cost of the Casualty Repair Work
and applied to the payment of the costs of the Casualty Repair Work from time to time as the
Casualty Repair Work progresses. If the Property Insurance Proceeds from a Casualty are
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greater than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000), such proceeds shall be
escroived in an interest bearing account with a financial institution or other party selected by the
Operator and reasonably satisfactory to the County ("Insurance Escrow Agent") pursuant to an
insurance escrow agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Operator and
the County (the "Insurance Escrow Agreement"). The Insurance Escrow Agreement shall,
except as set forth in Sections 11.2(b), 11.2(c), 11.3 and 11.4, in all events provide for
disbursement of the Property Insurance Proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this
Article XI, including that the Insurance Escrow Agent shall disburse all Property Insurance
Proceeds available for Casualty Repair Work to such third -party contractors and consultants as
the Operator may direct as the Casualty Repair Work proceeds.
(b) Disbursements of Excess Proceeds. If the Property Insurance Proceeds
exceed the entire cost of the Casualty Repair Work and the insurers have waived their rights to
recover such excessproceeds, the amount of any excess proceeds shall first be paid to the
Operator and the County, pro rata, to the extent it funded any deductible amount, and then
deposited into the Capital Reserve Fund.
(c) Uninsured Losses.
(i) Subject to paragraphs (ii) and (iii) below, the Operator shall be
responsible to fund all deductibles and amounts exceeding any sub -limits due under the Property
Insurance Policy for all Casualty Repair Work as follows: (a) the first $5 million of the
deductible and/or sub -limit excess shall be funded by the Operator; (b) if there is still a shortfall
the Operator shall be entitled to use any funds then on deposit in the Capital Reserve Fund to
fund deductible and pay Casualty Expenses; and (c) if there is still a shortfall, the Operator shall
fund an additional amount up to the amount of the deductible and/or sub -limit excess, not to
exceed $5 million. The $5 million amounts referenced in this paragraph shall be increased each
calendar year, commencing with the first full calendar year after the Substantial Completion
Date, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the
Miami area.
(ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (i) above, if the County has been able
to obtain confirmation from the State Insurance Agency that the Property Insurance Policy
coverage is reasonable, the County agrees to be responsible for the deductible costs, and any
amounts exceeding any applicable sub -limit (if one exists), for any claim made under the
Property Insurance Policy for a named storm during the term of this Agreement.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the
costs and expenses of the Casualty Repair Work ("Casualty Expenses") exceed the amount of
Property Insurance Proceeds received by the Operator for Casualty Repair Work under Section
11.2(x), the amount of any Government Relief Grants received by the County under Section 11.3
for Casualty Repair Work, the amount of up to $10 million (subject to CPI increase) to be funded
by the Operator for deductibles and sub -limit excesses as provided in paragraph (i) above, and, if
applicable, all amounts then on deposit in the Capital Reserve Fund (the "Insurance
Deficiency"), the Operator shall have no obligation to fund the Insurance Deficiency. In such
event, the Parties shall make a good faith effort to identify funding sources for the Insurance
Deficiency. If the Parties are unable to identify such funding sources, the Operator, the County
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and the City may jointly elect to terminate this Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements.
Upon any termination of this Agreement under this Section 11.2(c)(iii), the provisions of Section
11.4(b) and Section 17.5.4 shall apply. If the Team Affiliates are unable to use the Baseball
Stadium for more than one (1) year due to a Casualty, the Operator's obligations under this
Agreement shall be abated until they are once again able to use the Baseball Stadium, provided
that (A) the Operator shall not have such abatement right if the Casualty is due to a breach by the
Operator of this Agreement or the negligence of the Operator or the Team, and (B) the
Operator's obligation to make contributions to the Capital Reserve Fund under Section 9.3(b)
shall only be abated if the Team Affiliates are unable to use the Baseball Stadium for more than
two (2) years, in which case the Operator shall remain obligated to make its contributions to the
Capital Reserve Fund during the two (2) year period from the date of the Casualty (i.e., a total of
$1,500,000). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Team's obligation to remit the annual payment
in accordance with Section 4.9 of this Agreement and Section 7 of the Non -Relocation
Agreement shall not be abated pursuant to the preceding sentence.
Section 11.3 Government Relief Grants. In the event of a Casualty resulting from a
named storm, terrorist act or other occurrence eligible for a Government Relief Grant, the
County and the City shall work in good faith with the Operator to apply for all appropriate
Government Relief Grants with respect to such Casualty, and shall use reasonable efforts to
obtain the largest amount of such grants without jeopardizing the ability to obtain funding for
essential projects affecting public health and safety. Any such grants must be applied to fund the
repair or replacement as specifically outlined in the specifically applicable award of the
Government Relief Grant to the extent they provide funds for Casualty Repair Work.
Section 11.4 Option to Terminate.
(a) Substantial Damage or Destruction. If any Casualty with respect to which
the Operator would have to pay a deductible amount of more than $3,000,000 (increased each
calendar year, commencing with the first full calendar year after the Substantial Completion
Date, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the
Miami area) shall occur during the last three (3) Operating Years of the initial Term or during
any Renewal Term, the Operator shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and all other
Stadium Agreements. If the Operator wishes to exercise its right of termination pursuant to the
preceding sentence, it shall do so by notice given to the Government Parties not later than one
hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of a determination under Section 11.4(c). Upon the
service of a notice of termination due to Casualty under this Section 11.4(a), the provisions of
Section 11.4(b) and Section 17.5.4 shall apply.
(b) Application of Proceeds. In the event that this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2(c) or 11.4(a), the Property Insurance Proceeds, if any,
payable under the Property Insurance Policy for Casualty Repair Work in respect of the damage
or destruction shall (i) first be used to pay, at the option of the County, the demolition costs of
any remaining improvements on the Baseball Stadium Site and the costs of restoring the Site to a
clean, unimproved condition or the costs of initially securing and preserving the Stadium
Premises, in light of its then existing state, in a manner such that the Site is in a condition
comparable to its condition on the Acceptance Date; and (ii) any remaining funds after paying (i)
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shall be payable to the Parties in proportion to their Funding Ratios. Any Government Relief
Grants must be utilized for the purposes for Nvhich they were obtained.
Section 11.5 Survival. The provisions contained in Section 11.4(b) shall survive
expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, but only insofar as such provisions relate to
any Casualty that occurred prior to the expiration or earlier tennination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
EMINENT DOMAIN
Section 12.1 Total Taking. If, at any time during the Term, title to the whole or any
portion of the Basebatl Stadium or any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium
Site is taken in any Condemnation Action (or conveyed in lieu of any such Condemnation
Action) then to the extent such Condemnation Action or conveyance results in an Unusable
Condition and the affected area of the Stadium Premises can not be or are not fully restored
within 12 months of the date of the Condemnation Action (a "Total Taking"), the Operator shall
have the right to (i) terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the County and the
City, or (ii) elect to use the Condemnation Award to replace or restore the Baseball Stadium or
any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site. If the Operator elects to
replace or restore the Baseball Stadium or any other improvements constructed on the Baseball
Stadium Site, then the full amount of any Condemnation Award shall be paid to Operator to be
used to pay for the costs and expenses associated with the replacement or restoration of the
Baseball Stadium or any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site. If the
Condemnation Award is not sufficient to pay the costs and expenses related to such replacement
or restoration, the Parties shall pay such deficiency in proportion to their Funding Ratios. The
Government Parties shall have the right to review all construction plans for such restoration work
and to participate in the design and construction process to the same extent and in the same
manner as the Government Parties had under the Construction Administration Agreement for the
original construction of the Baseball Stadium..
Section 12.2 Partial or Temporary Taking. In the event of a Condemnation Action that
does not constitute a Total Taking under Section 12.1 (a "Partial Taking") or any Condemnation
Action that results in a temporary taking of the use of any portion of the Baseball Stadium or
any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site or the Operating Rights (a
"Temporary Taking"), the Tenn shall not be reduced or affected in any way, and the Operator
shall promptly commence and diligently proceed to repair, alter and restore the part of the
Baseball Stadium or any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site not taken
to substantially its former condition. The Government Parties shall have the right to review all
construction plans for such restoration work and to participate in the design and construction
process to the same extent and in the same manner as the Government Parties had under the
Construction Administration Agreement for the original construction of the Baseball Stadium.
The full amount of any Condemnation Award shall be paid to Operator to be used to pay for the
costs and expenses associated with the restoration of the Baseball Stadium or any other
improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site. If the Condemnation Award is not
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sufficient to pay such costs and expenses, the Operator may elect to (a) terminate this Agreement
or (b) have the Parties shall pay such deficiency in proportion to their Funding Ratios.
Section 12.3 Condemnation Proceedings and Awards.
(a) Upon the commencement of any Condemnation Action under Section 12.1
or 12.2 above, (i) the Government Parties shall undertake all commercially reasonable efforts to
defend against, and maximize the Condemnation Award from, any such Condemnation Action,
(ii) the Govenunent Parties shall not accept or agree to any Condemnation Award of conveyance
in lieu of any Condemnation Action without the prior consent of the Operator, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, and (iii) the Parties shall cooperate with each other in any
such Condemnation Action and provide each other with such information and assistance as each
shall reasonably request in connection with such Condemnation Action. The Parties
acknowledge that the Operating Rights are valuable contract rights, the Operator has a
reasonable expectation to enjoy such rights during the Term, and the Operator and other Team
Affiliates have the right to assert any claim for any damages arising from any Condemnation
Action to which the Team Affiliates may be entitled under Applicable Law. If the Operator or
other Team Affiliates are determined not to have standing to assert any claim for damages it
would make under this Article XII, then, to the extent such damages may be awarded to the
Government Parties, the Government Parties shall assert any reasonable claims for such damages
and provide a portion of any awarded damages to the Operator or other Team Affiliates in
accordance with this Article XII.
(b) If, as permitted under Section 12. 1, the Operator elects not to restore the
Stadium Premises or any other improvements constructed on the Baseball Stadium Site or if the
cost and expense of restoration of the Stadium Premises or any other improvements constructed
on the Baseball Stadium Site is less than the amount of the Condemnation Award, then the
Parties agree to distribute any such remaining Condemnation Award between the Parties in
proportion to the Parry's Funding Ratios.
(c) The rights and remedies provided in this Article XII shall be cumulative
and shall not preclude any Parry from asserting any other right, or seeking any other remedies
against the other parry as may be permitted under Applicable Law.
ARTICLE XIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 13.1 Indemnification by Operator.
(a) The Operator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Government
Party and its officers, employees, attorneys, agents and instrumentalities (collectively,
"Government Indemnitees") from any and all liability, losses or damages, including attorneys'
fees and costs of defense (collectively, "Losses"), which the Government Indemnitees may incur
as a result of claims, demands, suits, causes of action or proceedings of any kind or nature arising
out of, relating to or resulting from the performance of this Agreement by the Operator, its
Affiliates or its employees, agents, servants, principals or subcontractors. The Operator shall pay
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all Losses in connection therewith and shall investigate and defend all claims. suits or actions of
any kind or nature in the name of the Government Indemnitees, where applicable, including
appellate proceedings, and shall pay all costs,judgments and attorneys' fees which may issue
thereon. The Operator expressly understands and agrees that, subject to Section 13.4, any
insurance protection required by this Agreement or otherwise provided by the Operator shall in
no way limit the responsibility to indemnify, keep and save harmless and defend the Government
Indemnitees as herein provided.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.1(a), the Operator shall be
required to defend but shall not be required to indemnify for any Losses arising from or in
connection with:
(i) any injury to or death of a Person or any damage to properly
(including loss of use) to the extent caused by the negligence or willful act of any Government
Indemnitee or their respective representatives or contractors;
(ii) any violation by a Government Party of any provision of this
Agreement, any other Stadium Agreement or any Applicable Law or insurance policies now or
hereafter in effect and applicable to such Government Party;
(iii) any Challenge (which shall be addressed in accordance with the
terms set forth in this Agreement) and any Community Event (which indemnification shall be set
forth in the applicable license agreement); or
(iii) any Loss arising from or relating to a Force Majeure.
Section 13.2 Indemnification by Government Parties.
13.2.1 City Indemnification. The City does hereby agree to indemnify and hold
hannless the Operator and the Team (collectively, "aerator Indemnitees") to the extent and
within the limitations of Section 768.28 Fla. Stat., and subject to the provisions of that Statute
whereby the City shall not be held liable to pay a personal injury or property damage claim or
judgment by any one person which exceeds the sum set forth in said statute, or any claim or
judgments of portions thereof, which, when totaled with all other occurrences, exceeds the sum
set forth in said statute, from any and all personal injury or property damage claims, liabilities,
losses and causes of action arising from the same claim which may arise solely as a result of the
negligence of the City in connection with its rights and obligations under this Agreement.
However, nothing herein shall be deemed to indemnify the Operator from any liability or claim
arising out of the negligent performance or failure of performance of the Operator or its
employees, agents, servants, partners, principals or subcontractors, or the Team, the Team
Affiliates, or any unrelated third party. The Operator expressly understand and agree that,
subject to Section 13.4, any insurance protection required by this Agreement or otherwise
provided by the City shall in no way limit the responsibility to indemnify, keep and save
harmless and defend the Operator Indemnitees as herein provided.
13.2.2 County Indemnification. The County does hereby agree to indemnify and
hold harmless the Operator Indemnitees to the extent and within the limitations of Section
768.28 Fla. Stat., and subject to the provisions of that Statute whereby the County shall not be
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held liable to pay a personal injury or property damage claim or judgment by any one person
which exceeds the sum set forth in said statute, or any claim or judgments of portions thereof.
which, when totaled with all other occurrences. exceeds the sum set forth in said statute, from
any and all personal injury or property damage claims, liabilities, losses and causes of action
arising from the same claim which may arise solely as a result of the negligence of the County in
connection with its rights and obligations under this Agreement. However, nothing herein shall
be deemed to indemnify the Operator from any liability or claim arising out of the negligent
performance or failure of performance of the Operator or its employees, agents, servants,
partners, principals or subcontractors, or the Team. the Team Affiliates, or any unrelated third
party-. The Operator expressly understand and agree that, subject to Section 13.4, any insurance
protection required by this Agreement or otherwise provided by the County shall in no way limit
the responsibility to indemnify, keep and save harmless and defend the Operator Indemnitees as
herein provided.
13.2.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2, the Government Parties
shall not be liable for any Losses arising from or in connection with:
(i) any injury to or death of a Person or any damage to property
(including loss of use) to the extent caused by the negligence or willful act of any Operator or its
Affiliates. Users or Service Providers, representatives or contractors;
(ii) any violation by the Operator, its Affiliates, Users or Service
Providers of any provisions of this Agreement, any other Stadium Agreement or any Applicable
Law or insurance policies now or hereafter in effect and applicable to the Operator;
(iii) any other matter for which the Operator, its Affiliates, Users or
Service Providers is obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement or any other
Stadium Agreement; or
(iv) any Loss arising from or relating to a Force Majeure.
13.2.4 Nothing in this Article XIII shall limit the Operator's right to damages or
other available legal remedies upon a breach of this Agreement by a Government Parry.
Section 13.3 Indemnification Procedures.
(a) if any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article XIII (an
"Indemnified Party") shall discover or have actual notice of facts that have given rise, or which
may give rise, to a claim for indemnification under this Article XIII, or shall receive notice of
any action or proceeding of any matter for which indemnification may be claimed (each, a
"Claim"), the Indemnified Party shall, within twenty (20) days following service of process or
other written notification of such claim (or within such shorter time as may be necessary to give
the Person obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Parry (the "Indemnitor") a reasonable
opportunity to respond to such service process or notice of claim), and within twenty (20) days
after any other such notice, notify the Indemnitor in writing thereof together with a statement of
such information respecting such matter as the Indemnified Party then has; provided, however,
the failure to notify the Indemnitor shall not relieve the Indemnitor from any liability which it
may have to the Indemnified Party except and solely to the extent that such failure or delay in
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notification shall have adversely affected the Indemnitor's ability to defend against. settle or
satisfy any such Claim.
(b) The Indemnitor shall be entitled, at its cost and expense, to contest or
defend any such Claim by all appropriate legal proceedings through attorneys of its own
choosing, provided the Indemnitor shall have first notified the Indemnified Party of its intention
to do so within twenty (20) days after its receipt of such notice from the Indemnified Parry. If
within twenty (20) days following such notice from the Indemnified Parry, the Indemnified Party
has not received notice from the Indemnitor that such claim will be contested or defended by the
Indemnitor, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to (i) authorize attorneys satisfactory to it
to represent it in connection therewith and/or (ii) subject to the approval of the Indemnitor, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, at any time settle, compromise or pay
such Claim, in either of which events the Indemnified Parry shall be entitled to indemnification
thereof as provided in this Article XIII. These provisions in no way prevent the Indemnified
Party from taking whatever actions are necessary to defend the Claim during the time before the
Indemnified Parry learns whether the Indemnitor will contest or defend the Claim. Attorneys'
fees and costs accrued by the Indemnified Party during this time are indemnifiable. If required
by the Indemnitor, the Indemnified Party shall cooperate fully with the Indemnitor and its
attorneys in contesting or defending any such Claim or, if appropriate, in making any
counterclaim or cross complaint against the Person asserting the Claim against the Indemnified
Party, but the Indemnitor will reimburse the Indemnified Party for any expenses reasonably
incurred by the Indemnified Party in so cooperating.
(c) The Indemnitor shall pay to the Indemnified Party in cash all amounts to
which the Indemnified Party may become entitled by reason of the provisions of this Article
XIII, such payment to be made within thirty (30) days after such amounts are finally determined
either by mutual agreement or by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding that the Indemnitor is actively conducting a defense or contest of any Claim
against an Indemnified Party, such Claim may be settled, compromised or paid by the
Indemnified Party without the consent of the Indemnitor; provided however that if such action is
taken without the Indemnitor's consent, its indemnification obligations with respect thereto shall
be terminated and the Indemnitor shall have no obligation to the Indemnified Party. The
Indemnitor shall have the right to settle, compromise or pay any Claim being defended by the
Indemnitor without the Indemnified Party's consent so long as such settlement or compromise
does not cause the Indemnified Party to incur any present or future material costs, expense,
obligation or liability of any kind or nature, or require any admission or action or forbearance
from action by the Indemnified Party that would have a material adverse effect on the
Indemnified Party.
Section 13.4 Insurance Recoveries. Subject to Section 10.4, the indemnification
amounts due to any Indemnified Party under this Agreement shall be reduced by any insurance
proceeds received by, or applied on behalf of, such Person from the Insurance Policies for such
claims.
Section 13.5 Survival. The indemnities contained in this Article XIII shall survive the
expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, but only insofar as such indemnities relate to
any Losses that arose prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE XIV
ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
Section 14.1 Operator Assignments. The Operator shall not sell, assign, convey,
transfer or pledge (each, a "Transfer') this Agreement or any of its rights under this Agreement.
without the prior written consent of the County Representative, which consent may be withheld
or conditioned in the County Representative's sole discretion.
Section 14.2 Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding Section 14.1 or any other
provision of this Agreement, the following Transfers shall be permitted without the consent of
the County Representative or any other Person:
(a) the Operator may Transfer all of its rights hereunder to any Person (or
Affiliate of any Person) that acquires directly or indirectly the controlling interest in the Team or
the MLB franchise owned by the Team with the approval of MLB, provided that (i) the Operator
notifies the Government Representatives in writing concurrently with the proposed Transfer,
which notice shall state the nature of the Transfer, identify the transferee and provide the
Government Representatives with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Government
Representatives that the proposed Transfer has been approved by Major League Baseball, (ii)
such transferee or its Affiliates execute and deliver to the County Representative an agreement,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the County Representative, to assume all of the
obligations of the Operator under this Agreement and to keep and perform all provisions of this
Agreement, (iii) such transferee or its Affiliate that acquires the Team's MLB franchise assumes
all obligations of the Team under the Non -Relocation Agreement, and (iv) such transferee or its
Affiliates assume in writing all of the obligations of the Operator and its Affiliates under the
other Stadium Agreements;
(b) the Operator may Transfer any or all of its rights and obligations
hereunder to one or more Affiliates of the Operator, including the Team; and
(c) the Operator may, subject to Section 14.8, pledge, collaterally assign,
grant a security interest in, or otherwise encumber, this Agreement or any or all of its rights
hereunder to any Secured Party or other provider, guarantor or insurer of financing to the
Operator or its Affiliates.
Section 14.3 Release of Operator. The Operator shall be relieved of its obligations
under this Agreement from and after the date of a Transfer permitted by Section 14.2(a) or (b)
above, or a Transfer approved by the County Representative pursuant to Section 14.1 above. No
other Transfer of this Agreement (including a pledge, collateral assignment or grant of a security
interest permitted by Section 14.2(c) above), the other Stadium Agreements, or any interest in
such agreements or any direct or indirect ownership interests in the Operator shall be deemed to
release the Operator from any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Stadium
Agreement to which it is a parry.
Section 14.4 Transactions that are not Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, and
notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parties confirm that
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the Operator shall have the right, subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, to do
each of the following without the consent of the Government Patties or their representatives and
without such action being considered a Transfer:
(a) to enter into Use Agreements and Service Agreements; and
(b) otherwise to sell or grant to Persons (whether on a lonb teen or short-
term, or continuing or periodic basis) licenses, usage or similar rights and otherwise grant to
Persons rights to use, enjoy, service or maintain any part of the Stadium Premises, including the
Premium Seating, other seating areas, parking areas, restaurant or retail areas for any purpose
related to the use, operation, exploitation or management of the Stadium Premises.
Section 14.E Transfers by Government Parties. Without the prior written consent of the
Operator, which may be withheld or conditioned in the Operator's sole discretion, the
Government Parties shall not (a) permit any lien, charge or other encumbrance arising by,
through, under or from the acts or omissions of any Government Party, to exist upon, this
Agreement, any right, title or interest in or under this Agreement or in the Stadium Premises or
any portion thereof. or (b) Transfer this Agreement, anyportion of the Stadium Premises, any of
their rights or obligations under this Agreement or any of their rights in or to the Stadium
Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section shall not act as a prohibition against any
Transfer of this Agreement by a Government Party to any of its Government Entities, provided
that such Transfer does not have a material adverse impact on any Team Affiliate. In no event
shall the County be obligated to encumber the County's fee simple interest in the Baseball
Stadium Site.
Section 14.6 Transfers Void. Any Transfer by a Parry in violation of this Article XIV
shall be void ab initio and of no force or effect.
Section 14.7 . Compliance Certificate. Each of the Parties shall, upon the reasonable
request of another Parry (or any current or prospective source, guarantor or insurer of financing
for the Operator or any of its Affiliates, any transferee or assignee pursuant to a Transfer
permitted under Section 14.2, any User pursuant to an existing or prospective Use Agreement or
any Service Provider pursuant to an existing or prospective Service Agreement), execute and
deliver to the appropriate parties a certificate stating:
(a) that this Agreement is unmodified and is in full force and effect (or, if
there have been modifications, that this Agreement is in full force and effect as modified
and stating the modifications or, if this Agreement is not in full force and effect, that such
is the case);
(b) to the knowledge of the Party providing the certificate, that there are no
defaults by it or the other Parties (or specifying each such default as to which it may have
knowledge);
Term;
(c) confirmation of the commencement and expected expiration dates of the
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(d) to its knowledge, whether there are any counterclaims against the
enforcement of any Party's obligations; and
(e) any other matters reasonably requested.
Section 14.8 Collateral Assignment. Without limiting its rights under Section 14.2, the
Operator may grant a Collateral Assignment to any Secured Party, upon the condition that (a) all
rights acquired under each Collateral Assignment shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement,
and (b) the Operator shall provide the Government Parties with the name and address of the
Secured Parry under the Collateral Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or any other Stadium Agreement, to the extent the Operator or the Secured Party has
not notified a Government Parry as provided in the preceding sentence, such Government Parry
shall have no obligation to give the Secured Party any notices pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Stadium Agreement. With respect to each Collateral Assignment and Secured Party, the
Government Parties agree that following written receipt of such notice, and as long as such
Collateral Assignment remains unsatisfied or until written notice of satisfaction is given by the
Operator or the Secured Party to the County Representative, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Secured Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform
any covenant or agreement under this Agreement to be performed by the Operator (and the
County agrees the Secured Party may enter the Stadium Premises (or any part thereof) for
purposes of effecting such performance), and the County and City shall accept such performance
by any Secured Parry as if such performance was made by the Operator.
(b) The Government Parties shall, upon providing the Operator any notice of
(i) default under this Agreement, (ii) termination of this Agreement, or (iii) a matter on which the
Government Party may predicate or claim a default, at the same time provide a copy of such
notice to the Secured Party previously identified in writing to the Government Representatives
pursuant to this Section 14.8. From and after the date such notice has been given to the Secured
Party, the Secured Party shall have the right (but not the obligation) to cure the Operator's
defaults within thirty (3 0) days (the "Secured Party's Grace Period") following the later of (x) its
receipt of the Government Party's notice with respect to such default and (y) the expiration of the
grace period, if any, provided to the Operator to cure such default, subject to extension of such
Secured Party's Grace Period for the additional periods of time specified in subsections (c) and
(d) of this Section 14.8. The effectiveness of any Operator Default shall be suspended for all
purposes under this Agreement during the Secured Party's Grace Period. The County and City
shall accept such performance by or at the direction of the Secured Party as if the same had been
done by the Operator. The Operator authorizes the Secured Parry to take any such action at the
Secured Parry's option and does hereby authorize entry (and the County agrees to permit such
entry) upon the Stadium Premises by the Secured Party for such purposes. If more than one
Secured Party shall seek to exercise the rights provided for in this Section 14.8, the Secured
Party with the most senior lien priority (or with the senior priority right established under an
intercreditor agreement) shall be entitled, as against the others, to priority in the exercise of such
rights.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Government Parties shall have no right to terminate this Agreement in any circumstance where
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termination otherwise would be allowed under this Agreement unless, following the expiration
of the Secured Party's Grace Period, the Government Parties shall notify the Secured Party of the
Government Parties' intent to so terminate at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed
effective date of such tennination (if such default is capable of being cured by the payment of
money). and at least sixty (60) days in advance of the proposed effective date of such termination
(if such default is not capable of being cured by the payment of money). The provisions of
subsection (e) below shall apply only if. during such 30 -day or 60 -day termination notice period,
the Secured Parry shall:
(i) notify the Government Parties of the Secured Party's desire to
effect a cure of all defaults reasonably susceptible of cure by such Secured Party;
(ii) pay or cause to be paid all monetary obligations of the Operator
under this Agreement and the City Parking Agreement (A) then due and in arrears as
specified in the termination notice to the Secured Party and (B) any of the same that
become due during such 30 -day or 60 -day period, as the case may be, as and when they
become due; and
(iii) comply, or with reasonable diligence commence in good faith to
comply, with all non -monetary requirements of this Agreement then in default by the
Operator and reasonably susceptible of being complied with by Secured Parry; provided,
however, that the Secured Party shall not be required during such 30 -day or 60 -day
period to cure or commence to cure any default consisting of the Operator's failure to
satisfy and discharge any lien, charge or encumbrance against the Operator's interest in
this Agreement or the Stadium Premises.
(d) (i) If the Government Parties shall elect to terminate this Agreement
in any circumstance where termination otherwise would be allowed under this
Agreement, and the Secured Party shall have proceeded in the manner provided for by
Section 14.8(c), this Agreement shall be deemed not terminated as long as the Secured
Party shall:
(A) pay or cause to be paid the monetary obligations of the
Operator under this Agreement as the same become due, and continue its
good faith efforts to perform all of the Operator's other obligations under
this Agreement, except (1) obligations of the Operator to satisfy or
otherwise discharge any lien, charge or other encumbrance against the
Operator's interest in this Agreement or the Stadium Premises, (2) past
obligations then in default, and (3) defaults not reasonably susceptible of
being cured by the Secured Party; and
(B) if not enjoined or stayed, take commercially reasonable
steps (subject to the effects of any Force Majeure, which for this purpose
shall include causes beyond the reasonable control of the Secured Parry
instead of causes beyond the control of the Operator) to acquire or sell the
Operator's interest in this Agreement by foreclosure of the Collateral
Assignment or other appropriate and lawful means.
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Nothing contained in this Section 14.8(d)(i) shall be construed to extend this Agreement
beyond the original Term Hereof, nor to require the Secured Party to continue such
foreclosure proceedings after all defaults have been cured. If all defaults are cured and
the Secured Parry discontinues such foreclosure proceedings, this Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect as if the Operator had not defaulted under this
Agreement. If a Secured Party shall obtain possession of all or a portion of the
Operator`s interest in or rights under this Agreement by the initiation of foreclosure,
power of sale or other enforcement proceeding under any Collateral Assignment, or by
obtaining an assignment thereof in lieu of foreclosure or through settlement of or arising
out of any pending or threatened foreclosure proceeding, and shall have assumed the
Operator's obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an instrument reasonably
satisfactory to the County, then any termination notice will be deemed to have been
withdrawn and all alleged defaults described therein waived or satisfied, and all rights of
the Operator under this Agreement which may have been terminated or suspended by
virtue of such notice or alleged defaults shall be reinstated in favor of such Secured Party.
(ii) The making or granting of a Collateral Assignment shall not be
deemed to constitute an assignment or Transfer of this Agreement or the Operator's
rights hereunder, nor shall the Secured Party, as such, be deemed to be an assignee or
transferee of this Agreement or the Operator's rights hereunder (other than as collateral
assignee), so as to require the Secured Parry, as such, to assume the performance of any
of the terms, covenants or conditions on the part of the Operator to be performed
hereunder, unless the Secured Party shall acquire the rights under this Agreement in any
proceedings for the foreclosure of the Collateral Assignment, by deed in lieu of
foreclosure or any other lawful means.
(e) If this Agreement is terminated in whole or in part for any reason,
including the rejection or disaffirmance of this Agreement in connection with a bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding by or against the Operator, the Government Parties shall
promptly provide the Secured Parry with written notice that this Agreement has been terminated
(the "New Agreement Notice"), together with a statement of all sums that would at that time be
due under this Agreement and the City Parking Agreement but for such termination, and of all
other defaults, if any, then known to the Government Parties. The Government Parties hereby
agree to enter into a new operating agreement (a "New Agreement") with respect to the Stadium
Premises with the Secured Party or its designee for the remainder of the Term of this Agreement,
effective as of the date of termination, upon the same terms, covenants and conditions of this
Agreement, provided that:
(i) The Secured Party shall make a written request upon the
Government Parties for such New Agreement within thirty (30) days after the date that
the Secured Party receives the New Agreement Notice given pursuant to this Section
14.8(e).
(ii) The Secured Party shall pay or cause to be paid to the County and
the City, at the time of the execution and delivery of such New Agreement, any and all
sums that would at the time of execution and delivery thereof be due pursuant to this
Agreement and the City Parking Agreement (as applicable) but for such termination and,
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in addition thereto, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, which the County and the City shall have incurred by reason of such termination
and the execution and delivery of the New Agreement and that have not otherwise been
received by the County and the City (as applicable) from the Operator or other party in
interest. In the event of a controversy as to the amount to be paid to the County and/or
the City pursuant to this Section 14.8(e)(ii), the payment obligation shall be satisfied if
the County and/or the City (as applicable) is paid the amount not in controversy, and the
Secured Parry agrees to pay any additional sum ultimately determined to be due. The
Parties shall cooperate to determine any disputed amount promptly in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
(iii) Upon execution and delivery of the New Agreement, the Secured
Party shall agree to remedy any Operator Default described in the New Agreement
Notice that is reasonably capable of being cured by the Secured Party. If, commencing
on the effective date of the New Agreement, the Secured Party fails to cure all such
defaults within the time periods required, such failure shall constitute an event of default
under the New Agreement and the Government Parties shall have all rights and remedies
with respect thereto provided in the New Agreement.
(iv) Any New Agreement made pursuant to this Section 14.8(e) shall
have the same priority with respect to any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Stadium
Premises, or any part thereof, as this Agreement, and the operator under such New
Agreement shall have the same right, title and interest in and to the Stadium Premises as
the Operator has under this Agreement as of the date of the New Agreement.
(v) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such New
Agreement, the Government Parties shall assign and, to the extent held by a Government
Party, pay over to the operator named therein all of its right, title and interest in and to (i)
moneys then held by or payable to the Government Parties which the Operator would
have been entitled to receive but for termination of this Agreement or the Government
Parry's exercise of its rights upon the occurrence of an Operator Default, and (ii) any
permits, licenses or other agreements that are necessary to operate the applicable portion
of the Stadium Premises and are not otherwise assigned to the operator named in such
New Agreement pursuant to the terms of the New Agreement. From the date the County
receives written notification from a Secured Party of its intention to cure defaults
pursuant to this Section 14.8(e), to the date of execution and delivery of the New
Agreement (provided such execution and delivery shall be timely as provided in Section
14.8(e)(i)), if a Secured Parry shall have requested such New Agreement as provided in
this Section 14.8(e), the County shall not enter into any new Use Agreements or Service
Agreements with respect to the Stadium Premises, cancel or modify any then existing
Use Agreements or Service Agreements with respect to the Stadium Premises, or accept
any cancellation, termination or surrender thereof (unless such termination shall be
effected as a matter of law on the termination of this Agreement or such agreements shall
have expired in accordance with their respective terms) that would adversely affect the
interest of the operator under the New Agreement without the written consent of the
Secured Party.
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(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require the Secured Party to (x)
discharge any liens, charges or encumbrances against the Stadium Premises or the Operator's
interests in or rights under this Agreement, (y) cure the bankruptcy, insolvency or any related or
similar condition of the Operator. or (z) cure any default of the Operator which by its terms is not
reasonably susceptible of being cured by the Secured Party, in order to comply with the
provisions of Section 14.8(b) or (c), or as a condition to its exercise of rights hereunder or of
entering into the New Agreement. No default, and no obligation of the Operator, the cure or
performance of which requires possession of the Stadium Premises shall be deemed reasonably
susceptible of cure or performance by the Secured Party or a successor to the Operator's interest
under this Agreement or a New Agreement if the Secured Party or such successor is not in
possession of the Stadium Premises.
(g) A standard clause naming the Secured Parry as an additional insured may
be added to the Property Insurance Policy and any and all other insurance polices required to be
carried by the Operator under Article X, in each case, on the condition that, to the extent
applicable, the Property Insurance Proceeds payable under any of such policies are to be applied
in the manner specified in this Agreement.
(h) Notices from the Government Parties to the Secured Parry shall be mailed
to the address or addresses furnished to the Government Parties pursuant to the first paragraph of
this Section 14.8, and notices from the Secured Party to the Government Parties shall be mailed
to the address or addresses designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 19.1. Such notices,
demands and requests shall be given in the manner described in Section 19.1 and shall in all
respects be covered by the provisions of that Section.
(i) If this Agreement is rejected in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding
by the Operator or a trustee in bankruptcy for the Operator, such rejection shall be deemed an
assignment by the Operator to the Secured Party of all of the Operator's interest under this
Agreement, and this Agreement shall not terminate and the Secured Party shall have all rights
and obligations of the Secured Party under this Section 14.8, as if such bankruptcy proceeding
had not occurred, unless the Secured Party shall reject such deemed assignment by notice in
writing to the Government Parties within thirty (30) days following rejection of this Agreement
by the Operator or the Operator's trustee in bankruptcy. If any court of competent jurisdiction
shall determine that this Agreement shall have been terminated notwithstanding the terms of the
preceding sentence as a result of rejection by the Operator or the trustee in connection with any
such proceeding, the rights of the Secured Party to a New Agreement from the Government
Parties pursuant to Section 14.8(e) shall not be affected thereby.
0) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary (but
subject to any contrary agreements between the Operator and the Secured Party) in the event of
any Casualty to, or Condemnation Action affecting, the Stadium Premises or any portion thereof
during such time as any Collateral Assignment(s) are in effect, the Secured Parry which is the
holder of the most senior Collateral Assignment (either under Applicable Law or pursuant to an
intercreditor agreement) which includes a pledge and/or additional assignment of any Property
Insurance Proceeds and/or Condemnation Awards otherwise payable to the Operator hereunder
shall have the right to direct the use of all such Property Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation
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Awards and similarly derived funds to which the Operator may have rights in accordance with
this Agreement on behalf of the Operator.
(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 14.8. no
Secured Parry shall be liable under this Agreement unless and until such time as it becomes the
owner of the applicable portion of the Operator's interests under this Agreement securing its
Collateral Assignment, and then only for such obligations of the Operator which accrue during
the period while it remains the owner of such interests; if a New Agreement in favor of the
Secured Party is in place, the terms thereof shall prevail.
(1) The Government Parties agree to enter into such additional and further
agreements as any Secured Party reasonably shall request to confirm and give effect to the rights
of the Secured Party as provided in this Section 14.8, as long as such agreements do not increase
the Government Parties' obligations or reduce the Operator's obligations under this Agreement
in any material respect.
ARTICLE XV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Section 15.1 County Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The County
represents, warrants and covenants to the Operator and the City that:
(a) The County has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and
the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the County have been duly
authorized by all necessary governmental action (other than the various customary regulatory
approvals, licenses and permits which are required for the development, construction, use and
operation of the Stadium Premises). The County Mayor or his designee executing this
Agreement is the individual duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of
the County and has so executed and delivered this Agreement. All necessary governmental
action required by the County has been taken to duly authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by the County pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement is a valid and binding
obligation of the County, enforceable against the County in accordance with its terms. The
County Representative has been duly authorized to act on behalf of the County as provided in
this Agreement.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the County
are not prohibited by and do not conflict in any material respect with any other agreements,
instruments, judgments or decrees to which the County is a party.
(c) Neither the execution, delivery nor, to the actual knowledge of the County,
performance of this Agreement by the County violates the County Charter, the County Code or
any ordinance or resolution of the County. To the actual knowledge of the County, the County
has not received any notice as of the date of this Agreement asserting any noncompliance in any
material respect by the County with Applicable Laws with respect to the Stadium Premises and
the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement; and the County is not in default with
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respect to any judgment, order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority which is in
any respect material to the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement.
(d) Except as otherwise disclosed to the Team and/or the Operator and the
City in writing, to its actual knowledge, no suit is pending which has been served upon the
County or of which the County has actual knowledge, before or by any court or governmental
body seeking to restrain or prohibit, or seeking damages or other relief in connection with, the
execution and delivery of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in and by, this
Agreement, or which might materially and adversely affect the use and operation of the Stadium
Premises as contemplated in and by this Agreement.
(e) If any lien, encumbrance,. easement, license, right-of-way, covenant,
condition, restriction, or other title defect (a "Title Defect") first arises subsequent to the
execution of this Agreement which is created by, through or under the County and not by the acts
of the Operator, the Team or their respective agents, contractors, employees and tenants, which
will materially diminish, impair or disturb the rights of the Operator under this Agreement with
respect to the Stadium Premises, the County shall take all reasonable actions, at its sole cost and
expense, to promptly eliminate such Title Defect. The Operator acknowledges that utility
easements and other matters expressly permitted in this Agreement shall not constitute a Title
Defect. Except as expressly permitted under this Agreement, the County shall not create any,
lien, encumbrance, easement, license, right-of-way, covenant, condition or restriction which
would encumber the Stadium Premises and materially diminish, impair or disturb the rights of
the Operator under this Agreement.
Section 15.2 City Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The City represents,
warrants and covenants to the Operator and the County that:
(a) The City has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and the
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by the City have been duly authorized
by all necessary governmental action (other than the various customary regulatory approvals,
licenses and permits which are required for the development, construction, use and operation of
the Stadium Premises). The City Manager or his designee executing this Agreement is the party
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the City and has so executed
and delivered this Agreement. All necessary governmental action required by the City has been
taken to duly authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the City pursuant to this
Agreement. This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the City, enforceable against
the City in accordance with its terms. The City Representative has been duly authorized to act
on behalf of the City as provided in this Agreement.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the City
are not prohibited by and do not conflict in any material respect with any other agreements,
instruments, judgments or decrees or other restriction of any Governmental Authority, to which
the City is a parry or is otherwise subject.
(c) Neither the execution, delivery nor, to the actual knowledge of the City,
performance of this Agreement by the City violates the City Charter, the City Code or any
ordinance or resolution of the City. To the actual knowledge of the City, the City has not
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received any notice as of the date of this Agreement asserting any noncompliance in any material
respect by the City with Applicable Laws with respect to the Stadium Premises and the
transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement: and the City is not in default with respect to
any judgment, order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority which is in any respect
material to the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement.
(d) Except as otherwise disclosed to the Operator and the County in writing,
to its actual knowledge, no suit is pending which has been served upon the City or of which the
City has actual knowledge, before or by any court or governmental body seeking to restrain or
prohibit, or seeking damages or other relief in connection with, the execution and delivery of, or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated in and by, this Agreement, or which might
materially and adversely affect the use and operation of the Stadium Premises as contemplated in
and by this Agreement.
(e) If a Title Defect arises subsequent to the execution of this Agreement
which is created by, through or under the City or one of its Government Entities and not by the
acts of the Operator, the Team or their respective agents, contractors, employees and tenants,
which will materially diminish, impair or disturb the rights of the Operator under this Agreement
with respect to the Stadium Premises, the City shall take all reasonable actions, at its sole cost
and expense, to promptly eliminate such Title Defect. The City shall not create any lien,
encumbrance, easement, license, right-of-way, covenant, condition or restriction which would
encumber the Stadium Premises and materially diminish, impair or disturb the rights of the
Operator under this Agreement.
Section 15.3 Operator Representations. Warranties and Covenants. The Operator
represents, warrants and covenants to the County and the City that:
(a) The Operator is a limited liability company duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite limited liability company
power and authority to enter into this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of the Operator, enforceable against the Operator in accordance with
its terms.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Operator of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action by the
Operator and do not violate the Operator's certificate of formation or limited liability company
agreement, or the MLB Constitution or, any provision of MLB Rules and Regulations, or result
in the breach in any material respect of or constitute a default in any material respect under any
loan or credit agreement, or other agreement or instrument to which the Operator is a party or by
which the Operator or its assets may be bound or affected. All consents and approvals of any
Person (including members of the Operator, if necessary) required in connection with the
Operator's execution of this Agreement have been obtained.
(c) Except as otherwise disclosed to the County and City in writing, to its
knowledge, no suit is pending against or affects the Operator which has been served upon or of
which the Operator has knowledge which could have a material adverse affect upon the
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Operator's performance under this Agreement or the financial condition or business of the
Operator. There are no outstanding judgments against the Operator.
(d) The Operator has not paid or given, and will not pay or give, any third
person any money or other consideration for obtaining this Agreement, other than non -nal costs
of conducting business and costs of professional services such as the services of architects,
engineers and attorneys.
(e) The execution, delivery and perfonmance of this Agreement are not
prohibited by and do not conflict in any material respect with any other agreements, instruments,
judgments or decrees or other restriction of any Governmental Authority, or any provision of
MLB Rules and Regulations, to which the Operator is a party or is otherwise subject.
(f) The Operator has received no notice as of the date of execution of this
Agreement asserting any noncompliance in any material respect by the Operator with any
Applicable Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement; and the
Operator is not in default with respect to any judgment, order, injunction or decree of any
Governmental Authority which is in any respect material to the transactions contemplated in and
by this Agreement.
(g) If any lien, covenant, condition, encumbrance or other restriction arises
subsequent to the execution of this Agreement which is created by, through or under the
Operator, the Team, any Team Affiliate or their agents and not by the acts of the Government
Parties or their respective agents, which will materially diminish, impair or disturb the rights of
the Government Parties under this Agreement with respect to the Stadium Premises, the Operator
shall take all reasonable actions, at its sole cost and expense, to promptly eliminate such lien,
covenant, condition, encumbrance or restriction. Except as expressly permitted under this
Agreement, the Operator shall not create any lien, covenant, condition, encumbrance or other
restriction which would encumber the Stadium Premises and materially diminish, impair or
disturb the rights of the Government Parties under this Agreement.
(h) After the Substantial Completion Date, (i) the Operator shall maintain,
keep current and comply in full with any and all permits, consents and approvals required by
Environmental Laws with respect to, and its use and operation of, the Stadium Premises and the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) the Operator shall comply and shall
cause the Stadium Premises to be in compliance with all Environmental Laws and shall not
conduct or allow any use of or activity on or under the Stadium Premises over which the
Operator exercises control that will violate or threaten to violate any Environmental Law;
provided, however, that the Operator's obligations pursuant to this Section 15.3(g) shall not
release the County or City from obligations otherwise required by this Agreement or the other
Stadium Agreements. The Operator shall promptly notify the County if the Operator has actual
knowledge of any noncompliance or any potential noncompliance with any Environmental Law
or receives any written or oral notification from any Governmental Authority or any third party
regarding any noncompliance or threatened or potential noncompliance with, or any request for
any information pursuant to, any Environmental Law.
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(i) The Operator covenants and agrees to retain sufficient stadium revenues
and stadium revenue streams, whether arising from the Revenue Rights or otherwise from the
operation or use of the Baseball Stadium, adequate to meet all of its obligations under this
Agreement. Further, the Operator covenants that in the event that there are any unpaid
obligations under this Agreement for which the Operator shall not have adequate reserves or
reasonably anticipated revenues from the aforementioned sources, and which are not being
contested by the Operator in good faith, then the Operator shall not make any further payments
to the Team under its license agreement with the Team or any distributions of stadium revenues
to the Team Affiliates and/or its partners until all such obligations have been fully satisfied.
0) Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Team has executed and delivered to the Government Parties the Non -Relocation Agreement.
(k) To Operator's knowledge, no MLB Rule and Regulation, in any material
manner or respect, prohibits or limits the right or power of the Operator to enter into or accept
each of the terms, commitments and provisions of this Agreement or adversely affects the ability
or right of the Team to play its MLB Home Games at the Baseball Stadium.
Section 15.1 Mutual Covenants.
(a) The Parties, whenever and as often as each shall be reasonably requested
to do so by another Party or by the Team, shall execute or cause to be executed any further
documents and take any further actions as may be reasonably necessary or expedient in order to
consummate the transactions provided for in, and to carry out the purpose and intent of, this
Agreement and each of the other Stadium Agreements except to the extent such actions by the
County require approval by the Board.
(b) In exercising its rights and fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement
and each of the other Stadium Agreements, each of the Parties shall act in good faith.
(c) No Party shall terminate this Agreement on the ground of ultra vires acts
or for any illegality or on the basis of any challenge to the enforceability of this Agreement,
except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement or in the other Stadium Agreements. Subject to
the preceding sentence, no such challenge may be asserted by any Party except by the institution
of a declaratory action in which the Parties and the Team are parties.
(d) Each Party shall vigorously contest any challenge to the validity,
authorization or enforceability of this Agreement or the City Parking Agreement (a
"Challenge"), whether asserted by a taxpayer or any other Person, except where to do so would
be deemed by such Party as presenting a conflict of interest or would be contrary to Applicable
Law. The applicable Party shall pay all of the legal fees, costs and other expenses incurred by it
in contesting the Challenge. The applicable Party shall consult with the Parties in contesting any
Challenge. The Parties shall take all ministerial actions and proceedings reasonably necessary or
appropriate to remedy any apparent invalidity, lack or defect in authorization, or illegality, or to
cure any other defect, which has been asserted or threatened except with respect to the County or
City, any such action which requires approval of the Board or Commission, as the case may be,
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or is not deemed by the County or City to present a conflict of interest or is not deemed by the
County or City, as the case may be, to be contrary to Applicable Law.
(e) Should any Party receive knowledge about any matter which may
constitute a breach of any of its warranties or covenants set forth in this Article XV which arises
after the date of this Agreement, it shall promptly notiA, the other Parties of the same in writing.
Specifically, without limitation, the Parties shall promptly inform the others of any suits referred
to in Sections 15.1(d), 15.2(d) and 15.3(c) and any Challenge referred to in Section 15.4(d).
(f) During the Term, the County shall comply with all Applicable Laws
relating to its ownership of the Stadium Premises, and each Government Parry shall comply with
all Applicable Laws relating to the exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements, but not with respect to the use, operation and
management of the Baseball Stadium by the Operator (which shall be the responsibility of the
Operator, except as specifically provided below). The County in its capacity as owner of the
Stadium Premises shall execute such documents and file such documents and reports, with any
filing fees or other costs to be paid by the Operator, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the
Operator and its Affiliates to obtain and maintain all necessary permits and licenses that are
required of an owner of the Stadium Premises. With regard to any entry by the County or the
City into the Stadium Premises for any permitted purpose, the County or the City, as applicable,
shall comply with all Applicable Laws relating to such entry. The Government Parties shall
obtain or cause to be obtained all necessary permits and licenses required for the conduct of
Community Events and shall comply with all Applicable Laws (and all rules and regulations of
the Operator applicable to the conduct of Stadium Events) relating to the conduct of Community
Events.
(g) During the Term, the Operator, in connection with its use and the exercise
of its rights with respect to the Stadium Premises, shall comply with all Applicable Laws relating
to such use and exercise, including environmental laws, and the Operator shall be responsible for
causing the Stadium Premises to be in compliance with all Applicable Laws, all at the Operator's
sole cost and expense. The applicable Government Party shall, in connection with its use and the
exercise of its rights with respect to the Stadium Premises for Community Events, shall comply
with all Applicable Laws relating to such use and exercise, including environmental laws. The
Operator shall obtain and maintain all necessary permits and licenses that are required in
connection with the operation and use of the Stadium Premises.
(h) All covenants, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. No action taken pursuant to or
related to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of a Parry, shall be deemed
to constitute a waiver by the Party taking such action of compliance with any representation,
warranty, condition or agreement in this Agreement.
(i) In exercising its rights and fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement
and each of the other Stadium Agreements, each Party shall act in good faith. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each party acknowledges that in each instance under this Agreement and the
Stadium Agreements where a Party is obligated to exercise good faith, to use good faith efforts
or to use diligent reasonable efforts or other similar efforts, such Parry shall not be required to
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expend any funds, or grant any other consideration of any kind, in the performance of such
undertaking, and each Parry further acknowledges that the obligation of any Party to act in good
faith, undertake good faith efforts, or to use diligent reasonable efforts or other similar efforts
does not constitute a warranty, representation or other guaranty that the result which the Parties
are attempting to achieve will be successfully achieved and no Party shall be liable for any
failure to achieve the result or results intended so long as the Party has complied with its
obligation to act in accordance with the applicable standard.
ARTICLE XVI
TAXES
Section 16.1 Intangible and Ad Valorem Taxes. The Team's use of the Stadium
Premises is subject, under existing law, to the annual intangible tax imposed by Chapter 199 of
the Florida Statutes. If any ad valorem real property taxes shall be levied in respect of the
interest of the Operator or any Team Affiliate in the Stadium Premises during the Term of this
Agreement, the Team Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by then Applicable Law, (a) be
permitted to reduce the amount of their payment obligations otherwise due to the County under
the Stadium Agreements up to the amount of the ad valorem tax due to the County and (b) be
permitted to reduce the amount of their payment obligations otherwise due to the City under the
Stadium Agreements up to the amount of the ad valorem tax due to the City.
Section 16.2 Targeted Taxes. Neither the County nor the City shall impose any
Targeted Taxes during the Term of this Agreement. If at any time during the Term of this
Agreement, any Team Affiliate believes that a tax imposed or enabled by the County or the City
constitutes a Targeted Tax, then the Team Affiliate shall have the right to institute court
proceedings to challenge the permissibility of the tax under this Agreement. Each party shall be
responsible for its own legal and court -related expenses incurred in connection with the court
proceedings. The County and City further covenant not to support any State legislation or other
efforts that would reasonably lead to or result in a Targeted Tax from which the County or the
City (including any County or City agency) shall derive revenues. Without limiting the
foregoing obligations, if a Targeted Tax is imposed by the County or the City, or by the State
from which the County or the City (including any County or City agency) would derive
revenues, the Team Affiliates, to the extent permitted under then Applicable Law, shall have the
right to reduce amounts due to the County and the City, respectively, under this Agreement and
the other Stadium Agreements (including any amounts payable with respect to Capital
Improvements).
ARTICLE XVII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES; TERMINATION
Section 17.1 Operator Default. Each of the following shall constitute a default by the
Operator hereunder (an "Operator Default"):
(a) If any representation or warranty made by the Operator in this Agreement
shall at any time prove to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time made, and
the Operator fails to cause such representation or warranty to become correct within 40 days
after written notice thereof is given to the Operator by a Government Party that such
representation or warranty is incorrect; provided, however, that if it is not reasonably possible to
cause such representation or warranty to become correct within such 40 -day period, such cure
period shall be extended for up to 180 days following the date of the original notice if within 40
days after such written notice the Operator commences diligently and thereafter continues to
cause such representation or warranty to become correct.
(b) If the Operator shall fail to pay any amount due to a Government Parry
when due and payable under this Agreement, and such failure is not cured within 20 days after
written notice thereof is given to the Operator by the applicable Government Representative.
(c) If the Operator shall materially breach any of the other covenants or
provisions in this Agreement and such failure is not cured within 40 days after written notice
thereof is given to the Operator by the applicable Government Representative; provided,
however, that if it is not reasonably possible to cure such breach within such 40 -day period, such
cure period shall be extended for up to 180 days following the giving of the original notice if
within 40 days after such written notice the Operator commences and thereafter diligently
pursues the cure.
Section 17.2 Government Party Default. Each of the following shall constitute a
default by a Government Party hereunder (a "Government Party Default"):
(a) If any representation or warranty made by a Government Party in this
Agreement shall at any time prove to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time
made, and the Government Parry fails to cause such representation or warranty to become correct
within 40 days after written notice thereof is given to the Government Party by the Operator that
such representation or warranty is incorrect; provided, however, that if it is not reasonably
possible to cause such representation or warranty to become correct within such 40 -day period,
such cure period shall be extended for up to 180 days following the date of the original notice if
within 40 days after such written notice the Government Party commences diligently and
thereafter continues to cause such representation or warranty to become correct.
(b) If a Government Party shall fail to pay any amount due to the Operator
when due and payable under this Agreement, and such failure is not cured within 20 days after
written notice thereof is given to the Government Party by the Operator.
(c) If a Government Party shall materially breach any of the other covenants
or provisions in this Agreement and such failure is not cured within 40 days after written notice
thereof is given to the Government Party by the Operator; provided, however, that if it is not
reasonably possible to cure such breach within such 40 -day period, such cure period shall be
extended for up to 180 days following the giving of the original notice if within 40 days after
such written notice the Government Party commences and thereafter diligently pursues the cure.
Section 17.3 Remedies.
(a) Subject to complying with Article XVIII with respect to matters that must
be resolved by arbitration, the Government Parties may institute litigation to recover damages or
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to obtain any other remedy at law or in equity (including specific perfonnance, permanent,
preliminary or temporary injunctive relief, and any other kind of equitable remedy) for any
Operator Default.
(b) Subject to complying with Article XVIII with respect to matters that must
be resolved by arbitration, the Operator may institute litigation to recover damages or to obtain
any other remedy at law or in equity (including specific performance, permanent, preliminary or
temporary injunctive relief. and any other kind of equitable remedy) for any Government Parry
Default.
(c) Except with respect to rights and remedies expressly declared to be
exclusive in this Agreement or the other Stadium Agreements, the rights and remedies of the
Parties provided for in this Agreement are cumulative and the exercise by any Party of one or
more of such rights or remedies shall not preclude the exercise by it, at the same or different
times, of any such other rights or remedies for the same Default or any other Default.
(d) Any failure of a Party to exercise any right or remedy as provided in this
Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by that Party of any claim for damages it may have by
reason of the Default.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the City may
only provide a notice of default and exercise remedies with respect to a breach of a City
Provision.
(f) In the event of any litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution
proceeding between the Operator and a Government Party in connection with this Agreement
("Proceeding'), the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the
other party for all costs and expenses incurred in such Proceedings, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs as may be fixed by the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida for
Dade County, the Federal District Court or the arbitrator, as applicable, and any award granted to
a party in such a proceeding shall be treated as the sole property of such party.
Section 17.4 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
Section 17.5 Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to
the contrary, this Agreement may not be terminated by any Party (upon a Default or otherwise),
and each Party waives any right to terminate it may have at law or in equity, except as
specifically provided in Sections 17.5.1, 17.5.2, 17.5.3, 11.2, 11.4 and Article XII of this
Agreement.
Section 17.5.1 Termination of Construction Administration Agreement. This
Agreement shall automatically terminate upon any termination of the Construction
Administration Agreement in accordance with its terms by the Government Parties or the
Stadium Developer prior to the Substantial Completion Date.
Section 17.5.2 Termination by Government Parties. In addition to any other
remedies the Government Parties may have under this Agreement or at law or in equity, the
Government Parties collectively (but not independently) shall have the right to terminate this
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Agreement, by giving written notice (which must be joint written notice) of termination to the
Operator, upon the occurrence of any of the follo-,ing:
(a) The MLB franchise held by the Team is tenninated.
(b) A court of competent jurisdiction has issued a final and
unappealable order holding that the Team has breached Section 2(c) of the Non -Relocation
Agreement (after giving effect to the notice and cure period thereunder) but has refused to issue
an injunction or specific performance with respect to such breach (other than as a result of a cure
of such breach).
(c) If the Operator shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy under
the United States Bankruptcy Code or an involuntary petition shall be filed with respect to the
Operator under the United States Bankruptcy Code and such petition remains undismissed and
unstayed for a period of 90 days following the filing (each a "Bankruptcy Event") unless within
45 days following the occurrence of such Bankruptcy Event, at the request of a Government
Party, either (a) the Team, (b) a Team Affiliate, or (c) other Person jointly acceptable to the
Government Parties assumes all of the Operator's obligations and liabilities under this
Agreement and the City Parking Agreement from and after the date of the assumption and cures
all pre-existing Operator Defaults under this Agreement.
Section 17.53 Termination by Operator. In addition to any other remedies the
Operator may have under this Agreement or at law or in equity, the Operator shall have the right
to terminate this Agreement, by giving written notice of termination to the Government Parties,
upon the entry by any court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction of a determination that is not
stayed or vacated within thirty (30) days and has become final and non -appealable that prohibits
or materially impairs or restricts the right of the Team to use the Baseball Stadium for MLB
Home Games throughout the scheduled Term; provided that the Operator shall not have such
termination right if the Team's right to use the Baseball Stadium is materially impaired or
restricted due to a breach by the Operator of this Agreement or the negligence of the Operator or
the Team; provided, further, that each Party shall use reasonable best efforts to modify this
Agreement and any other Stadium Agreements (as necessary) in order to bring this Agreement
and the other Stadium Agreements into compliance with the law, as set forth in the above -
referenced final unappealable order for at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the
Operator may exercise its termination right. In the event that the Operator terminates this
Agreement under this Section 17.5.3, the Team's annual payment obligation under Section 7 of
the Non -Relocation Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 17.5.4 Effect of Termination. If a Parry elects to terminate this
Agreement in accordance with its terms (or this Agreement terminates pursuant to Section
17.5.1), this Agreement and each of the other Stadium Agreements shall, on the effective date of
such termination, terminate with respect to all future rights and obligations of performance by
the Parties and their Affiliates (except for the rights and obligations that expressly are to survive
termination as provided in the Stadium Agreements). Termination of this Agreement and each
of the other Stadium Agreements shall not alter the claims, if any, of the Parties for breaches of
this Agreement occurring prior to such termination, and the obligations of the Parties with
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respect to such breaches shall survive tennination (including those giving rise to such
tennination).
Section 17.5.5 Post -Termination Aareements. In the event of an early termination
of this Agreement, all Use A¢reements and Service Agreements shall tenninate upon such
termination.
Section 17.6 Exclusive Remedies. The rights and remedies conferred upon or reserved
to the Parties in this Article XVII are intended to be the exclusive remedies available to each of
them upon a breach or default by the other Parties, except as may be otherwise expressly set
forth in this Agreement or in any of the other Stadium Agreements.
.ARTICLE XVIII
Section 18.1 Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim between the Operator (or
one of its officers, directors, managers, owners or other Affiliates) and one more or more
Government Parties that arises under or in connection with or is related in any way to Articles IV
(with the exception of Section 4.8 and 4.9), Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article IX (with
the exception of Section 9.3), Article X or Article XI of this Agreement (a "Dispute"), including
a Dispute relating to the effectiveness, validity, interpretation or implementation of any of those
provisions, shall be submitted to, and resolved exclusively and finally through, the following
arbitration process ("Arbitration"):
(a) Within two (2) Business Days after a request for Arbitration by a
Government Party or the Operator, the parties shall hold an initial meeting to attempt in good
faith to negotiate a settlement of the Dispute. No request concerning a Dispute may be made
after the time allowed by any statute of limitations applicable to such Dispute. If within four (4)
Business Days after the request for Arbitration the parties have not negotiated a settlement of the
Dispute (as evidenced by a written, executed settlement agreement), a party may request
Arbitration.
(b) Except as set forth below, the Arbitration shall be administered by the
American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and
conducted pursuant to such rules, as such rules are in effect as of the time the Dispute is
submitted to the AAA for Arbitration.
(c) The Arbitration shall be conducted before and determined by a panel (the
"Arbitration Panel") consisting of three persons (each an "Arbitrator"), who shall be selected in
accordance with the AAA's Commercial Arbitration Rules. None of the Arbitrators shall be a
current or former employee, officer, director, trustee, owner, Affiliate, attorney or agent of any
Party or any Government Parry, and none of the Arbitrators shalt have performed, directly or
indirectly, a material amount of work for a Government Party, the Operator, the Team, or any
Team Affiliates within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of their selection or
intend or desire to perform work for a Government Party, the Operator, the Team, or any Team
Affiliates within one year following the date of their selection.
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(d) Barring extraordinary circumstances, an initial conference with the
Arbitration Panel shall be scheduled to take place in Miami, Florida within thirty (30) days after
the appointment of the Arbitration Panel. In setting a schedule and conducting the Arbitration,
the Arbitration Panel shall take into account the Parties' desire to resolve Disputes in a prompt
and cost effective manner.
(e) Barring extraordinary circumstances, the award will be rendered not later
than thirty (30) days from the date of the conclusion of the hearing.
(f) The Arbitration shall take place in Miami, Florida. Each Party irrevocably
consents to the delivery of service of process with respect to any Arbitration in any manner
permitted for the giving of notices under Section 19.1, for itself and each of its Affiliates.
(g) Notwithstanding anything contained in the AAA rules to the contrary,
unless the Arbitration Panel finds that one or more claims or defenses were frivolous or
knowingly false when made, except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, each
Party shall bear the cost of its own legal representation and expert witness fees in any Arbitration
under this Agreement. If the Arbitration Panel finds that one or more claims or defenses were
frivolous or knowingly false when made, the Arbitration Panel shall be entitled to require the
Party that made such frivolous or knowingly false claims or defenses to bear all or a portion of
the other Parties' respective legal fees and expert witness fees. Except as expressly provided in
the foregoing sentence or elsewhere in this Agreement, all other costs and expenses of the
Arbitration shall be shared equally by the Parties.
(h) All provisions of this Agreement applicable to Disputes generally,
including the limitations on damages in Section 18.3, shall apply to the Arbitration.
(i) The Arbitration Panel shall render a written, reasoned award. Any award
rendered in any Arbitration pursuant to this Section 18.1 shall be final and binding upon the
Parties and non -appealable, and a judgment of any court having jurisdiction may be entered on
any such award.
0) In no event shall the Arbitrators have the authority to amend or insert any
provisions into this Agreement.
Section 18.2 Emergency Relief. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, each Party may seek interim relief, whether affirmative or prohibitive, in the form
of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctive relief or other interim equitable relief
concerning a Dispute, including, without limitation, declaratory relief, provisional remedies,
special action relief, stay proceedings in connection with special action relief, and any similar
relief of an interim nature at any time from any court of competent jurisdiction, including with
respect to any Dispute. If a Dispute requires temporary or preliminary injunctive relief before
the matter may be resolved by Arbitration, the procedures set forth in Section 18.1 will still
govern the ultimate resolution of the Dispute notwithstanding the fact that a court of competent
jurisdiction may have entered an order providing for interim relief, injunctive or another form of
temporary or preliminary relief.
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Section 18.3 No Indirect Damages. In no event shall any party be liable under any
provision of this agreement for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, treble
or punitive damages, in contract, tort or otherwise, whether or not provided by statute and
whether or not caused by or resulting from the sole or concurrent negligence or intentional acts
of such party or any of its affiliates or related parties. Notwithstandingthe foregoing, this
limitation of liability shall not apply to any indemnification for third -party claims available at
law or pursuant to, and subject to the limitations in, Article XIII. The preceding limitation shall
not be a basis for any claim or argument that a dispute should not be arbitrated.
ARTICLE XIX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 19.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, consent or other communication
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given when delivered in person,
one Business Day after being sent by reputable overnight carrier, or three Business Days after
being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Parties at the addresses set forth
below (or at such other address as a Party may specify by notice given pursuant to this Section to
the other Parties):
If to the County:
To the attention of. County Manager
111 NW 1St Street, Suite 2900
Miami, Florida 33128
Attn: George M. Burgess
With a copy to: County Attorney
111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2810
Miami, Florida 33128
Attn: Robert A. Cuevas, Jr.
and Geri Keenan
If to the City:
To the attention of: City Mana1§er
444 SW 2r' Avenue, 10th Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
Attn: Pedro G. Hernandez
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With a copy to: City Attorney
444 SW 2nd Avenue, 9d' Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
Attn: City Attorney
and Olga Ramirez-Seijas
If to the Operator:
To the attention of. 2267 Dan Marino Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33056
Attn: David Samson and Derek Jackson
With a copy to: Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Wayne Katz
Notwithstanding the foregoing, periodic and ordinary course notices, deliveries and
communications between the Operator and the County Representative or City Representative, as
applicable, may be given (and shall be considered given when provided) by any of the means set
forth above, and to the address provided by the Government Representatives to the Operator
from time to time.
Section 19.2 Merger Clause. This Agreement, including the schedules and exhibits to
this Agreement, and the other Stadium Agreements contain the sole and entire agreement among
the Parties and their Affiliates with respect to their subject matter, are fully integrated, and
supersede all prior written or oral agreements among them relating to that subject matter,
including the BSA. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement and the other Stadium
Agreements, there shall be no warranties, representations or other agreements among the Parties
or their Affiliates in connection with the subject matter hereof or thereof.
Section 19.3 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except in
a writing signed by the Parties affected by the amendment or modification, and approved by the
Board and the Commission, if applicable.
Section 19.4 Binding_ Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties and
their respective successors and assigns, subject to the limitations on Transfer in Article XIV.
Section 19.5 Waiver. No waiver of any terms of this Agreement shall be binding on the
Party granting the waiver until the waiver is reduced to writing, and executed by the Party
granting the waiver. Waiver by any Party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall
not be considered as or constitute a continuing waiver or a waiver of any other breach of the
same or any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 19.6 Non -Recourse Liability of County Personnel. Notwithstanding and
prevailing over any contrary provision or implication in this Agreement, no member, elected or
appointed official, officer, employee or agent of the County shall be liable to the Operator, or
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any successor in interest to the Operator, in the event of any default or breach by the County for
any amount which may become due to the Operator or any successor in interest to the Operator,
or on any other obligation under the ten -ns of this Agreement, except for their criminal acts with
respect to this Agreement (i.e., acts which would constitute crimes were they prosecuted for and
convicted of such acts).
Section 19.7 Non -Recourse Liability of City Personnel. Notwithstanding and
prevailing over any contrary provision or implication in this Agreement, no member, elected or
appointed official, officer, employee or agent of the City shall be liable to the Operator, or any
successor in interest to the Operator, in the event of any default or breach by the City for any
amount which may become due to the Operator or any successor in interest to the Operator, or on
any other obligation under the terms of this Agreement, except for their criminal acts with
respect to this Agreement (i.e... acts which would constitute crimes were they prosecuted for and
convicted of such acts).
Section 19.8 Non -Recourse Liability of Operator Personnel. Notwithstanding and
prevailing over any contrary provision or implication in this Agreement and except for their
criminal acts with respect to this Agreement (i.e., acts which would constitute crimes were they
prosecuted for and convicted of such acts), the officers, directors, partners, shareholders,
members, employees and agents of the Operator, the Team and their Affiliates (the "Operator
Personnel") shall not in any way be liable under or with respect to this Agreement; no deficiency
or other monetary or personal judgment of any kind shall be sought or entered against any of the
Operator Personnel with respect to liability under or with respect to this Agreement; no judgment
with respect to liability under or with respect to this Agreement shall give rise to any right of
execution or levy against the assets of any of the Operator Personnel; and the liability of the
Operator under this Agreement shall be limited to the assets of the Operator (although nothing
contained in this Section shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Government Parties against
the Team or the liability of the Team under the Non -Relocation Agreement),
Section 19.9 Government Cooperation. Within five Business Days after receipt of
written notice from the Operator and, subject to any limitations of its authority under Applicable
Law and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each Government Party shall consent to,
execute and deliver to the Operator any suitable applications or evidence of the Operator's
authority required by any governmental or other body claiming jurisdiction in connection with
any activities the Operator may conduct in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 19.10 Government Representatives. The County Manager or his designee (the
"County Representative") shall act as liaison and contact person between the Operator and the
County in administering and implementing the terms of this Agreement. The City Manager or
his designee (the "City Representative" and, together with the County Representative, the
"Government Representatives") shall act as liaison and contact person between the Operator and
the City in administering and implementing the terms of this Agreement. The County Manager
and City Manager shall notify the other Parties in writing if they designate (or re -designate)
another individual to serve as County Representative or City Representative, respectively. Each
of the County Representative and the City Representative shall have the power, authority and
right, on behalf of the County and City, respectively, and without any further resolution or action
of the Board or Commission to:
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(a) review, approve and consent, in writing, to documents and requests
required or allowed by the Operator to be submitted to the County Representative and the City
Representative, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) consent to and approve, in writing, actions, events and undertakings by the
Operator or other Persons for which consent and/or approval is required from the County
Representative and/or the City Representative, as the case may be;
(c) make appointments, in writing, of individuals or entities required to be
appointed or designated by the County Representative and/or the City Representative, as the
case may be, in this Agreement;
(d) sign any and all documents on behalf of the County and/or City, as the
case may be, necessary or convenient to the foregoing approvals, consents and appointments;
and
(e) grant written time extensions that extend deadlines or time periods by 180
days and do not otherwise materially affect the rights or obligations of the Stadium Operator, the
County or the City, as the case may be, under this Agreement.
However, nothing contained herein shall preclude the County Representative and the City
Representative from seeking Board and/or Commission approval for the delegated authority
contained in 19.10(a) -(e). In addition, and notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the
Government Representatives shall be required to seek Board and/or Commission approval, as
applicable, for any approvals, consents, actions, events or undertakings by any Party or any other
third parties that would violate, alter, or ignore the substantive provisions of this Agreement, or
that would create a financial obligation, cost, or expense to the County and/or the City that is
greater than the delegated procurement authority of the County Mayor or City Manager, as set
forth in the applicable County and City Charters, County and City Codes, and any related
administrative or implementing orders. Any consent, approval, decision, determination or
extension under this Agreement by the County Representative or the City Representative shall be
binding on the County and the City, respectively. The Operator may rely upon the authority of
the Government Representative to act for and bind the County and City, as the case may be,
solely for the matters specifically detailed above. The County and City shall cause its
Government Representative to comply with all of the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 19.11 Consent of Parties. Whenever in this Agreement the consent or approval
of a Party is required, such consent or approval:
(a) shall be granted or denied in the case of the County by the County
Representative on behalf of the County to the extent this Agreement does not specify otherwise,
except for approvals or consents specifically requiring Board approval or consent under (i) this
Agreement, (ii) any other Stadium Agreement, or (iii) pursuant to Applicable Law;
(b) shall be granted or denied in the case of the City by the City
Representative on behalf of the City to the extent this Agreement does not specify otherwise,
except for approvals or consents specifically requiring Commission approval or consent under (i)
this Agreement, (ii) any other Stadium Agreement, or (iii) Applicable Law;
(c) shall not be unreasonably or arbitrarily withheld, conditioned or delayed
unless specifically provided to the contrary in this Agreement;
(d) shall not be effective unless it is in writing;
(e) shall apply only to the specific act or transaction so approved or consented
to and shall not relive the other Parties of the obligation of obtaining the consenting Party's prior
written consent or approval to any future similar act or transaction; and
(f) if withheld, the withholding Party shall notify the other relevant Parties in
writing of the reasons for withholding its consent or approval.
Section 19.12 Headinas. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience
and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the
scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or of its provisions.
Section 19.13 General Interpretive Provisions. Whenever the context may require, terms
used in this Agreement shall include the singular and plural forms, and any pronoun shall include
the corresponding masculine and feminine forms. The term "including", whenever used in any
provision of this Agreement, means including but without limiting the generality of any
description preceding or succeeding such term. Each reference to a Person shall include a
reference to such Person's successors and assigns. All references to "Articles", "Sections",
"Schedules" or "Exhibits" shall be references to the Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits to
this Agreement, except to the extent that any such reference specifically refers to another
document. Each of the Parties has agreed to the use of the particular language of the provisions
of this Agreement and any questions of doubtful interpretation shall not be resolved by any rule
or interpretation against the draftsman.
Section 19.14 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any
provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under Applicable Law, the
Parties shall, to the extent possible, negotiate a revised provision which (a) complies with
Applicable Law, (b) does not alter any of the substantive rights, obligations or liabilities of any
party under this Agreement or any other Stadium Agreement, and (c) confers upon the Parties the
benefits intended to be conferred by the invalid provision; and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, if capable of substantial performance, shall be enforced as if this Agreement was
entered into without the invalid provision.
Section 19.15 Absence of Third -Party Beneficiaries. Except with respect to the Team
and the express covenants of the Government Parties given for the benefit of Secured Parties as
set forth in Section 14.8, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to (a) confer
upon any Person other than the Parties and their permitted successors and assigns any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement as a third -party beneficiary or otherwise except
as specifically provided in this Agreement; or (b) authorize anyone not a party to this Agreement
to maintain an action pursuant to or based upon this Agreement.
Section 19.16 Governing Law. This Agreement and the interpretation of its terms shall
be governed by the laws of the State, without application of conflicts of law principles. Venue
for any judicial, administrative or other action to enforce or construe any term of this Agreement
or arising from or relating to this Agreement shall lie exclusively in Miami, Florida. In the event
that the County or City enacts an Applicable Law that amends or alters (or purports to amend or
alter) the terms of this Agreement. the Team Affiliates reserve all rights, and by entering into this
Agreement do not waive any rights, to assert a breach of this Agreement and to contest the
validity, enforceability or applicability of such Applicable Laver, including on the basis that such
Applicable Law is discriminatory, retroactive or would serve to amend or alter the terms of this
Agreement.
Section 19.17 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the performance
of each of the covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement.
Section 19.18 Relationship of Parties. No partnership or joint venture is established
among the Parties under this Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the
other Stadium Agreements, no Party or its officers, elected or appointed officials, employees,
agents, independent contractors or consultants shall be considered employees or agents of any
other Party or to have been authorized to incur any expense on behalf of any other Party or to act
for or to bind any other Parry. No Party shall be liable for any acts, omissions or negligence on
the part of the other Parties or their employees, officials, agents, independent contractors,
licensees and invitees.
Section 19.19 Sovereign Rights. The County and City retain all of their respective
sovereign prerogatives and rights as a county or city under State law with respect to the planning,
design, construction, development and operation of the Baseball Stadium. It is expressly
understood that notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement and the Stadium Agreements
and the County's and the City's status thereunder:
(a) The County and the City retain all of their sovereign prerogatives and
rights and regulatory authority (quasi-judicial or otherwise) as a county or city under State laws
and shall in no way be estopped from withholding or refusing to issue any approvals of
applications for building, zoning, planning or development under present or future laws and
regulations whatever nature applicable to the planning, design, construction and development of
the Baseball Stadium, the Baseball Stadium Site, the Public Infrastructure, the Other
Development or the Parking Facilities, or the operation thereof, or be liable for the same; and
(b) The County and the City shall not by virtue of this Agreement or the other
Stadium Agreements be obligated to grant the other, or the Team, any Team Affiliate, or the
Operator any approvals of applications for building, zoning, planning or development under
present or future laws and ordinances of whatever nature applicable to the planning, design,
construction, development and/or operation of the Baseball Stadium, the Baseball Stadium Site,
the Public Infrastructure, the Other Development or the Parking Facilities.
Notwithstanding and prevailing over any contrary provision in this Agreement, any County or
City covenant or obligation that may be contained in this Agreement shall not bind the Board,
the County's Planning and Zoning Department, DERM, the Commission or any other County,
City, federal or state department or authority, committee or agency to grant or leave in effect any
zoning changes, variances, permits, waivers, contract amendments, or any other approvals that
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may be granted, withheld or revoked in the discretion of the County or City or other applicable
(Yovernmental agencies in the exercise of its police power.
Section 19.20 Antidiscrimination Clause. In accordance with Applicable Law, the
Parties shall not discriminate against any person or group of persons on the basis of race, sex,
religion, national or ethnic origin, age or disability.
Section 19.21 Permitted Development Uses and Downzoning.
(a) The City has designated the Baseball Stadium Site as GI ("Government
Institutional") on the official zoning Atlas of the City, pursuant to the City's Land Development
Regulations. The City has determined that the Baseball Stadium development is consistent with
the City's Comprehensive Plan and that it is in accordance with the City's land development
regulations in effect as of the effective date of this Agreement.
(b) For the duration of this Agreement, the City shall not Downzone the
Baseball Stadium Site or otherwise limit the ability to develop, reconstruct or operate the
Baseball Stadium in accordance with the Development Requirements and nothing shall prohibit
the issuance of further development orders and approvals in conformity with same for the
Baseball Stadium Site. As used herein, "Downzone" shall refer to any change in regulations that
govern the use or development of land (including but not limited to comprehensive plans, land
development regulations, subdivision regulations, Existing Zoning and any other such
regulations), which change would have the effect of imposing more restrictive limitations on the
use of the Baseball Stadium Site than those which exist on the effective date of this Agreement.
Section 19.22 Force Majeure. If any Party shall be delayed in the performance of any
obligation hereunder as a result of a Force Majeure, then the performance of such obligation
shall be excused for the period of such delay and the period for the performance of such
obligation shall be extended by the length of such delay. In response to and during any delay
caused by a Force Majeure, the Parties shall at all times act diligently and in good faith to bring
about the termination or removal of the Force Majeure as promptly as reasonably possible and
any party seeking an excuse of performance due to such Force Majeure shall work diligently and
in good faith to reduce or eliminate any damage, cost or delay caused by such Force Majeure.
Section 19.23 MLB Requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, except for the last sentence in this Section, the obligations of the Operator under this
Agreement shall in all respects be subordinate to the approval requirements and other MLB
Rules and Regulations as they are applied generally to all Major League Baseball clubs. The
County and the City agree not to seek an injunction or similar relief against Major League
Baseball to enjoin its implementation of the MLB Rules and Regulations. In the event that any
act or omission taken by the Operator to comply with MLB Rules and Regulations materially
affects the rights of the County or City under this Agreement or deprives the County or City of
the essential benefits of this Agreement, the parties will work in good faith, with the assistance,
if necessary, of non-binding mediation, to amend the terms of this Agreement to neutralize the
effect. The Operator agrees in any event that if compliance by it with MLB Rules and
Regulations results in a failure of the Operator to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement or
the other Stadium Agreements, the County and the City may enforce remedies for the Operator's
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failure to fulfill its obligations as provided in this Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements,
including specifically the right to seek an injunction or similar relief against the Team to enforce
the provisions of the Non -Relocation Agreement.
Section 19.24 Valid Agreement. Each Government Party agrees for the benefit of the
Operator that the Operator shall have the right to collect damages and otherwise enforce this
Agreement against such Government Party with respect to any breach of this Agreement by such
Government Parry, including damages from any third party claims arising from a breach of this
Agreement by a Government Party.
Section 19.25 County Inspector General. The attention of the Operator is hereby
directed to Section 2-1076 of the County Code establishing the Miami -Dade County Office of
the Inspector General (the "OIG"), which has the authority and power to investigate County
affairs and review past, present and proposed County programs, accounts, records, contracts and
transactions. The OIG contract fee shall not apply to this Agreement or any other Stadium
Agreement, and the Team Affiliates shall not be responsible for any expense reimbursements or
other amounts payable to the OIG or its contractors.
Section 19.26 Books and Records: Audit. The Operator shall keep and maintain all
books, records and documents of all kinds in any way related to the Operator's rights and
obligations under this Agreement for a period of three years following the Operator's fiscal year,
separate and identifiable from its other books, records, and documents. The County, including
the Commission Auditor (as provided in Section 2-481 of the County Code) shall have the right
to audit the books and records of the Stadium Operator reasonably necessary to determine
compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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Section 19.27 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts with the same effect as if all Parties had executed the same document. All
counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one instrument.
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
By:
Pedro G. Hernandez
City Manager
City of Miami
ATTEST:
By:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS:
City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS
Risk Management Director
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
George M. Burgess
County Manager
Miami -Dade County
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
MARLINS STADIUM OPERATOR, LLC
By:,
Name:
Title
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EXHIBIT A
Major Necessary Improvements
Capital Repairs and Replacement Schedule
Schedule of Maintenance
Component
Schedule
Roofing Membrane Replacement
every 20 years
Exterior Caulking / Coatings
every 5 years
Exterior Painting / Other Coating
every 10 years
Interior Finishes
every 7 years
Scoreboards / Videoboards
every 5 years
Replace FF&E
every 7 years
Concession Equipment
every 7 to 15 years
Field Lighting
every 8 to 15 years
Seat Replacement
every 20 years
Mechanical, Ventilation, & HVAC
every 8 to 12 years
Electrical, Power Supply, & Lighting
every 8 to 12 years
Plumbing & Sprinklers
every 7 to 15 years
Playing Field & Sub Systems
every 5 years
Phone System
every 15 years
Wayfindin , Graphics, & Signage
every 20 years
Sound System
every 10 years
Vertical Transportation
every 8 to 12 years
Renovate Ticket Areas / FF&E
every 10 years
Plaza Landscape / Hardscape
every 10 years
Retractable Roof Moving Parts
every 12 to 20 years
Operable Wail Moving Parts
every 12 to 20 years
Note: Costs may not be evenly distributed among the years shown above.
Non -Relocation Agreement
The purpose of the Non -Relocation Agreement is to recognize the significant investment
made by all parties into this project and give the County and City comfort that the Team
will be committed to this community long after the baseball stadium is constructed.
In addition to agreeing to the 35 -year term, the Team covenants to discontinue
relocation discussions with other potential venues until near the end of the Term of this
Agreement.
The Team also covenants that, except under extraordinary circumstances, the principal
place of business (offices) for the Marlins, and, its home stadium for regular season and
playoff games, will be at this baseball stadium in the City of Miami.
The Team will change its name to the Miami Marlins prior to opening of the baseball
stadium.
Included in this Agreement is the "Payment Upon Sale of Team" provision. This is the
provision that sets timeframes whereby if the Team were to sell more than 50% of the
controlling interest in the franchise, the County and City would receive a percentage
equity payment as a result of the Team selling the franchise for a profit immediately after
the Stadium Agreements are approved, or, shortly thereafter.
• The provisions become effective concurrent with the Stadium Agreements and would
last seven (7) years, or, three years after the stadium is constructed. Relative to the
terms outlined in the Baseball Stadium Agreement, the payout period has been
extended from 5 to 7 years, and, the percentage payout has been increased as shown
below.
If the sale occurs in:
BSA Percentaqe
Proposed Percentage
Year 1
10.0%
18.0%
Year 2
9.0%
16.2%
Year 3
7.0%
14.4%
Year 4
6.0%
12.6%
Year 5
5.0%
10.0%
Year 6
0.0%
7.5%
Year 7
0.0%
5.0%
Circumstances that would allow games to be played at other stadiums are limited, but
could include: 1) severe damage to the stadium, 2) MLB requesting, permitting, or
requiring a limited number of regular season home games and/or playoff games to be
played in another location or, 3) playing MLB games that are not regular season or
playoff games at another location.
As an inducement to the Team's compliance with the Non -Relocation provisions of this
Agreement, and in light of the irreparable harm to the City and the County that could
occur in the event of a default of this Agreement, legal remedies such as injunctive or
equitable relief are available, and, if not granted, the County and City would be entitled
to seek liquidated damages.
If a breach of contract were to occur, the County and City would seek the sum of the
outstanding balance of principal and interest on the County and/or City bonds, the
unamortized amount of public infrastructure costs and any other cost for the Baseball
Stadium Project paid by the County or City, the present value of all Capital Reserve
Fund contributions required to be made by the Stadium Operator, and, for the City
parking fees owed to the end of the term of the agreement.
NON -RELOCATION AGREEMENT
This Non -Relocation Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of this
_ day of . 2009, by and among Miami -Dade County, a political subdivision of the State
of Florida (the "County''), the City of Miami, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida (the
"City"), and Florida Marlins, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Team"). The County,
City and the Team shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Parties" and individually as a
`Party .
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A. The "beam owns the Major League Baseball franchise known as the Florida
Marlins.
B. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, (i) the County, the City
and Marlins Stadium Developer, LLC, an affiliate of the Team, are entering into a Construction
Administration Agreement (the "Construction Agreement") providing for the planning, design
and construction of the Baseball Stadium and the Public Infrastructure; and (ii) the County, the
City and Marlins Stadium Operator, LLC, another affiliate of the Team (the "Stadium
Operator"), are entering into an Operating Agreement (the "Operating Agreement") providing
for the operation and management of the Baseball Stadium by the Stadium Operator.
(Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the
Operating Agreement.)
C. As a material inducement to the County and the City to enter into the
Construction Agreement and the Operating Agreement, the Team has agreed to enter into this
Agreement to assure that the Team will play its MLB home games at the Baseball Stadium on
the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Discontinuation of Relocation Discussions. Subject to Sections 2(d) and 3
below, the Team covenants and agrees that from the date of this Agreement and continuing
through the earlier of (i) the Non -Relocation Term (as defined in Section 2 below) and (ii) the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.5, the Team and its agents shall discontinue
all discussions, negotiations and efforts to relocate the Team's MLB franchise either temporarily
or permanently to any location other than the Baseball Stadium for the period following the
Substantial Completion of the Baseball Stadium.
2. Covenant to Play at Baseball Stadium. Subject to Section 3 below, the Team
covenants and agrees that throughout the Non -Relocation Term:
the Team shall maintain its principal place of business in the City;
2. the Team shall maintain its MLB franchise in the City and use the Baseball
Stadium as its home stadium; contraction of the Team by Major League Baseball shall be
deemed a violation of this clause; the Team shall not volunteer for contraction or vote in favor of
its contraction;
the Team shall play all of its regular season and playoff (including World Series)
MLB Home Games at the Baseball Stadium; and
4. the Team shall not enter into any contract or agreement, or make any request or
application to Major League Baseball, to (i) relocate its franchise outside of the City in violation
of clause (b) above or (ii) play any regular season or playoff MLB Home Game in any location
other than the Baseball Stadium in violation of clause (c) above, provided that the Team may
take the actions otherwise prohibited in this subsection (d) during the last three (3) years of the
Term of the Operating Agreement in connection with any proposed relocation or playing of
MLB Home Games that would not occur until the conclusion of the Term. The Team shall
notify the County and City promptly after entering into any such contract or agreement, or
making any such request or application. The covenants by the Team under this Section 2 are
collectively referred to in this Agreement as the "Non -Relocation Covenants" and any violation
of any of such covenants is referred to as a "Non -Relocation Default".
As used in this Agreement, "Non -Relocation Term" means the period commencing with
the Substantial Completion Date and ending on the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 5.5 of this Agreement.
3. Exceptions. Notwithstanding Sections 1 and 2 above, the Team shall be
permitted to play what would otherwise be an MLB Home Game at a location other than the
Baseball Stadium:
(a) in the case of an Alternate Site Condition as provided in Section 4;
(b) in any consecutive five-year period, up to three (3) regular season MLB
home games (not including any games played in different locations under Section 3(a) above) in
an international or other location as permitted or requested by Major League Baseball;
(c) in the case of playoff MLB games, at any location required by Major
League Baseball; and
(d) in the case of MLB games other than regular season and playoff games, at
any location it chooses.
If the Substantial Completion Date occurs during an MLB season after one-half of the
Team's regular season games have been played, the covenants in Section 1 shall not apply with
respect to that MLB season, and the covenants in Section 2 shall not become effective until the
start of the succeeding MLB season.
The Team may take any actions otherwise prohibited by Section 1 or 2 in connection
with any change in location permitted by this Section 3.
Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Agreement, the covenants
of the Team provided in Sections 1 and 2 shall not apply if (i) the County and the City
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Representatives jointly consent in a writing signed by both parties to any action(s) otherwise
prohibited under such section; except that any actions which would allow the Team to
permanently relocate from the City shall require the approval of the City Commission and the
Board of County Commissioners, or (ii) at any time after the termination of this Agreement.
Alternate Site Condition.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 or Section 2, i£ at any time
during the Non -Relocation Term, an Alternate Site Condition shall exist, then (i) the Team shall
be entitled to make arrangements to temporarily play at alternate sites for the Team's MLB
Home Games and (ii) the Team shall be relieved of its obligations under Sections 1 and 2 and
shall be entitled to play its MLB Home Games at such alternate sites, but only during the period
of time that any such Alternate Site Condition shall exist; provided, however, that if the
Alternate Site Condition shall be of such a nature that its expected expiration cannot reasonably
be ascertained by the Team, then the Team shall be entitled to honor any commitment it might
reasonably have made to play MLB Home Games at an alternate site even if that commitment
extends beyond the date such Alternate Site Condition ends. However, if the County or the City
obtain or possess reasonable evidence that the expiration of the Alternate Site Condition can be
ascertained, either Party may seek to have such matter determined by Arbitration pursuant to
Article 18 of the Operating Agreement. The Team shall not, however, make any commitment
that extends beyond the end of the MLB Season in or prior to which such Alternate Site
Condition occurs, except that, if, as of December 1 of any Operating Year, such Alternate Site
Condition is reasonably expected (as determined in accordance with Section 4(b)) to continue for
more than sixty (60) days of any subsequent MLB season, then the Team shall be entitled to
commit to play its home games at an alternate site for the duration of such MLB season.
(b) Not later than November 1 of any Operating Year in which an Alternate
Site Condition continues to exist, the Team shall give the County and City Representatives a
written notice setting forth the date it reasonably believes such Alternate Site Condition will
terminate (the "Proposed Date"). If the City or County Representative fails to object to such
notice within five (5) Business Days, it will be deemed to have accepted the Proposed Date and
the Team's right to contract with alternate sites under Section 4(a) shall be based on such date.
If the County or City Representative timely objects to the Proposed Date, the Parties shall use
good faith efforts to resolve such dispute within the next five (5) Business Days. If the dispute
cannot be resolved, either Party may seek to have such date determined by Arbitration pursuant
to Article 18 of the Operating Agreement and such panel shall be directed to seek to hear and
resolve the dispute by the immediately succeeding December 1. Any determination by the
Arbitrator Panel shall be final, binding and non -appealable by the Parties for purposes of
determining the Team's right to contract with alternate sites under Section 4(a). The County, the
City and the Team shall consult, and reasonably cooperate, with one another following any
Alternate Site Condition so that the Team can most effectively find and contract for an alternate
site during the duration of such Alternate Site Condition.
(c) The Team shall use commercially reasonable and diligent efforts to
mitigate and overcome any Alternate Site Condition that results in its regular season or playoff
MLB Home Games not being played at the Baseball Stadium to the extent such event or
condition is within the reasonable control of the Team, but this undertaking shall not be
construed to require the Team to take any action, or to relieve the County or the City of any
obligation it may have, with respect to a Condemnation Action, Casualty or Force Majeure that
is the County's or City's responsibility under the Operating Agreement or require the Team to
take any action with respect to strikes, labor unrest or disputes, or take any action that the
Operator is not required to take under the Operating Agreement.
(d) As used in this Agreement, "Alternate Site Condition" shall mean the
existence of any one of the following:
(i) Major League Baseball determines the condition of the Stadium
Premises is or may be (e.g., due to an impending or recently occurring storm) such that
MLB Rules and Regulations, or a specific Major League Baseball directive, prohibits
the playing of MLB Home Games at the Baseball Stadium in a written direction,
declaration or ruling addressed to the County, the City and the Team; or
(ii) a Governmental Authority determines the use or occupancy of any
material portion of the Stadium Premises (excluding the Plaza) is (a) not permitted
under any Applicable Law or (b) is unsafe for customary usage.
Remedies.
5.1 Non -Relocation Default. Upon the occurrence of a Non -Relocation
Default, each of the County and the City shall have the option to pursue any one or more of the
remedies set forth in Section 5.2, Section 5.3 or Section 5.4, that may be applicable. Upon the
occurrence of any other breach or misrepresentation in this Agreement by the Team, each of the
County and the City shall have the option to pursue any one or more of the remedies set forth in
Section 5.4.
5.2 Declaratory or Injunctive Relief. Upon the occurrence of a Non -
Relocation Default, each of the County and the City shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief
prohibiting or mandating action by the Team in accordance with, or declaratory relief with
respect to, the Non -Relocation Covenants. In addition, the Team: (a) acknowledges that the
Non -Relocation Covenants are an essential part of the bargain and consideration of the Stadium
Agreements and are necessary to protect the business and goodwill of the County and the City;
(b) recognizes that the Baseball Stadium is being constructed and certain debt is being incurred
by the County and the City to permit the MLB Home Games in the Baseball Stadium during the
Non -Relocation Term; (c) recognizes that having the Team play its MLB Home Games in the
Baseball Stadium throughout the Non -Relocation Term provides a unique value to each of the
County and the City, including generating new jobs, additional revenue sources and economic
development and increased tourism for the County and the City; and (d) acknowledges and
agrees that any breach by the Team of the Non -Relocation Covenants shall cause irreparable and
continual harm to the County and the City and that damages for a default under such Non -
Relocation Covenants cannot be estimated with any degree of certainty and that monetary
damages cannot fairly or adequately compensate the County and the City for a breach of such
Non -Relocation Covenants. Accordingly, the Team agrees that, in the event of any of the actual
or threatened breach by the Team of any one of the Non -Relocation Covenants (i) each of the
County and the City shall be entitled to seek and obtain, a temporary restraining order, together
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with temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of
competent jurisdiction, to restrain or enjoin any actual or threatened breach by the Team of any
Non -Relocation Covenant without the necessity of posting a bond or other security and without
any further shoNving of irreparable harm, balance of harms, consideration of the public interest or
the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy, (ii) the administration of an order for
injunctive relief would not be impractical and, in the event of any breach of any Non -Relocation
Covenant by the Team, the balance of hardships would weigh in favor of entry of injunctive
relief, and (iii) each of the County and the City may enforce any Non -Relocation Covenant
contained in this Agreement through specific performance. The Parties hereby agree and
irrevocably stipulate that (x) the rights of each of the County and the City to injunctive relief
pursuant to this Non -Relocation Agreement shall not constitute a "claim" pursuant to section
101(5) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") and shall not be subject
to discharge or restraint of any nature in any bankruptcy proceeding involving the Team, (y) this
Agreement is not an "executory contract" as contemplated by section 365 of the Bankruptcy
Code, and (z) action(s) taken by each of the County and the City pursuant to this Section 5.2
shall not in any way prejudice any other rights or remedies that the County and the City may
have under Section 5.3 or Section 5.4 of this Agreement or under the other Stadium Agreements
if a court of competent jurisdiction fails to provide injunctive or other equitable relief prohibiting
the Team's violation of the Non -Relocation Covenants or, in the case of the remedies set forth in
Section 5.4, fails to award liquidated damages under Section 5.3.
5.3 Liquidated Damages. The Parties acknowledge and agree that if the
County or the City do not obtain injunctive or other equitable relief pursuant to Section 5.2, the
County and the City each shall be entitled to seek and obtain relief pursuant to this Section 5.3 in
the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines, in a final and non -appealable order, that
the Team has breached its covenants under Section 2(c) (a "Final Order"). The Parties also
recognize, agree, and stipulate that the financial, civic, and social benefits to the County and the
City from the presence of the Team and the playing of its MLB Home Games in Miami, Florida
are great, but that the precise value of those benefits cannot be estimated with any degree of
certainty due to the number of citizens and businesses that rely upon and benefit from the
presence of the Team in Miami, Florida. Accordingly, the magnitude of the damages that would
result from a breach of Section 2(c) hereof that is not enjoined by a court of competent
jurisdiction notwithstanding the intent of the parties, would be very significant in size but are not
readily ascertainable and would include damages to the reputation and finances of the County
and the City. Therefore, the Parties agree that in the event of a violation of Section 2(c) hereof,
including, without limitation, any such breach arising pursuant to the provisions of section
365(g) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or similar provision of any successor thereto, the
County and the City will be entitled to recover from the Team the amounts set forth in
Subsection 5.3.1:
5.3.1 Liquidated Damages. If the County or the City do not obtain
injunctive or other equitable relief pursuant to Section 5.2 and the violation of Section 2(c) is not
cured prior to the date that a court of competent jurisdiction enters a Final Order, the County
shall be entitled to receive, as reasonable estimated liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the
County Liquidated Damages (as hereafter defined) and the City shall be entitled to receive, as
reasonable estimated liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the City Liquidated Damages (as
hereafter defined). For purposes of this Agreement, "County Liquidated Damages" shall mean
the sum of (a) the then outstanding balance of principal and interest of the County Bonds (as
such term is defined in the Construction Administration Agreement). (b) the unamortized amount
of Public Infrastructure Costs and any other costs for the Baseball Stadium Project paid by the
County under the Construction Administration Agreement (which amount shall be amortized on
a straight line basis over 30 years) without duplicating amounts in (a) if such Public
Infrastructure Costs or other costs are funded from County Bonds, and (c) the present value of all
Capital Reserve Fund contributions required to be made by the Stadium Operator pursuant to
Section 9.3(b) of the Operating Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, "City Liquidated
Damages" shall mean the sum of (i) the then outstanding balance of principal and interest of the
City Bonds (as such term is defined in the Construction Administration Agreement), (ii) the
unamortized balance of the funds (other than the proceeds of the City Bonds) deposited in the
City Account (as such term is defined in the Construction Administration Agreement) in an
amount that, together with proceeds of the City Bonds, will be equal to $13,000,000 (which
balance shall be amortized on a straight line basis over 30 years), (iii) the present value of all
regular season MLB Home Game parking fees owed to the City under Section 6.3(a) of the City
Parking Agreement (assuming 81 regular season MLB Home Games) prior to the end of the
Term (as such term is defined in the City Parking Agreement), and (iv) the unamortized amount
of Public Infrastructure Costs and any other costs for the Baseball Stadium Project paid by the
City under the Construction Administration Agreement (which amount shall be amortized on a
straight line basis over 30 years), without duplicating amounts in (i) and (ii) if such Public
Infrastructure Costs or other costs are funded from City Bonds or amounts referred to in (ii).
5.3.2 Present Value. All calculations of the present value of any unpaid
amounts to be made by the Team under this Section 5.3 shall use a discount rate of seven percent
(7%) per annum.
5.3.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
5.3.4 Acknowledgement. The Parties hereby acknowledge that they
have negotiated the amounts set forth in this Section 5.3 in an attempt to make a good faith effort
in quantifying the amount of damages due to a violation of Section 2(c) hereof despite the
difficulty in making such determination.
5.4 Actual Damages. In the event of any breach of or misrepresentation in
this Agreement by the Team (other than a Non -Relocation Default subject to the remedies set
forth in Section 5.2 or, if applicable, Section 5.3), or in the event of a Non -Relocation Default for
which, notwithstanding the intent of the Parties, the County and the City are unable to obtain the
relief set forth in Section 5.2 or, if applicable, Section 5.3, the County and the City shall have the
right (i) to institute any and all proceedings or claims permitted by law or equity to recover any
and all amounts necessary to compensate the County and the City for all damages proximately
caused by the Team's breach under this Agreement, and (ii) to institute any and all proceedings
or claims permitted by law or equity to compel specific performance with respect to the Team's
obligations under this Agreement and one or more actions to seek and obtain a temporary
restraining order, together with such other temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or
other equitable relief, from any court of competent jurisdiction capable of issuing or granting
such relief, to compel the Team to comply with or refrain or cease from breaching or violating
the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement.
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5.5 Termination.
(a) Upon the entry of a Final Order with respect to a default by the
Team under Section 2(c), the County and the City shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
give to the Team joint written notice (a "Final Notice") of their intention to terminate this
Agreement and all other Stadium Agreements. After the expiration of a period of thirty (30)
days from the date such Final Notice is given, unless the default is cured, this Agreement and the
other Stadium Agreements may, at the sole option of the County and the City, be terminated
without liability to the County and the City by further written notice to the Team. If, however,
within such thirty (30) day period, the Team's default under Section 2(c) is cured, then this
Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements shall not terminate by reason of such Final
Notice.
(b) This Agreement, and all obligations of the Parties under this
Agreement, shall terminate without further action by, or liability to, any Party upon the
expiration or termination of the Operating Agreement for any reason expressly permitted under
the Operating Agreement; provided that upon a termination of the Operating Agreement jointly
by the County and the City upon the entry of a Final Order that the Team has breached Section
2(c) of this Agreement, this Agreement shall only terminate as provided in Section 5.5(a) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, until the end of the Non -Relocation Term, the Team shall remain
bound by, and shall not be relieved of, its obligations under this Agreement upon a termination
by the County and the City of the Operating Agreement due to a breach of Section 2(c) of this
Agreement by the Team as described in the preceding sentence. Except for the provisions of this
Agreement that are expressly to survive termination, and except as provided in this Section
5.5(b), in the event of a termination of this Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements under
this Section 5.5, then all obligations of the Parties under this Agreement and such other Stadium
Agreements automatically also shall terminate.
(c) Termination of this Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements
shall not alter any existing claim of any Party for breaches of this Agreement or the other
Stadium Agreements occurring prior to such termination and the obligations of the Parties
thereto with respect to such existing claims shall survive termination, including, without
limitation, the obligations under Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 hereof.
5.6 Cumulative Remedies. Except as expressly set forth in Section 5.2,
Section 5.3 and Section 5.4, each right or remedy of the County and the City provided for herein
shall be cumulative of and shall be in addition to every other right or remedy of the County and
the City provided for in this Agreement, and the exercise (or the beginning of the exercise) by
the County and the City of any one or more of the rights or remedies provided for in this
Agreement, shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the County and the City of
any or all other rights or remedies provided for in this Agreement or any other Stadium
Agreement or hereafter existing at law or in equity, by statute or otherwise.
6. Payment Upon Sale of Team. Upon either a sale to a third party of a "control
interest" (defined as the sale of more than 50% of the voting, actual or beneficial interest in the
franchise, occurring within the period commencing with the approval of the Stadium Agreements
by the City Commission and the Board of County Commissioners and ending thirty six (36)
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months following Substantial Completion, whether through a sale of equity shares or partnership
interests. to the extent proceeds are paid to the owners of the Team and not contributed to Team
Affiliates involved in baseball related businesses) (other than following the death of the
controlling owner), the Team shall or shall cause the seller to pay to the County and the City, to
be split on a pro -rata basis (including the value of the City's contribution of the Baseball Stadium
Site, the amount of the City's and the County's expenditures as required by the Construction
Agreement, and the value of the City and the County's respective expenditures associated with
the Public Infrastructure) determined by each respective parties' contribution to the Baseball
Stadium, an amount equal to the following percentage of the Net Proceeds of the sale that are
attributable to any increase in value of the franchise (pro -rated in the case of a sale of the control
interest) (the "County/City Equity Payment"):
Phase of Project
Year
Description of Time -Frame
Percentage
Construction Phase
Year 1
If sale occurs within 12 months of approval date of
18.0%
Stadium Agreements
Construction Phase
Year 2
Sale occurs within 24 months of approval date of
16.2%
Stadium Agreements
Construction Phase
Year 3
Sale occurs within 36 months of approval date of
14.4%
Stadium Agreements
Construction Phase
Year 4
Sale occurs within 48 months of approval date of
12.6%
Stadium Agreements, or, prior to Substantial
Completion of Stadium, whichever occurs first
Operational Phase
Year 1
Sale occurs within 12 months of Substantial
10.0%
Completion
Operational Phase
Year 2
Sale occurs within 24 months of Substantial
7.5%
Completion
Operational Phase
Year 3
Sale occurs within 36 months of Substantial
5.0%
Completion
The increase in value shall be based on an assumed value of the franchise of $250,000,000 as of
the date of the BSA, which assumed value shall be increased to give effect to any additional debt
incurred by, or equity capital contributions made to the Team, Stadium Developer or Operator,
including the capital contributions made to, or the debt incurred by, the Stadium Developer or
the Team pursuant to the Construction Administration Agreement (net of distributions to any
such Team owners) and an imputed increase in value of 8% per annum from the date of the BSA.
"Net Proceeds" shall mean the fair market value of all proceeds received from the sale plus any
indebtedness for borrowed money of the Team or any Team Affiliate assumed by the buyer in
the sale, less (x) the assumed value of the franchise determined under the preceding sentence, (y)
all transaction -related expenses and taxes payable by the Team Affiliates and/or their direct and
indirect owners to unaffiliated third parties solely as a result of the sale, and (z) any liabilities or
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obligations retained by the Team (in the case of a sale of the franchise) and/or its direct or
indirect owners relating to the Marlins or its affiliated businesses.
The Team shall cause its independent accountants to provide the County and City
a reasonably detailed calculation of the County/City Equity Payment (on a combined basis)
under this Section 6, including a detailed calculation showing the assumed value, Net Proceeds
and any other calculations the Team used to determine the amount payable, as promptly as
practicable following any applicable sale. If the County or City do not provide a notice of
objection within thirty (30) days after receiving the accountant's calculation, such calculation
shall be final and binding and payment of any amount due shall be made not later than thirty (3 0)
days after the expiration of suchperiod. If the County or City does provide a notice of objection,
it shall specify in reasonable detail the basis for its objections. The objecting Government Parry
and the Team shall then seek to resolve any disagreements between them within the succeeding
period of sixty (60) days. If the objecting Government Party and the Team are unable to resolve
the dispute within such sixty (60) day period, each of them shall have the right to commence
arbitration in accordance with the Operating Agreement. If the arbitrator shall enter a final, non -
appealable order requiring payment from the Team under this Section 6, the Team shall pay such
amount within thirty (30) days thereafter.
7. Annual Payment. In consideration for its use of the Baseball Stadium, the Team
shall remit to the County an annual amount of $2,300,000 per year, growing at two percent (2%)
per year, for each Operating Year during the initial thirty-five year term of the Operating
Agreement, in semi-annual installments of $1,150,000 (growing at 2% annually) on April 30 and
September 30 of each Operating Year; provided, however, that if Substantial Completion occurs
after April 30 but before September 30 in the first Operating Year, then the Team shall remit to
the County $1,150,000 within thirty (30) days following Substantial Completion and $1,150,000
on or before September 30, and if Substantial Completion occurs after September 30, the Team
shall remit to the County $2,300,000 within thirty (30) days of Substantial Completion but in no
event later than October 31 for the first Operating Year. Such annual amount shall be negotiated
by the Team and the County prior to the commencement of any Renewal Term. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement or of the Operating Agreement relating to termination,
this Section 7 shall survive any early termination of this Agreement and the Operating
Agreement arising from the Operator's termination of the Operating Agreement pursuant to
Section 17.5.3 of the Operating Agreement.
8. Indemnification by the Team. The Team shall indemnify and hold harmless the
City and the County and each and all of its directors, officers, employees, agents, licensees,
independent contractors and consultants or any of them as their interests may appear
(collectively, "Government Indemnitees"), of, from and against all claims, fines, claim costs,
charges and expenses, liabilities, suits, obligations, demands, actions, settlements, and judgments
recovered from any of them, including attorneys' fees incurred to defend such claims
(collectively, "Losses"), to the extent such Losses arise from any breach of this Agreement by
the Team. Any such indemnification shall be provided in accordance with the indemnification
procedures set forth in Section 13.3 of the Operating Agreement. The Team expressly
understands and agrees that any insurance protection required by this Agreement or otherwise
provided by the Team shall in no way limit the responsibility to indemnify, keep and save
harmless and defend the Government Indemnitees as herein provided.
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9. Change of Name The Team shall change its name to the "Miami Marlins' prior
to the Substantial Completion Date and shall continue to use that name for the Tenn of the
Operating Agreement, including any Renewal Term.
10. Governing Law; Interpretation. This Agreement has been negotiated, executed
and delivered in Florida, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without
reference to the conflicts of law principles of that State. Venue for any judicial, administrative or
other action to enforce or construe any term of this Agreement or arising from or relating to this
Agreement shall be exclusively in Miami, Florida. The headings of sections and paragraphs in
this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be construed in any way to limit or define
the content; scope or intent of the provisions hereof. As used in this Agreement, the singular
shall include the plural, and masculine, feminine and neuter pronouns shall be fully
interchangeable where the context so requires. If any provision of this Agreement, or any
paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word, or the application thereof, in any circumstances, is
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the validity of the remainder of
this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid part were never included herein. Time is of
the essence of this Agreement. Any and all claims, demand or other actions related to this
Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of United States District Court of the
Southern District of Florida. The Parties irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction.
11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Stadium Agreements contain
the sole and entire agreement among the Parties and their Affiliates with respect to their subject
matter, are fully integrated, and supersede all prior written or oral agreements among them
relating to that subject matter, including the BSA. This Agreement may not be modified,
amended or waived except by a written instrument signed by each of the parties affected thereby,
and approved by the Board and the City Commission, if applicable. Waiver by any Party of any
breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be considered as or constitute a continuing
waiver or a waiver of any other breach of the same or other provision of this Agreement. This
Agreement shall terminate upon the conclusion of the Term of the Operating Agreement.
12. Representations and Warranties. The Team hereby represents and warrants to
the County and the City as follows:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Team of this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action, and do not and will not
contravene or conflict with (i) the limited partnership agreement of the Team, (ii) any provision
of Baseball Rules and Regulations, (iii) any law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree
now in effect of any government, governmental instrumentality or court having jurisdiction over
the Team, or (iv) any loan agreement or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Team or any of its property or assets, except where any of the foregoing could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Team;
(b) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Team
enforceable against the Team in accordance with its terms;
(c) except as disclosed in writing to the County or the City, there is no action,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Team, threatened or affecting the
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Team, which may adversely affect the ability of the Team to fulfill and perform its obligations
and its other undertakings under this Agreement. The Team is not in default with respect to any
judgment, order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority which is in any respect
material to the transactions contemplated in and by this Agreement;
(d) the Team is a limited partnership duly formed, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
5. the Team is a member in good standing of Major League Baseball and is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Baseball Rules and Regulations which are
relevant to the transactions contemplated herein; and
6. the Team has full power and legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to perform and observe the provisions of this Agreement.
13. Team Acknowledgment. The Team hereby acknowledges that pursuant to
Section 15.30) of the Operating Agreement, in the event there are any unpaid obligations under
the Operating Agreement for which the Operator shall not have adequate reserves or reasonably
anticipated revenues arising from Revenue Rights, and which are not being contested by the
Operator in good faith, the Operator has covenanted and shall not make any further payments to
the Team under its license agreement with the Team or any distributions of stadium revenues to
the Team Affiliates and/or its partners until all such obligations have been fully satisfied.
Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.
(a) This Agreement shall bind the Team and its assigns and successors;
provided that the Team shall not be entitled to transfer or assign its obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Government Parties, which consent shall be in their sole
discretion; provided, further, however, that the Team may, without the prior written consent of
the Government Parties, transfer and assign its obligations hereunder to any Person (or Affiliate
of any Person) that acquires the Team's MLB franchise with the required approval of Major
League Baseball, provided that (i) such transferee assumes unconditionally, in a writing
reasonably satisfactory to the Government Parties, all of the obligations of the Team under this
Agreement, and (ii) such transferee or its Affiliates assume all of the other obligations of the
Stadium Operator and its Affiliates under the Stadium Agreements.
(b) This Agreement shall bind the Government Parties and their respective
assigns and successors; provided that neither of the Government Parties may transfer or assign
this Agreement or any of their respective rights and obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Team, which consent shall be in the Team's sole discretion.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to (a) confer
upon any Person other than the parties and their permitted successors and assigns any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement as a third -party beneficiary or otherwise; or (b)
authorize anyone not a party to this Agreement to maintain an action pursuant to or based upon
this Agreement.
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15. Nonrecourse Liabilitv of Team Personnel. Notwithstanding and prevailing
over any contrary provision or implication in this Agreement and except for their criminal acts
with respect to this Agreement (i.e., acts which would constitute crimes were they prosecuted for
and convicted of such acts), the officers, directors, partners, shareholders, members, employees
and agents of the Team and their Affiliates (the "Team Personnel") shall not in any way be liable
under or with respect to this Agreement; no deficiency or other monetary or personal judgment
of any kind shall be sought or entered against any of the Team Personnel with respect to liability
under or with respect to this Agreement; no judgment with respect to liability under or with
respect to this Agreement shall give rise to any right of execution or levy against the assets of
any of the Team Personnel; and the liability of the Team under this Agreement shall be limited to
the assets of the Team.
16. Notices. Any notice, consent or other communication under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be considered given when delivered in person or sent by facsimile or
electronic mail (provided that any notice sent by facsimile or electronic mail shall
simultaneously be sent personal delivery, overnight courier or certified mail as provided herein),
one Business Day after being sent by reputable overnight carrier, or three Business Days after
being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the addresses set forth
below (or at such other address as a party may specify by notice given pursuant to this Section to
the other parties):
To the County: County Manager
111 NW 1St Street, Suite 2900
Miami, Florida 33128
Attention: George M. Burgess
with a copy to: County Attorney
111 NW 1St Street, Suite 2810
Miami, Florida 33128
Attention: Robert A. Cuevas, Jr. and Geri Keenan
To the City: City Manager
444 SW 2n Avenue, 10th Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
Attention: Pedro G. Hernandez
with a copy to: City Attorney
444 SW 2nd Avenue, 10th Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
Attention: Julie O. Bru and Olga Ramirez-Seijas
To the Team: 2267 Dan Marino Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33056
Attention: David Samson and Derek Jackson
with a copy to: Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
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New York, New York 10036
Attention: Wayne D. Katz, Esq.
17. Subordination. The Team acknowledges and agrees that its right to receive any
payments from the Stadium Operator (including equity distributions) shall be subordinate to the
Stadium Operator's payment obligations under the Operating Agreement.
18. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any
provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under Applicable Law, the
Parties shall, to the extent possible, negotiate a revised provision which (a) complies with
Applicable Law, (b) does not alter any of the substantive rights, obligations or liabilities of any
party under this Agreement or any other Stadium Agreement, and (c) confers upon the Parties the
benefits intended to be conferred by the invalid provision; and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, if capable of substantial performance, shall be enforced as if this Agreement was
entered into without the invalid provision.
19. Countv Inspector General and Commission Auditor. The attention of the
Operator is hereby directed to Section 2-1076 of the County Code establishing the Miami -Dade
County Office of the Inspector General (the "OIG"), which has the authority and power to
investigate County affairs and review past, present and proposed County programs, accounts,
records, contracts and transactions. The OIG contract fee shall not apply to this Agreement or
any other Stadium Agreement, and the Team Affiliates shall not be responsible for any expense
reimbursements or other amounts payable to the OIG or its contractors. The attention of the
Operator is hereby directed to Section 2-481 of the County Code related to the Commission
Auditor.
20. Sovereign Rights. The County and City retain all of their respective sovereign
prerogatives and rights as a county or city under State law with respect to the planning, design,
construction, development and operation of the Baseball Stadium. It is expressly understood that
notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement and the Stadium Agreements and the County's
and the City's status thereunder:
(a) The County and the City retain all of their sovereign prerogatives and
rights and regulatory authority (quasi-judicial or otherwise) as a county or city under State law
and shall in no way be estopped from withholding or refusing to issue any approvals of
applications for building, zoning, planning or development under present or future laws and
regulations whatever nature applicable to the planning, design, construction and development of
the Baseball Stadium, the Baseball Stadium Site, the Public Infrastructure, the Other
Development or the Parking Facilities, or the operation thereof, or be liable for the same; and
(b) The County and the City shall not by virtue of this Agreement or the other
Stadium Agreements be obligated to grant the other, or the Team, any Team Affiliate, or the
Stadium Developer any approvals of applications for building, zoning, planning or development
under present or future laws and ordinances of whatever nature applicable to the planning,
design, construction, development and/or operation of the Baseball Stadium, the Baseball
Stadium Site, the Public Infrastructure, the Other Development or the Parking Facilities.
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Notwithstanding and prevailing over any contrary provision in this Agreement, any County or
City covenant or obligation that may be contained in this Agreement shall not bind the Board,
the County's Planning and Zoning Department, DERM, the Commission or any other County,
City, federal or state department or authority, committee or agency to grant or leave in effect any
zoning changes, variances, permits, waivers, contract amendments, or any other approvals that
may be granted, withheld or revoked in the discretion of the County or City or other applicable
governmental agencies in the exercise of its police power.
21. Force Maieure. If any Parry shall be delayed in the performance of any
obligation hereunder as a result of a Force Majeure, then the performance of such obligation
shall be extended by the length of such delay. In response to and during any delay caused by a
Force Majeure, the Parties shall at all times act diligently and in good faith to bring about the
termination or removal of the Force Majeure as promptly as reasonably possible and any party
seeking an excuse of performance due to such Force Majeure shall work diligently and in good
faith to reduce or eliminate any damage, cost or delay caused by such Force Majeure. Without
limiting the foregoing, if a Party fails to meet a deadline specified in this Agreement due to
another Parry's failure to meet a prior and related deadline (or due to an event covered by
Section 3.6(f) of the Construction Agreement), such subsequent deadline shall be extended by
the number of days the delay was attributable to the prior deadline failure, and the Party failing
to meet the prior deadline shall not be relieved of liability for such breach.
22. Counterparts. If this Agreement is executed in several counterparts, each of
those counterparts shall be deemed an original, and all of them together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have
duly executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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Pedro G. Hernandez
City Manager
City of Miami
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS:
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
George M. Burgess
County Manager
Miami -Dade County
ATTEST:
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Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
City Attorney County Attorney
APPROVED AS TO INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS:
LeeArm Brehm
Risk Management Director
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FLORIDA MARLINS, L.P.
By: Double Play Company,
its General Partner
By:
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Major Necessary Improvements
Capital Repairs and Replacement Schedule
Schedule of Maintenanr_P
Component
Florida Marlins
Roofing Membrane Replacement
every
20 years
Exterior Caulking / Coatings
every
5 years
Exterior Painting / Other Coating
every
10 years
Interior Finishes
every
7 years
Scoreboards / Videoboards
every
5 years
Replace FF&E
every
7 years
Concession Equipment
eve
7 to 15 years
Field Lighting
every
8 to 15 years
Seat Replacement
every
20 years
Mechanical, Ventilation, HVAC
every
8 to 12 years
Electrical, Power Supply, Lighting
every
8 to 12 years
Plumbing & Sprinklers
every
7 to 15 years
Playing Field & Sub Systems
every
5 years
Phone System
every
15 years
Wayfinding, Graphics, & Signage
every
20 years
Sound System
every
10 years
Vertical Transportation
every
8 to 12 years
Renovate Ticket Areas / FF&E
every
10 years
Plaza Landscape / Hardsca a
every
10 years
Retractable Roof Moving Parts
every
12 to 20 years
Operable Wall Moving Parts
every
12 to 20 years
Note: Costs may not be evenly distributed among the years shown above.