Contract snag prolongs lease battle for Pirates, civic center
The Portland Pirates and the Cumberland County Civic Center remain at odds over a five-year lease negotiated in April, which granted the hockey team a certain portion of food and beverage sales.
The Portland Press Herald reported that deal fell apart when state officials said it would be illegal for the team, which does not have a liquor license, to collect the agreed-upon 57.5% of revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The team’s owner, Brian Petrovek, said he believes that agreement reached in April gives the team the right to play at the civic center once renovations are complete in January. Neal Pratt, chairman of the civic center’s trustees, characterized the deal as a framework and said the civic center is not required to have the hockey team as a tenant.
Petrovek said the trustees had agreed to certain points in that April lease agreement as both sides continued to seek legal counsel about their options. Pratt told the paper that no further negotiations have been scheduled.
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