finknottle Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 ... check out the Nationals. First they get DC to pony up $611 million for a new stadium. Ok, that's par for the course. They have not paid rent, and currently owe a few million dollars - the city comptrollers are getting antsy. The Nats are arguing that the team offices were not finished until a few weeks into the season, and that hundreds of 'punch list' items (such as spitoons in the luxury boxes) were incomplete. The team is demanding $100,000 a day in damages, dating to March 1 - that's $13.5 million now, double their annual rent. I'm sure there's more than meets the eye here for the team and the politicians to be airing their dirty laundry so early in the relationship, but geeez!!!
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