weirdami wrote:
Too bad that would mean no minor league jockey in Kent, though. The people of Kent sure picked some winners to put on the city council.
Not so. The corporate sponsorship helped push through the state funding according to one article. With that secured they don't need the corporate sponsorship to proceed, it was extra revenue for it. The corporate naming deal sponsorship was a means to an end at one time and after achieveing state funding is merely the cherry on top. And Kent has pointed out they feel they will have no issues finding another sponsor (at least not at this point now).
I would think, though, that Amiga could refuse the early payment and just procede as originally agreed.
That might be a good play for them at this point if they never intended to pay. In that scenario they could claim they would pay at the originally agreed to time only, saying the Amiga board did not appreciate being strong-armed.
What I find most amusing from all this that Kent officials claim they knew of the issues ahead of time, yet they now want early payment because the issues came to light more recently? I suppose they may say it had to do with the degree to which things came to light, but it still seems fishy all around.
