It makes to have a lawyer read those leases. $34m invested in order to sign a lease that can be broken for $100k?

From the Press Herald article Barry linked:

If they signed a five-year lease, how can they leave after two years?

Goddammit. I’ve posted about this on DUAN and Above the Redline over the past two days and I’m still furious about it.

Sure, we had the Maine Mariners from 77-92, but I was 10 when the Pirates came to town. That’s where my indoctrination to hockey really began with live games. Seeing Barry Trotz lead the team to the…

What else were they expecting from Pirates?

Plus the Pirates played in Lewiston for a year while the renovations were going on and people still went there to see them.