The city of San Diego has filed a lawsuit seeking $12.2 million in back rent for the city-owned land on which SeaWorld San Diego operates.
SAN DIEGO — The city of San Diego filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking $12.2 million in back rent for the city-owned waterfront land on which SeaWorld San Diego operates, escalating a dispute linked to pandemic impacts on the theme park.
SeaWorld’s public relations office said in an email that it had no comment and repeated an earlier statement that the company has had a long relationship with the city and remained hopeful that it can resolve the matter.The company’s last annual report cited significant impacts on the park’s gross income due to COVID-19 and government restrictions — closures, limited reopenings and capacity limits — and said it was continuing to “defer payment” of $8.3 million for 2020.
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