From Pasadena Now: The Rose Bowl Operating Co. and the city of Pasadena state in new court papers that the UC Regents have no basis for seeking to compel arbitration of their lawsuit alleging that UCLA is wrongfully exploring options for a new home football venue, specifically SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. In court papers filed... with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner, the RBOC and the city contend that the regents are focusing on an alternative dispute resolution provision of the agreement that is “deliberately and particularly narrow” and does not take into consideration the contract as a whole.
Taken together, these provisions reflect an ADR [alternative dispute resolution] mechanism that clearly and expressly is not applicable to an attempted termination that threatens hundreds of millions of dollars in public investment and long-term municipal revenue,” the RBOC/city attorneys state in their court papers. The provision instead is limited to expeditiously resolving routine, curable performance disputes, according to the RBOC/city lawyers’ court papers...
Full story at https://pasadenanow.com/main/rose-bowl-operating-committee-pasadena-respond-to-uc-arbitration-bid.
Note that even if this matter does wind up in arbitration, it is likely that an arbitrator would still award big bucks in damages to get out of a contract that lasts until 2044.
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