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DivisionNo.11No.1222-CC-02290Plaintiff,vs.ST.LOUISPOST-DISPATCHLLC,Defendant.ANSWERANDCOUNTERCLAIMTOPETITIONFORDECLARATORYRELIEFSt.LouisPost-Dispatch("Post-Dispatch")foritsAnswerandCounterclaimtothePetitionforDeclaratoryReliefstates:
1.
eveisapublicbodycorporateandpoliticoftheStateofMissouri,withitsprincipalofficesinSt.Louis,Missouri.RESPONSE:Admitted2.TheSt.LouisPostDispatchLLC("PostDispatch")isaDelawarelimitedliabilitycompanywithitsprincipalofficesin
st.
Louis,Missouri.RESPONSE:Admitted3.ThisisacivilactionpursuanttotheMissouriSunshineAct,
§
610.027(6)R.S.Mo.,andtheMissouriDeclaratoryJudgmentAct,§527.020R.S.Mo.,fordeterminationofeve'srighttoclosecertaindocumentsrelatingtoleaseandcontractnegotiationswitheve'stenant,theSt.LouisRAMS,undertheprovisionsoftheMissouriSunshineAct.RESPONSE:Admitted
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4.VenueisproperinthisCourtpursuantto
§
610.027(6)inthatCVC'sprincipalplaceofbusinessislocated
in
theCityofSt.Louis.
RESPONSE:Admitted
TheLeaseandFirst-TierNegotiations5.TheRegionalConventionandSportsComplexAuthority,apublicbodycorporateandpoliticoftheStateofMissouri("RSA"),istheowneroftheconventionandsportsfacilityadjoiningtheCervantesConventionCenterintheCityofSt.Louis,Missouri,currentlyknownastheEdwardJonesDome(the"Facilities").
RESPONSE:Admitted
6.RSA,asoperatinglandlord,and
cve,
astenant,enteredintoacertainOperatingLeasedatedAugust28,1991("OperatingLease")pursuanttowhichRSAhasleasedanddemisedtheFacilitiesto
cve.
RESPONSE:Admitted
7.TheCVCandTheLosAngelesRamsFootballCompany,Inc.,nowknownasTheRamsFootballCompany,Inc.("RAMS"),enteredintoanAmendedandRestatedSt.LouisNFLLeasedatedasofJanuary17,1995("AmendedLease"),wherebyCVCleasedtotheRAMScertainportionsoftheFacilitiesaccordingtothetermssetforththereinforathirty-yearterm.AcopyoftheAmendedLeaseisattachedheretoasExhibitAandincorporatedhereinbythisreference.
RESPONSE:Admitted
8.ThepartiestotheAmendedLeaseexecutedAnnex1-FacilitiesStatus,Management,Maintenance,aridRepair-toAmendedLease("Annex"),ofevendatetherewith,
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andsaidAnnexwasanintegralpartof,andincorporatedinto,theAmendedLease.AcopyofAnnex1isattachedheretoasExhibitBandincorporatedhereinbythisreference.
RESPONSE:Admitted
9.Section1.3.1oftheAnnexcontainsarequirementthattheFacilities,takenasawhole,andeachcomponentoftheFacilities,mustbe"FirstTier"onMarch
1,
2005andMarch
1,2015,
andthattobeFirstTier,theFacilitiesandeachcomponentthereof,respectivelytakenasawhole,mustbeamongthe"top"twenty-fivepercentofallNFLfootballstadiaandNFLfootballfacilities,ifsuchNFLfootballstadiaandfacilitiesweretoberankedorratedaccordingtothemattersoughttobemeasured.TheAnnexrequiredthepartiestomeetonoraboutMarch1,2003todiscusstheextenttowhichtheFacilitiesandeachofthecomponentswasanticipatedtomeetornotmeettheFirstTierstandard.
RESPONSE:Admitted
10.UnderSection16(e)oftheAmendedLease,iftheFacilitiesfailtomeettheFirstTierstandardassetforthinAnnex,theRAMSmaybywrittennoticeto
eve
convertthetermoftheAmendedLeasetoanannualtenancyandnegotiateandexecutealeasetorelocatefromtheFacilitiesasmorespecificallyprovidedtherein.
RESPONSE:Admitted
11.InorderfortheRAMStoprovideadditionalinputtothe
eve
astothescopeoftheimprovementsandtoprovide
eve
additionaltimetocompletethoseimprovements,inJuneof2004,
eve
andtheRAMSenteredaFirstAmendmenttotheAnnexextendingthetimeframefor
eve's
compliancewiththeFirst
Tier
provisionuntilJuly31,2007(laterextendedtoJuly31,2008),for
all
butfourofthecomponentsoutlinedintheAnnex.TheFirstAmendmenttotheAnnexalsosetforthaprocessforthepartiestoattempttoreachagreementonthenecessary
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