[Editor’s note/disclaimer: Tim is a real estate lawyer who sees these types of issues regularly, and has devoted an immense amount of time to studying, researching, and working within this field. None of this is legal advice and he is not your lawyer.]
The initial wave of reporting on yesterday’s news surrounding the Safeco Field lease has mostly missed the details of the story in favor of a sensationalist narrative that doesn’t really fairly describe what’s going on with the stadium. Let’s dive in with some questions about what happened, what’s going to happen, and what it means for the Mariners at Safeco.