The San Diego City Council voted 8–0 on May 15 to sue SeaWorld for $12 million in back rent it says the marine park accumulated during the COVID pandemic.
Councilwoman Vivian Moreno was absent from the vote.
The dollar amount includes unpaid rent, late fees, and interest from 2019 to 2021, according to city spokesperson Tara Lewis.
“Although SeaWorld’s public disclosures show it to be in good financial shape despite the pandemic, it refuses to pay back rent on its Mission Bay leasehold,” City Attorney Mara Elliott told The Epoch Times. “SeaWorld seems to believe that San Diego taxpayers should absorb its debts and liabilities, even though it has banked enormous profits for decades from its operations on prime City-owned real estate.”…