Clubs Seat License Agreement
Clubs Seat License Agreement
Clubs Seat License Agreement
This Personal Seat License Agreement (this PSL Agreement) is being entered into in conjunction with the PSL/Club Seat Confirmation provided by Jets Stadium Development, LLC (JSD or Licensor) to the person or entity identified as the Licensee therein (the Confirmation). Pursuant to the Confirmation, (i) Licensee has purchased from JSD (or from a prior PSL licensee, in the case of a PSL transfer in accordance with Section 5(c) below (an Approved Transfer)) a Personal Seat License (PSL) that relates to certain club seats in the Stadium (as defined in Section 6 below) constructed for use by the New York Jets football team (the Jets), and (ii) JSD and Licensee have entered into a Club Seat License Agreement (the Club Seat Agreement) that governs certain rights and obligations of Licensee related to the club seats. The Confirmation is fully incorporated into, and forms a part of, this PSL Agreement. 1. Grant of PSL. the transferor and transferee have completed all transfer documents and complied with all procedures that JSD may establish from time to time (collectively, Transfer Procedures, including any applicable fees), which JSD shall maintain on its website or otherwise make available to Licensee; (ii) without limiting the generality of clause (i), the transferee has assumed all obligations of the transferor under this PSL Agreement and the Club Seat Agreement and cured any payment or other defaults of the transferor under this PSL Agreement and the Club Seat Agreement, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to JSD; and (iii) the transfer has been recorded in the records of JSD. In addition, if any Installment (as defined in the Confirmation) of the PSL Fee has not been paid in full as of the date Licensee requests JSD to process a transfer, the obligation to pay the remainder of the PSL Fee shall be accelerated and shall be due and payable not later than (and as a condition to) the effectiveness of the transfer; provided, however, that such acceleration shall not apply to a transfer of the PSL without consideration to an immediate family member of Licensee (defined as a spouse, child, parent, sibling or grandchild, niece or nephew of Licensee). (d) The PSL does not entitle Licensee to: (i) admission to any Jets Home Game unless Licensee has purchased the required admissions tickets to such Jets Home Game pursuant to the Club Seat Agreement, (ii) a reduction or discount in the price of tickets to Jets Home Games, (iii) any rights with respect to Jets games played at locations other than the Stadium, or (iv) except as provided in the Club Seat Agreement, any rights with respect to events at the Stadium other than Jets Home Games. (e) PSLs do not grant or provide Licensee with any ownership, voting or other equity interest in the Stadium, the Jets, or JSD. The PSL is a right of personal privilege revocable in accordance with the terms of this PSL Agreement and does not confer upon the Licensee any interest in real property or any leasehold interest in the Stadium or the Seats. The relationship between JSD and Licensee is that of licensor and licensee. 6. Stadium. For purposes of this PSL Agreement, the term Stadium means the new stadium, in its current configuration, located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey and currently known as New Meadowlands Stadium; for the sake of clarity, the term currently anticipated configuration as used herein is meant to exclude (i) any future or successor stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex (including at the same site as the Stadium) and (ii) any renovation of all or substantially all of the Stadium. 7. Representations of Licensee. Licensee represents, warrants and agrees as follows: (a) Licensee has read and understands the terms of this PSL Agreement; (b) Licensee is not acquiring this PSL as an investment and has no expectation of profit as the licensee of this PSL; (c) Licensee is acquiring this PSL for its own use and not with a view to the distribution or resale of this PSL or any tickets acquired pursuant to this PSL; (d) Licensee is acquiring this PSL solely for the right to purchase tickets to Jets Home Games played in the Stadium; (e) Licensee acknowledges that acquiring this PSL does not give Licensee any ownership, voting or other equity interest in the Stadium, the Jets or JSD; (f) Licensee acknowledges that this PSL may be transferred only in accordance with this PSL Agreement and the Transfer Procedures and that PSLs are subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances; (g) Licensee acknowledges that, although this PSL is transferable subject to the provisions of this PSL Agreement and the Transfer Procedures, JSD has not represented and does not guarantee that there is or ever will be a market for the resale of this PSL; and (h) in accepting this PSL Agreement and agreeing to its terms and conditions, Licensee has not relied on any representations, warranties, or other statements of any kind made by or on behalf of JSD, the Jets, or any of their respective members, owners, officers, employees, agents, representatives or affiliates, except as expressly stated in this PSL Agreement. 8. Possession and Use. (a) Licensee will have access to the Stadium and Seats to which this PSL relates only upon presentation of a ticket for admission to a Stadium event. Licensee shall be bound by and shall observe the terms and conditions upon which tickets for admission to the Stadium are issued, including, 1
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(a) For acquisition of a PSL directly from JSD: In consideration of Licensees promise to pay the PSL Fee (as defined in Section 3 below) when due in accordance with the Confirmation (including, if applicable, the Initial Deposit and other Installments identified on the Confirmation), JSD hereby grants this PSL to Licensee. (b) For acquisition of a PSL pursuant to an Approved Transfer: In consideration of Licensees promise to abide by the terms and conditions of this PSL Agreement (other than payment of the PSL Fee, if the PSL Fee of the prior PSL licensee was paid in full prior to the Approved Transfer), JSD hereby approves and accepts the transfer and assignment of this PSL to Licensee. 2. Location of Seats. This PSL relates to a certain number of seats in the Stadium, as designated in the Confirmation (subject to the acknowledgement set forth therein) (the Seats). 3. PSL Fee. The amount payable by Licensee for the PSL (the PSL Fee) shall be the amount set forth on the Confirmation, calculated as the PSL purchase price per seat multiplied by the number of seats specified in the Confirmation. If Licensee elects to pay the PSL Fee in Installments (as described in the Confirmation), the PSL Fee shall include the interest portion of each Installment. Licensee shall pay the PSL Fee in accordance with the instructions in the Confirmation. This paragraph 3 shall not apply if both (a) Licensee is acquiring this PSL pursuant to an Approved Transfer and (b) the PSL Fee of the prior PSL licensee was paid in full prior to the Approved Transfer. 4. Binding Agreement. By signing the Confirmation, Licensee affirmatively has indicated Licensees acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and conditions of this PSL Agreement. 5. PSL Rights and Obligations. (a) Pursuant to the Club Seat Agreement (i) Licensee shall have the right and the obligation to purchase the tickets and other benefits provided for in the Club Seat Agreement for all pre-season and regular season home games of the Jets scheduled to be played at the Stadium and (ii) Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the tickets and other benefits provided for in the Club Seat Agreement for all post-season home games of the Jets scheduled to be played at the Stadium (excluding the Super Bowl), in each case for as long as the Jets play home games at the Stadium (Jets preseason, regular season, and post-season home games collectively shall be referred to hereafter as Jets Home Games). If Licensee fails to purchase such tickets and other benefits for any post-season Jets Home Game in accordance with the instructions received from Licensor or the Jets, then Licensor and the Jets shall be free to sell such tickets and other benefits to others in their sole discretion and shall be entitled to retain all of the proceeds of such sale. ALL PAYMENTS UNDER THE CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT SHALL BE MADE BY LICENSEE, WITHOUT OFFSET, DEDUCTION OR COUNTERCLAIM, AS PROVIDED IN THE CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT. (b) Subject to the limitations set forth in this PSL Agreement (including, without limitation, the Transfer Procedures defined in Section 5(c) below) and the Club Seat Agreement, Licensee shall have the right to transfer its PSL by gift, bequest or otherwise; provided, however, that a PSL may not be transferred more than once each calendar year, except in the case of the death or disability of Licensee. There may be only one Licensee for a Seat at any given time and the person identified as the Licensee on the books and records of JSD shall be deemed the sole Licensee, absent manifest error. Once a Licensee transfers a PSL with respect to a specified Seat, such Licensee will no longer have any rights associated with that Seat. (c) No transfer of a PSL shall be effective without JSDs prior consent. Without limitation, no transfer of a PSL shall be effective unless and until (i)
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(i) unless and until Licensee cures the failure or default, withhold from
(ii) terminate the rights of Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement (y) immediately upon written notice to Licensee, if the failure or default is not capable of being cured (e.g., a breach of Section 6(d)) or if the failure or default represents a repeated failure or default, or (z) ten (10) days after giving notice to Licensee, if such failure or default is capable of being cured and Licensee fails to cure within such ten (10) day period.
IN ADDITION, THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT SHALL TERMINATE AUTOMATICALLY UPON TERMINATION OF THE PSL AGREEMENT. Upon termination pursuant to this Section 9, (x) Licensee will forfeit all monies previously paid to JSD hereunder, (y) Licensee will forfeit its rights to use the Seats for the current (or upcoming) NFL season and all NFL seasons that follow, and (z) JSD and its affiliates will have no further liability or obligation to Licensee. JSD thereafter will have the right, but not the obligation, to relicense the Seats. Any amounts JSD receives from such relicensing shall not reduce Licensees obligations under this Club Seat Agreement (except as specifically set forth in Section 9(b) below) or the PSL Agreement, or entitle Licensee to reimbursement or recovery of any amounts paid under this Club Seat Agreement or the PSL Agreement. (b) Upon termination of this Club Seat Agreement by JSD under Section 9(a), (i) Licensees right to use the Seats and all other rights or benefits of Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement shall end, (ii) Licensee shall remain liable for the payment of the Annual License Fees and any other amounts due from Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement as and when due, (iii) JSD and its affiliates shall have no further liability or obligation of any kind to Licensee, and (iv) JSD shall have no obligation to attempt to license the Seats to a third party unless and until JSD has licensed its full inventory of available club seats (inclusive of any PSL required for such club seats, determined in JSDs discretion) in the Stadium for all Jets Home Games. Any amounts received by JSD from any re-licensing of the Seats during the scheduled term of this Club Seat Agreement shall not reduce Licensees obligations under the preceding sentence unless and until all other club seats in the Stadium have been licensed for all Jets home games. (c) JSDs remedies in Sections 9(a) and (b) shall not limit or exclude any other right or remedy set forth in this Club Seat Agreement or the PSL Agreement, or otherwise available to JSD in law or in equity, including, but not limited to, JSDs right to receive indemnification under Section 11(b). Licensee shall be responsible for all attorneys fees and costs incurred by JSD in the enforcement of this Club Seat Agreement. LICENSEE HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT. (d) Any waiver of any of the terms of this Club Seat Agreement shall be effective only if in a writing signed by the party to be charged. No waiver by JSD of any default or breach by Licensee of its obligations under this Club Seat Agreement shall be construed as a waiver or release of any other default or breach or subsequent default or breach by Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement, and no failure or delay by JSD in the exercise of any right or remedy provided for in this Club Seat Agreement shall be constitute a forfeiture or waiver thereof or of any other right or remedy available to JSD. 10. Unavailability of the Stadium. In the event of (i) any delay in construction of the Stadium resulting in the Stadium being available for fewer than eight (8) regular season Jets Home Games in the first Contract Year, (ii) any damage to or destruction of the Seats or the Stadium, not caused by Licensee, rendering the Seats or the Stadium unusable for one or more regular season Jets Home Games during the Term, or (iii) a work stoppage involving NFL players or any other event or circumstance that results in the cancellation of one or more regular season Jets Home Games during the Term, then, Licensees sole and exclusive remedy shall be reduction of the Annual License Fee payable hereunder for the applicable Contract Year by the product of (x) one-eighth (1/8) of the Annual License Fee for the applicable Contract Year and (y) the amount, if any, by which eight (8) exceeds the number of regular season and post-season Jets Home Games played in the Stadium in the applicable Contract Year; provided, however, that the Annual
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