Deacon Sports and Entertainment have submitted a notice of arbitration against St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Ltd., alleging multiple breaches of their lease agreement for the Growlers to play at the formerly named Mile One.

The notice, issued on Friday, November 5, officially submits the dispute between the two parties to agree to an arbitrator to resolve the matter.

The notice alleges many breaches, including a ticket sales breach, information sharing breach, maximum capacity breach, naming rights breach, joint management of suites breach and an unlawful eviction breach, as well as a good faith and honest performance breach .

The documents say that according to the lease, SJSEL can terminate the lease if DSE fails to comply with respectful workplace policies, but there are no provisions that give them the right to suspend the rights of all DSE employees.

On October 27, DSE were notified that their rights were to be suspended until the completion of a “formal investigation,” however the notice says the suspension was put into effect before a preliminary investigation had begun, which determines if a formal investigation is required.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

DSE is seeking a declaration that SJSEL breached the lease agreement, a termination of the agreement, and compensation for damages including the relocation of the Growlers, the inability to play at Mile One, and loss of profit.

VOCM News has reached out to the City of St. John’s for a response.