SkyCity-Macquarie parking court case kicks off

SkyCity-Macquarie parking court case kicks off
SkyCity wants a declaration that its interpretation of the contract is correct. (Image: SkyCity)
Victoria Young
SkyCity Entertainment Group’s two-day scrap over a $220 million contract it had with a Macquarie Group subsidiary has begun in the high court in Auckland.  Justice Neil Campbell is hearing the court case over a concession agreement for a parking building damaged in 2019’s international convention centre blaze. Macquarie subsidiary MPF Parking inked a deal with the casino operator, but SkyCity failed to remedy damage by the fire in the time stipulated, so MPF Parking terminated the contract, which was for rou...

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