There are 10 article(s) tagged lease:

• August 2025

  • Calkins: The Grizzlies want to stay in Memphis. Let’s make it easy for them.

    The Grizzlies lease negotiations are nerve-wracking. What is a Memphian to think?

    By Geoff Calkins August 25, 2025

• July 2022

  • Calkins: Why Ja Morant matters to Memphis even more than you think

    Morant’s extension means he’ll be here when the Grizzlies and the city and county negotiate the guts of a new FedExForum lease. All of which makes him the most important Grizzly at the most important moment in the city’s NBA history. Just another reason to thank Ja.

    By Geoff Calkins July 12, 2022

• April 2022

  • County approves agreement to keep Grizzlies in Memphis through 2029

    The County Commission Monday approved the agreement with Grizzlies to keep the team in Memphis through at least 2029.

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    Calkins: Grizzlies aren’t leaving Memphis — now or in 2029

    By Geoff Calkins, Bill Dries April 11, 2022

  • Calkins: Grizzlies aren’t leaving Memphis — now or in 2029

    The Grizzlies have reached an agreement with the city and county that will keep the team in Memphis through 2029. Should Grizzlies fans worry about what will happen after that? No. And here’s why. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 11, 2022

• December 2021

  • Calkins: Grizzlies and City of Memphis getting closer on lease?

    The Grizzlies may be closing in on an agreement with the city and county that would dramatically reduce the chance the team relocates under the “early termination” clause of the arena lease. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 21, 2021

• December 2020

  • Calkins: Grizzlies tip off 20 years — and hopefully 20 more

    There is a lease provision that has to be dealt with, but right now there’s no reason Memphis and its touchstone can’t work things out. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 22, 2020

• June 2020

  • Calkins: All these years later, the Grizz arena lease still a win

    Here's how the "early termination" section came to be in the Grizzlies lease — and why Memphians should still consider the lease to be an emphatic success. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 26, 2020

  • Calkins: A $29 million pot of money could help the city and county pay off the Grizzlies

    When the FedExForum deal was struck, some people worried that the city and county might not have the money to pay off the arena bonds. Instead, there's a $29 million surplus. And it might come in handy real soon. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 25, 2020

  • ‘Early termination’ clause in Grizzlies lease may require city and county to kick in millions to keep team

    The Memphis Grizzlies have met with city and county officials to discuss a little-known "early termination" clause in the Grizzlies lease which could require the city and county to spend millions to make up for ticket shortfalls this season — or risk losing the team. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 24, 2020

  • Calkins: Don’t worry about the Grizzlies moving — worry about this

    An "early termination" clause in the Grizzlies lease poses a real challenge for the city and county. But if you're worried about the Grizzlies relocating someday, that's not what you should be most worried about.

    By Geoff Calkins June 24, 2020