AEG seeking lawsuit protection

Anschutz Entertainment Group is seeking a requirement that any legal challenge to its proposed downtown football stadium be heard before an arbitrator, AEG president Tim Lieweke said during a speech before the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association on Wednesday night.Dakota Smith in the Daily News,

"I think we have found a solution with the state," said Lieweke, "that any legal challenge will go to binding arbitration."

Lieweke's public comments are some of the executive's most detailed yet on the specific legal approach AEG is seeking to protect its $1 billion dollar proposed football stadium from what it anticipates as "frivolous lawsuits."