For a number of years, a leasing company has been in charge…
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Fоr а number оf yeаrs, а leasing cоmpany has been in charge of leasing the luxury skyboxes at a local basketball stadium. During this time, it annually sent area businesses personalized “invitations” to lease skyboxes for the season. The invitations, which were always sent out several months before each season began, contained detailed price terms and language stating that the deadline for responding was 10 weeks before the start of the season and that all leases were subject to the approval of the management of the leasing company. A local advertising agency had always responded to their invitation immediately by registered mail because they found it very worth- while to lease a skybox to entertain their clients. During the five years that they had responded affirmatively to the invitation, they never received any additional communications from the leasing company regarding approval, but the tickets and an invoice would arrive about a week before the season began. Several months before the current season, the advertising agency received and immediately responded to its invitation. Two weeks before the season began, a stunning trade brought the league’s most popular star to the city’s basket- ball team, prompting a dramatic increase in the demand for tickets. A few days later, the advertising agency, which had already scheduled in a number of clients to attend games in its skybox, received a notice from the leasing company stating that management had not approved the agency’s lease of the skybox for this season. In a separate announcement to all area businesses, the leasing company announced that all available skyboxes would be leased for three- or five-year terms, and that an auction of the leases would be conducted if the demand exceeded the supply. The advertising agency decided that it was not financially feasible to commit itself to anything longer than a one-year lease. It sent a letter to the leasing company, stating that a contract was created between the parties and that the leasing company will be in breach if it does not perform. Is the advertising agency correct in its assertions?
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