NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A review of seat taxes paid by the Nashville Predators hockey team indicates the team may owe the city almost $400,000 from the last two seasons.

The Tennessean reviewed ticket settlement statements and found the team hadn't been paying the full amount according to the new lease signed last April, which was retroactive to July 2007.

The new agreement says the club is supposed to pay $1.75 per ticket to offset expenses at the city-owned Sommet Center.

However, team officials say they were operating under a provision in the previous lease signed in 1997 that allowed them to charge 5 percent of the ticket price or $1.75, whichever was less.

Ed Lang, the team's vice president for business operations, said the team's attorneys are reviewing the lease.

Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com