baɪ ðɪs tˈaɪm, ðə tˈiːmz faɪnˈænʃəl pɹˈɑːbləmz wɜː bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ mˈoːɹ ɐkjˈuːt, ɪn pˈɑːɹt dˈuː tə wʌt ðə hˌɑːnəlˈuːluː stˈɑːɹbˈʊlɪtˌɪn kˈɔːld ðə wˈɜːst lˈiːs ɪnðə pˌiːsˌiːˈɛl.
By this time, the team's financial problems were becoming more acute, in part due to what the Honolulu Star-Bulletin called the worst lease in the PCL.