Angels lease talks: Mayor insists team pays ‘market prices’ for stadium land
5 years, 4 months ago

Angels lease talks: Mayor insists team pays ‘market prices’ for stadium land

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Anaheim’s mayor says the Angels will have to pay the market rate for land around Angel Stadium. The Angels will have to pay market rate to buy or lease any of the land around Angel Stadium, the city’s mayor said Friday. The last round of negotiations between the city and team collapsed in part because of public protest over Anaheim’s offer to lease the land to Angels owner Arte Moreno for $1 per year. “I will insist that any land sales or leases be at market prices,” mayor Harry Sidhu said in an op-ed posted on the city website and printed in the Orange County Register, “reflecting ongoing baseball use, development we’re likely to see and any requirements we may ask for with the land.” Sidhu suggested the land could be used for a mix of homes, restaurants, shops, offices and hotels. Moreno, who is not related to the Angels’ owner, said he is “leaning” toward selling the stadium and surrounding land to the Angels, so the city can get out of the stadium business and the recurrent arguments about what constitutes a fair lease.

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Angels take $2.75-million settlement from Anaheim over doomed stadium deal
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Angels take $2.75-million settlement from Anaheim over doomed stadium deal

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Fan Sam Sepanji throws a ball in front of Angel Stadium before a game against the Red Sox in April. The Angels and the city of Anaheim agreed Monday to settle a two-year-old dispute, providing the team with $2.75 million in financial relief while granting the city the right to build a fire station on the Angel Stadium property. In …

Anaheim owes Angels' Arte Moreno $5 million. Why hasn't it paid?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Anaheim owes Angels' Arte Moreno $5 million. Why hasn't it paid?

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In a dizzying span of 12 days, the deal collapsed. No longer would Angels owner Arte Moreno buy the Angel Stadium property and anchor his team to Anaheim for decades to come. In 2023, Sidhu signed a plea deal that acknowledged he “provided confidential negotiating information belonging to the city … so that the Angels could buy Angel Stadium on …

Arellano: Anaheim, it's time to tell the Angels and Arte Moreno adiós already
1 year, 4 months ago

Arellano: Anaheim, it's time to tell the Angels and Arte Moreno adiós already

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The Angels last had a winning record in 2015 and last made the playoffs in 2014. Owner Arte Moreno, left, and then-General Manager Billy Eppler make their way from the Angel Stadium club house before a 2019 news conference In 2013, the city council approved a plan that would allow Moreno to lease 130 acres of parking lots around Angel …

New Anaheim mayor open to potential stadium deal with Angels
1 year, 9 months ago

New Anaheim mayor open to potential stadium deal with Angels

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Anaheim mayor Ashleigh Aitken says she’s open to working with Angels owner Arte Moreno on a stadium deal that would benefit the interests of taxpayers and the team. On Saturday, Angels owner Arte Moreno said he planned to meet with the new Anaheim mayor, Ashleigh Aitken, within the next few weeks. Sidhu hurriedly pushed the city council to reinstate the …

How Anaheim could try to play hardball with Angels owner Arte Moreno
2 years, 1 month ago

How Anaheim could try to play hardball with Angels owner Arte Moreno

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Even with Angels owner Arte Moreno in the midst of selling the Angels, the city of Anaheim might throw a nine-figure curveball at him. The Angels’ lease at the city-owned stadium requires the team to pay the “sole expense” of ballpark maintenance and upkeep, aside from a specified city contribution each year. The lease specifies that the Angels must maintain …

Angels may ask court to block Anaheim from adding fire station to Angel Stadium lot
2 years, 3 months ago

Angels may ask court to block Anaheim from adding fire station to Angel Stadium lot

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The Angels signal they plan to sue Anaheim over the construction of a fire station in the parking lot of Angel Stadium. The new issue: Anaheim plans to build a fire station in the Angel Stadium parking lot, which the Angels say the city has no unilateral right to do. In August, the city council approved a contract for the …

Q&A: With the Angel Stadium sale axed, what are the Angels’ long-term plans in Anaheim?
2 years, 7 months ago

Q&A: With the Angel Stadium sale axed, what are the Angels’ long-term plans in Anaheim?

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Angel Stadium in Anaheim. The Angels agreed Friday to the Anaheim City Council’s request to abandon the sale of Angel Stadium. On Wednesday morning, within 12 hours of the Anaheim City Council killing the Angel Stadium sale, the city of Long Beach renewed its pitch to lure the Angels. Angels Angels agree to Anaheim’s request to abandon Angel Stadium sale …

The wild story of how Anaheim’s leaders bungled the Angels Stadium deal and betrayed their city
2 years, 7 months ago

The wild story of how Anaheim’s leaders bungled the Angels Stadium deal and betrayed their city

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A worker washes a window inside Angel Stadium on Monday. The Anaheim City Council will meet to decide what comes next in the deal to sell the stadium site amid a corruption investigation into Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu. “Tonight,” Sidhu announced at a Jan. 15, 2019 council meeting, “I am asking my council colleagues to consider a one-year extension to …

Angels to Anaheim: You’re on the clock to approve stadium sale
2 years, 7 months ago

Angels to Anaheim: You’re on the clock to approve stadium sale

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Facing community pressure to delay or cancel the Angel Stadium sale amid a corruption investigation into Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu, the Angels on Friday gave the Anaheim City Council 25 days to grant final approval to the deal. In a letter obtained by the Los Angeles Times that was sent on behalf of the Angels and SRB Management, and eventually …

Commentary: After nine years, endless delays and a corruption probe, what’s next for Angel Stadium?
2 years, 7 months ago

Commentary: After nine years, endless delays and a corruption probe, what’s next for Angel Stadium?

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The finish line was in sight. The city proposed that Angels owner Arte Moreno put up restaurants, shops, homes and hotels around the stadium — what the Dodgers did in center field, but on steroids — and use the money he made to renovate or replace the stadium. In 2018, when the Angels opted out of their stadium lease, the …

State attorney general asks for hold on Angel Stadium land sale amid corruption probe
2 years, 7 months ago

State attorney general asks for hold on Angel Stadium land sale amid corruption probe

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Fans enter Angels Stadium before the team’s season opener against the Houston Astros in April. However, FBI special agent Brian Adkins wrote: “I believe Sidhu illustrated his intent to solicit campaign contributions, in the amount of $1,000,000 … in exchange for performing official acts intended to finalize the stadium sale for the Angels.” Adkins also wrote that he found probable …

State housing agency to Anaheim City Council: Reject new Angel Stadium deal
2 years, 7 months ago

State housing agency to Anaheim City Council: Reject new Angel Stadium deal

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed changes coming to the area around Angel Stadium. The state housing agency on Friday urged the Anaheim City Council to reject a revised development agreement for the Angel Stadium property, potentially setting the stage for a new showdown between the agency and the city. In a statement, the agency said the revised agreement — …

Angel Stadium deal fine print: 80% less affordable housing near ballpark
2 years, 8 months ago

Angel Stadium deal fine print: 80% less affordable housing near ballpark

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed changes coming to Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Angels owner Arte Moreno agreed to pay $96 million to the city, which would use that money to fund affordable housing projects elsewhere in Anaheim. Under the original terms of the sale, the city credited Moreno’s development company with $124 million — essentially, a rebate — toward …

Commentary: Keeping baseball in Anaheim has its price
2 years, 8 months ago

Commentary: Keeping baseball in Anaheim has its price

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Fans enter Angel Stadium before the season opener against the Houston Astros on April 7. Rob Fabela, the city attorney, had to explain that the $320-million land sale to Moreno’s company had called for $124 million in affordable housing credits — essentially, a rebate so Moreno would include affordable housing in his ballpark village. Now, Fabela said, the city would …

Angel Stadium land sale could mean more affordable housing in Anaheim but maybe less on site
2 years, 8 months ago

Angel Stadium land sale could mean more affordable housing in Anaheim but maybe less on site

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed changes coming to Angel Stadium in Anaheim. The scorecard for the settlement in the Angel Stadium land sale: more affordable housing in the city of Anaheim, and perhaps less affordable housing at the stadium site. Angels Angel Stadium land sale clears final hurdle with housing agency settlement The city of Anaheim and the state …

Angel Stadium land sale clears final hurdle with housing agency settlement
2 years, 8 months ago

Angel Stadium land sale clears final hurdle with housing agency settlement

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Fireworks explode over Angel Stadium after a game between the Angels and the Baltimore Orioles on July 3. The city of Anaheim and the state housing agency have reached a settlement over the city’s violation of California affordable housing law, two people familiar with the matter told The Los Angeles Times on Friday. However, three years after the city agreed …

Group reiterates claim that decision to sell Angel Stadium property was improper
2 years, 11 months ago

Group reiterates claim that decision to sell Angel Stadium property was improper

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Sale price for the Angel Stadium property: $320 million. That is reason enough to discount the assertion by Moreno’s company that the sale should go forward even if the city of Anaheim broke government transparency laws, the citizens’ group suing to stop the deal argued in a court filing late Monday night. The citizens’ group alleged that, by reporting expenses …

News Analysis: Who wants Angel Stadium land deal to fail? It’s not easy to say
2 years, 11 months ago

News Analysis: Who wants Angel Stadium land deal to fail? It’s not easy to say

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Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu should be able to identify who doesn’t want the city’s Angel Stadium land deal with Angels owner Arte Moreno to succeed, but he’s not talking. And, with the Angel Stadium land sale in jeopardy, the city of Anaheim is pointing its finger at … well, the city won’t say. However, the city issued a statement denying …

Angel Stadium sale lawsuit: Anaheim officials detail negotiation timeline
2 years, 11 months ago

Angel Stadium sale lawsuit: Anaheim officials detail negotiation timeline

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The city of Anaheim and the owner of the Angels had discussed the future of the Angel Stadium property for half a year. Those meetings took place behind closed doors, but City Councilman Jose Moreno and former city manager Chris Zapata testified to that timeline in separate declarations filed late Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court. In Wednesday’s filing, the …

To bid or not to bid? With Angel Stadium sale in limbo, Anaheim is on the clock
3 years ago

To bid or not to bid? With Angel Stadium sale in limbo, Anaheim is on the clock

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In the final weeks of 2019, the city of Anaheim celebrated a landmark deal. “We have many potential paths ahead of us and continue to evaluate all of them.” Angels Angel Stadium sale is deemed illegal by state housing agency After its deal with Angels owner Arte Moreno was declared illegal, Anaheim has 60 days to redo the terms or …

Angel Stadium sale is deemed illegal by state housing agency
3 years, 1 month ago

Angel Stadium sale is deemed illegal by state housing agency

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The Angel Stadium sale was declared illegal Wednesday by California’s state housing agency, which gave the city of Anaheim 60 days to redo the deal or make the land available to interested bidders. Mike Lyster, spokesman for the city, said Anaheim had “many potential paths forward” but said it would be “premature to discuss any specifics at this time.” Under …

State rejects Anaheim compromise, expected to say Angel Stadium deal violates law
3 years, 1 month ago

State rejects Anaheim compromise, expected to say Angel Stadium deal violates law

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Fireworks burst over Angel Stadium after a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Angels on June 5. For the better part of a year, the city of Anaheim has tried to persuade the state housing agency that the Angel Stadium land sale complies with California affordable housing law. In a statement Tuesday night, the city said the state …

Anaheim could ask housing developers to bid on Angel Stadium site
3 years, 5 months ago

Anaheim could ask housing developers to bid on Angel Stadium site

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A deal to sell the property surrounding Angel Stadium to a company led by team owner Arte Moreno could be put on hold. Two years after the city of Anaheim agreed to sell the property surrounding Angel Stadium to a company led by Angels owner Arte Moreno, the city could be forced to put that deal on hold and put …

Anaheim has a Plan B for stadium sale. Hometown lawmakers might not be on board
3 years, 6 months ago

Anaheim has a Plan B for stadium sale. Hometown lawmakers might not be on board

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Last Thursday, at 9:17 a.m., the Los Angeles Times posted a story about how the state housing agency had warned the city of Anaheim that its Angel Stadium sale might violate the law. There’s a twist, though: Where legislators usually and unabashedly support projects that would benefit their hometowns, the two state legislators who represent the area where the stadium …

State agency to Anaheim: Angel Stadium sale might violate California law
3 years, 6 months ago

State agency to Anaheim: Angel Stadium sale might violate California law

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The agreement in which the city of Anaheim sold Angel Stadium and the surrounding parking lots to a company affiliated with Angels owner Arte Moreno “may be in violation” of state law, a state agency has warned the city. In an April 28 letter to the city obtained by The Los Angeles Times, the California Department of Housing and Community …

Angels to get spring training upgrade, agree to stay in Tempe through 2035
3 years, 7 months ago

Angels to get spring training upgrade, agree to stay in Tempe through 2035

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The Angels will continue doing spring training at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona through at least 2035. The Angels agreed to extend their lease at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona through at least 2035, part of a memorandum of understanding approved Thursday by the Tempe City Council. The Angels would pay $500,000 per year in rent, with that amount rising …

Did Anaheim get a fair price for the Angel Stadium property?
4 years, 3 months ago

Did Anaheim get a fair price for the Angel Stadium property?

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The Anaheim City Council did not meet in person Tuesday, so there were no ceremonial handshakes or fist pumps, no obligatory photo opportunity of council members donning Angels caps and smiling. The team’s owner would buy the city-owned stadium and the adjacent parking lots, refurbish or replace Angel Stadium at his cost, and convert more than 100 acres of surrounding …

Anaheim City Council approves $150-million cash stadium sale to Angels owner
4 years, 3 months ago

Anaheim City Council approves $150-million cash stadium sale to Angels owner

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The Anaheim City Council voted early Wednesday to approve a revised deal with Angels owner Arte Moreno, selling Angel Stadium and the surrounding land for $150 million in cash in return for the team’s commitment to stay in Anaheim through 2050. “It was a mess.” The council rejected Jose Moreno’s motion to eliminate the credits and compel SRB to pay …

Anaheim: Throw out this lawsuit over stadium sale. Judge: No.
4 years, 3 months ago

Anaheim: Throw out this lawsuit over stadium sale. Judge: No.

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The Anaheim City Council is expected to approve a development deal for the Angel Stadium property within three weeks, but with a legal cloud hanging over the project. The city projects the sale will close sometime next year, but the purchase agreement allows Angels owner Arte Moreno and his development company to walk away from the deal so long as …

Anaheim’s cash from Angel Stadium sale? $150 million, not $325 million
4 years, 4 months ago

Anaheim’s cash from Angel Stadium sale? $150 million, not $325 million

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In December, the Anaheim City Council agreed to sell Angel Stadium and the surrounding parking lots for $325 million. In order to entice Angels owner Arte Moreno and his development company to include close to 500 units of affordable housing and a seven-acre park within the small city to rise on the 150-acre stadium property, the city agreed to accept …

Lawsuit asks Orange County court to reject Anaheim’s sale of Angel Stadium to Angels
4 years, 10 months ago

Lawsuit asks Orange County court to reject Anaheim’s sale of Angel Stadium to Angels

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The Angels’ agreement to buy their stadium from the city of Anaheim should be declared “null and void,” according to a lawsuit. The Angels’ agreement to buy their stadium from the city of Anaheim should be declared “null and void,” according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court. The suit, filed on behalf of a citizen group called …

So, Arte Moreno, are the Angels getting a new stadium?
4 years, 10 months ago

So, Arte Moreno, are the Angels getting a new stadium?

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In his first public comments on the stadium deal approved by the Anaheim City Council in December, Angels owner Arte Moreno said he has not decided whether he would replace Angel Stadium or renovate it. Moreno said the Angels would play in their current stadium for at least the next three to five years, the time frame he estimated would …

Study shows what Arte Moreno might be planning for Angel Stadium development
5 years ago

Study shows what Arte Moreno might be planning for Angel Stadium development

LA Times  

Disneyland covers almost 100 acres. On Tuesday, three days before the Anaheim City Council is expected to approve the sale of the stadium property, the city released a study that shows what Angels owner Arte Moreno and his partners might do with the land once they buy it. The Angels wanted the study to show what might be possible for …

Angel Stadium sales price could be a lot less than initially advertised
5 years ago

Angel Stadium sales price could be a lot less than initially advertised

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When Anaheim announced the proposed deal to sell Angel Stadium and nearby parking lots, the price was $325 million. When the city announced the proposed deal two weeks ago, the headline price for the sale of Angel Stadium and the surrounding parking lots was $325 million. The Angels committed to stay in Anaheim through 2050, with Moreno’s SRB Management Co. …

It could be years before Anaheim gets paid for Angel Stadium property
5 years, 1 month ago

It could be years before Anaheim gets paid for Angel Stadium property

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Fireworks light up the sky behind Angel Stadium after a game against the Chicago White Sox in May 2013. The Anaheim City Council is expected to approve a sale of the Angel Stadium property next week, but the city may have to wait until midway through the next decade to get most of its money, according to sale documents released …

Angels and Anaheim reach a deal for the team to stay in city through 2050
5 years, 1 month ago

Angels and Anaheim reach a deal for the team to stay in city through 2050

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The Angels and Anaheim have made a deal that keeps the team in town through 2050. A company affiliated with Angels owner Arte Moreno will buy the stadium and surrounding parking lots for $325 million. The Angels and the city agreed Wednesday on a deal under which a company affiliated with Angels owner Arte Moreno would buy Angel Stadium and …

Anaheim to reveal secret about what Angel Stadium land is worth; is a new deal near?
5 years, 1 month ago

Anaheim to reveal secret about what Angel Stadium land is worth; is a new deal near?

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As the Angels and the city of Anaheim discuss how the team might turn the land surrounding Angel Stadium into an entertainment destination, the city repeatedly has declined to disclose just how much it believes the land is worth. Amid signs the Angels and the city of Anaheim could be closing in on a deal to turn the land surrounding …

Angel Stadium lease negotiation might go beyond deadline
5 years, 1 month ago

Angel Stadium lease negotiation might go beyond deadline

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The Angels could be playing at Angel Stadium in Anaheim through the 2029 season if they don’t opt out of their lease. The team faces a Dec. 31 deadline to opt out of its stadium lease or remain bound to it through 2029, but one city councilman suggested the deadline might not be that firm. A city statement last week …

Angels lease talks: Here is the Anaheim mayor’s wish list
5 years, 4 months ago

Angels lease talks: Here is the Anaheim mayor’s wish list

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Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu announced Tuesday his goals for a potential deal that would keep the Angels in town for decades to come. In January, Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and Angels owner Arte Moreno agreed to discuss a deal that would keep the team in town for decades to come. The Angels have described their goal as a “public-private partnership,” …

Anaheim councilman Jose Moreno wants a month to review an Angels deal
5 years, 4 months ago

Anaheim councilman Jose Moreno wants a month to review an Angels deal

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Anaheim city councilman Jose Moreno wants 30 days to review any potential stadium deal the city brokers with the Angels. “We are committed to a public process, with plenty of chances for public input.” Angels spokeswoman Marie Garvey said the team would abide by whatever review period the city wished. Jose Moreno has expressed concern that Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu …

Angels lease talks: Team says Anaheim name isn’t coming back; mayor says fine
5 years, 4 months ago

Angels lease talks: Team says Anaheim name isn’t coming back; mayor says fine

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The Angels will be playing at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at least through the 2020 season. As the Angels prepare to negotiate a potential new lease with the city of Anaheim, the team would like to make one thing perfectly clear: The team name will remain the Los Angeles Angels. But it is a distraction from what is really important: …

Angels have a third option in their stadium search
5 years, 4 months ago

Angels have a third option in their stadium search

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The Angels will be playing at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at least through the 2020 season. At Tuesday’s Anaheim City Council meeting, Moreno said the one-year lease extension the council approved in January did not mean the current lease would expire when the extension does. In addition to choosing between a new or renovated stadium in Anaheim or a proposed …

Does Anaheim consider Long Beach a legitimate rival for the Angels?
5 years, 7 months ago

Does Anaheim consider Long Beach a legitimate rival for the Angels?

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The Angels will be playing at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at least through the 2020 season, but does their future in the next decade and beyond reside in Long Beach? On the day after the city of Long Beach announced its pursuit of the Angels, Dan Cromwell emailed the city manager of Anaheim. Cromwell, an expert in commercial real estate …

Proposed Angels ballpark in Long Beach could cost more than $1 billion
5 years, 7 months ago

Proposed Angels ballpark in Long Beach could cost more than $1 billion

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A waterfront ballpark to attract the Angels to Long Beach could cost more than $1.1 billion, and the city has received a study that explores options for paying some or all of that cost, according to city documents released Monday night. Even if the Angels agreed to move to Long Beach this year, a new ballpark probably wouldn’t open there …

Proposal from Angels on parking lot development is expected in two to four months
5 years, 9 months ago

Proposal from Angels on parking lot development is expected in two to four months

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The Angels could propose a plan to develop the Angel Stadium parking lot in two to four months, Anaheim city manager Chris Zapata said Tuesday. The city hopes the Angels might agree to build restaurants, shops, offices and/or homes in the stadium parking lot, with the team using development profits to pay for a new or renovated stadium. The Long …

‘L.A. Live on steroids:’ Inside Anaheim’s pitch to keep the Angels
5 years, 11 months ago

‘L.A. Live on steroids:’ Inside Anaheim’s pitch to keep the Angels

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For more than half a century, the Angels have played at Angel Stadium, a ballpark surrounded by an enormous parking lot. “Approving the LT project would, as a practical matter, eliminate the possibility that a sports-entertainment-hotel center could be developed at Angel Stadium,” Angels attorney Allan J. Abshez wrote. The new pitch: Think not of a couple of new buildings …

Anaheim City Council approves Angels’ stadium lease extension through 2020
5 years, 11 months ago

Anaheim City Council approves Angels’ stadium lease extension through 2020

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The Angels will be playing at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at least through the 2020 season. The Angels were officially granted another year on their Angel Stadium lease late Tuesday night, but not before two members of the Anaheim City Council and a lineup of residents wondered why. The council members casting the dissenting votes — Denise Barnes and Jose …

Angels and Anaheim are expected to agree to one-year extension on Angel Stadium lease
6 years ago

Angels and Anaheim are expected to agree to one-year extension on Angel Stadium lease

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The Angels and the city of Anaheim are expected to agree to a one-year extension of the team’s lease at Angel Stadium, which would keep the team in Anaheim through the 2020 season. After meeting with Sidhu, Moreno said in a statement, “we realized a one-year extension will give us adequate time to work collaboratively on a long-term relationship.” In …

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