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 be needed to build a new stadium elsewhere in the parking lot. In the meantime, as the team studies whether to opt for a new or renovated stadium, he said he would continue to invest in Angel Stadium for cleanliness, safety and fan experience. Within the next four months, Moreno said he expects to deliver a development plan, “which will give us a macro look of what we, in a perfect world, would like to build over the next 20 or 30 years.” The Angels previously commissioned a feasibility study that envisioned the parking lots dotted with homes, offices, restaurants, shops, a hotel, a beer garden and wine bar, a fitness center and social spaces.

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Angels owner Arte Moreno bullish on team’s new TV deal: ‘We are raising our payroll’
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Angels owner Arte Moreno bullish on team’s new TV deal: ‘We are raising our payroll’

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Arte Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, stands on the field before a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium in May 2023. “One hundred percent,” Angels owner Arte Moreno said Monday. “I think, in the next three to five years, we can continue to have a transition.” Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has said …

Rob Manfred should be concerned about Arte Moreno's Angels
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rob Manfred should be concerned about Arte Moreno's Angels

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Angels owner Arte Moreno stands on the field before a game between the Angels and Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium in May 2023. Those were Arte Moreno’s Angels, in his first decade of ownership, with five division championships in a six-year run. In the last 10 years, this one included, the Angels have developed one homegrown All-Star behind Trout: …

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 …

Arte Moreno explains why he didn’t sell the Angels, shares plans for Shohei Ohtani
1 year, 9 months ago

Arte Moreno explains why he didn’t sell the Angels, shares plans for Shohei Ohtani

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Arte Moreno just couldn’t do it. Four months earlier, the Anaheim City Council killed the deal to sell Angel Stadium and its surrounding property to Moreno’s management company, which planned to develop the property and either renovate or replace the stadium. It was a swift effort to limit the fallout after an FBI affidavit revealed Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu was …

Arte Moreno has to-do list to win back Angels fan base
1 year, 11 months ago

Arte Moreno has to-do list to win back Angels fan base

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The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, left, gets a fist bump from Arte Moreno before being given the Angels Most Valuable player award before playing the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium on Sept. 25, 2021. Moreno won’t be welcomed back with open arms, not with the Angels failing to reach the postseason for an eighth consecutive year and their image tarnished by …

Arte Moreno no longer selling Angels, will stay owner for ‘2023 season and beyond’
1 year, 11 months ago

Arte Moreno no longer selling Angels, will stay owner for ‘2023 season and beyond’

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Angels owner Arte Moreno, right, talks to manager Joe Maddon in April. “Right now, we’re going to let the dust settle.” Moreno’s decision could complicate the Angels’ efforts to retain superstar Shohei Ohtani, who can leave as a free agent after the season. “Despite strong buyer interest in the Angels, Arte Moreno’s love of the game is most important to …

Commentary: With Arte Moreno selling the Angels, it’s time to spend big on these free agents
2 years, 1 month ago

Commentary: With Arte Moreno selling the Angels, it’s time to spend big on these free agents

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The Angels need to do what it takes to surround pitcher Shohei Ohtani, left, and center fielder Mike Trout with more talent. With Moreno selling the team, they should go all in by pursuing one of the top four free-agent shortstops — Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Correa or Xander Bogaerts — and let the new owner worry about 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: What’s next for the Angels: Who will be the new owner? What happens to Shohei Ohtani?
2 years, 4 months ago

Q&A: What’s next for the Angels: Who will be the new owner? What happens to Shohei Ohtani?

LA Times  

Arte Moreno is exploring selling the Angels, the team announced Tuesday. The scarcity of available sports teams in major markets — there are only two MLB teams in L.A. — and the possibility of real estate development around Angel Stadium means the Angels’ sale price might well exceed that of the Mets and set another MLB record. If the Seattle …

Angels owner Arte Moreno has started exploring option of selling the team
2 years, 4 months ago

Angels owner Arte Moreno has started exploring option of selling the team

LA Times  

Arte Moreno, whose 20-year ownership of the Angels started with the most successful decade in franchise history but is mired in a dreadful eight-year run in which the team has failed to make the playoffs, announced Tuesday that he has begun to explore the process of selling the franchise. Throughout this process, we will continue to run the franchise in …

Rod Carew welcomed the Angels sale on Twitter; it’s a long, bitter story
2 years, 4 months ago

Rod Carew welcomed the Angels sale on Twitter; it’s a long, bitter story

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Angels’ Rod Carew acknowledges the cheers of the fans after his 3000th major league hit on Aug. 5, 1985 at Angel Stadium against the Minnesota Twins. Rod Carew made it clear there is no love lost between him and Arte Moreno, calling Tuesday’s announcement that the Angels owner is exploring the possibility of selling the franchise “happy news” on Twitter, …

Hernández: Angels have chance to keep Ohtani with Arte Moreno gone
2 years, 4 months ago

Hernández: Angels have chance to keep Ohtani with Arte Moreno gone

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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?

LA Times  

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 …

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2 years, 7 months ago

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

LA Times  

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?

LA Times  

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2 years, 8 months ago

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

LA Times  

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2 years, 8 months ago

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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 …

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

LA Times  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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

LA Times  

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3 years, 5 months ago

Anaheim could ask housing developers to bid on Angel Stadium site

LA Times  

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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

LA Times  

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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?

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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’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

LA Times  

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 …

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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?

LA Times  

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 …

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

LA Times  

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 …

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

Angels have a third option in their stadium search

LA Times  

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?

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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

LA Times  

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 extienden contrato con Angel Stadium
5 years, 11 months ago

Angels extienden contrato con Angel Stadium

LA Times  

Los Angels y la ciudad de Anaheim llegarán a un acuerdo para la extensión del contrato con Angel Stadium por un año más, lo que prolongaría la estancia del equipo de Anaheim hasta la temporada 2020. “Después de esa reunión, es claro que la prioridad del equipo es mantenerse en Anaheim, si podemos llegar a un acuerdo que beneficie a …

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

LA Times  

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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