Anaheim is breaking with a decades-long pattern of publicly financed stadiums by selling Angel Stadium to a shadowy company the ball club’s owner is part of. Yet a myriad of questions, along with a final price for the property, are yet to be determined. Nonetheless, City Council members are moving forward with a vote to sell the stadium just ahead of the holiday season on Dec. 20.
Category: Anaheim
Anaheim, Orange County’s largest city and home to the Disneyland Resort and Angel Stadium, has about 340,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the resort district and policing.
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Questions Continue to Mount on Angel Stadium Land Sale Proposal
Despite the City Council voting on a land sale agreement in less than two weeks, some of the country’s top experts on stadium deals have more questions than answers and the city doesn’t know who the other business partners in the firm that’s buying that land are.
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What’s the Final Price Tag for Angel Stadium?
City of Anaheim officials have released a proposed sales agreement to sell the 153-acre Angel Stadium site and the surrounding land around it to a freshly-minted, shadowy LLC with undisclosed ownership interests that include Angels owner Arte Moreno. The sales agreement, which ties up the stadium land for future negotiations until next Spring, raises a starting price of $325 million along with a host of potential deductions for things like labor agreements, affordable housing and parks, which could significantly lower the final sales price.
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Did Anaheim Council Members Know About Stadium Sale Proposal Beforehand?
Anaheim released a proposal overview Wednesday morning to sell Angel Stadium to the team owner for $325 million after months of silence on the issue. One Councilman suspects a secret deal was negotiated months ago.
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Up For Sale: $325 Million Angel Stadium to Team Owner
The City of Anaheim is looking to sell its stadium to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for $325 million, according to a surprise Wednesday morning announcement after months of secrecy surrounded stadium negotiations.
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Community Leaders Discuss Preventing Closure of Jägerhaus in Anaheim
Community members and patrons of the Jägerhaus — a German restaurant and community mainstay in Anaheim — will meet today to try and find ways of saving the restaurant from shuttering.
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Anaheim to Release Angel Stadium Appraisal
City Manager Chris Zapata, during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, said the Angel Stadium appraisal will be released by Wednesday evening.
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Angel Stadium Negotiations Running Out of Time
As time runs out on a controversial lease extension deadline on Dec. 31, Anaheim city council members have one regularly scheduled public meeting to hash out the details of a potential billion dollar deal revolving around 155 acres of public land in the city’s core.
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Anaheim Officials Cram Housing in Poor Neighborhood, Deny Housing in Rich Part of City
Anaheim city officials are fine with allowing a dense housing development in a poor neighborhood, but reject a less dense housing development in the rich Anaheim Hills area.
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Angels’ Stadium Proposal Drives City of Anaheim Negotiations
Anaheim officials will apparently work off a stadium proposal from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim when private negotiations begin on Friday.
