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Under a pandemic budget crunch, the Anaheim City Council has significantly sped up selling Angel Stadium and 153-acres around it to team owner Arte Moreno to net $25 million for the general fund.
Angels owner Arte Moreno will present plans for developing the 153-acre Angel Stadium land by the end of the month to Anaheim, a year ahead of deadline.
Zapata took his post in 2018, and has since overseen the city’s day-to-day administration.
An Orange County lawsuit could soon shine some light on the secrecy surrounding the negotiations and land sale proposal of Angel Stadium, after a community group sued Anaheim for allegedly violating transparency laws.
Anaheim’s City Council members allegedly skirted state public disclosure law during the quick sale on Dec. 20 of Angel Stadium and 155 acres of public land around it. Anaheim residents have retained renown open government attorney Kelly Aviles and are demanding the city redo the process or defend it in court.
The Anaheim City Council is expected negotiate community benefits and labor agreements with the Angels this spring as part of the stadium sale process that could affect the final price tag, despite moving forward with the land sale last year.
The Anaheim City Council is moving forward with selling the Angel Stadium land, despite calls from state lawmakers and two councilmembers to postpone the process until a final price tag is hashed out.
The Anaheim City Council is moving faster to begin selling the Angel Stadium land than it’s going to take to vote on naming the second Monday in October Indigenous People’s Day.
Assemblyman Tom Daly and State Senator Tom Umberg sent a letter to the Anaheim City Council Thursday, urging Councilmembers to postpone Friday’s vote to begin selling Angel Stadium to the team owner until they get more details.
The starting price tag for Angel Stadium, $325 million, could be much lower when the city finalizes agreements next spring, but a comparison to nearby land sales shows the starting price could already be low.