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The appraisal of the 155-acre site of Angel Stadium is still in draft form, but the Anaheim City Council will be discussing the lease reinstatement it authorized in January and potential negotiating framework in the upcoming weeks.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu was appointed to the negotiating team responsible for hammering out a new stadium lease with the Angels on the 150 acres of city-owned land at Angels Stadium in spite of protest and concerns by some councilmembers.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu formed a negotiating team for a deal with the Angels, but it could fall outside of the state transparency law since it wasn’t created or voted on by the City Council.
The Angels, along with sports teams across the country, are given too much of the revenue sports stadiums generate and taxpayers fail to reap benefits because cities don’t negotiate hard enough, according to experts.
Anaheim City Council members, after learning Mayor Harry Sidhu met with Angels President John Carpino earlier this week, voted to axe their monthly public update on negotiations and instead directed City Manager Chris Zapata to update when there’s only “relevant information” — effectively leaving the negotiations process in the dark.