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Santana: Anaheim Stadium Deal Goes Easy on Angels, Hard on Taxpayers

Anaheim

By Norberto Santana Jr. | January 14, 2019

Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu is proposing this Tuesday to let the Los Angeles Angels out of a bad move this past November when owner Arte Moreno opted out of his stadium lease with nowhere to go. As a result, by this October, taxpayers will be sitting on a $1 billion asset with no restrictions on developing the 150-acre parking lot area around the stadium. Yet a proposal this Tuesday before the Anaheim city council would erase that potential and lock taxpayers into another lopsided, long-term negotiation with the Angels – who are probably leaving for Los Angeles anyway as their recent controversial renaming clearly implies.

City and Anaheim Ducks Propose 25-Year Lease and Development Around Honda Center

Anaheim Ducks

By Thy Vo | October 26, 2018

The Angels, Anaheim’s baseball team may be looking to leave, but the city’s hockey team, the Anaheim Ducks, are negotiating a new 25-year lease and development project around the Honda Center.

Angels Appeal Planning Commission Decision on Platinum Triangle Project

Anaheim

By Thy Vo | September 1, 2016

The baseball team’s representatives filed an appeal Wednesday challenging the Anaheim Planning Commission’s approval of a $450 million mixed-used development that would compete with the team’s development plans.

Anaheim Planners OK Development Despite Opposition From Angels

Anaheim

By Thy Vo | August 24, 2016

Just as the Angels re-open talks with the city to renew their stadium lease, team officials are opposing a proposed $500 million mixed-use project in the Platinum Triangle next to the stadium, saying it would quash their own development plans.

Former City Manager: Angels Need to Show Anaheim ‘Respect’

Anaheim

By Adam Elmahrek | April 13, 2015

James Ruth, the Anaheim city manager who negotiated the last major Angel Stadium lease deal, has issues with team owner Arte Moreno’s hardball tactics.

Anaheim Hires Influential Democrat as Angel Stadium Lease Negotiator

Anaheim

By Adam Elmahrek | April 8, 2015

Wylie Aitken will replace Charles Black, a controversial figure who clashed with the city’s mayor, as a lead negotiator on a new stadium lease deal with the Angels baseball team.

Anaheim Mayor Wants to Dump Stadium Lease Negotiator

Countywide

By Adam Elmahrek | March 18, 2015

Mayor Tom Tait is proposing that local Democratic powerbroker Wylie Aitken replace San Diego-based developer Charles Black as the city’s outside consultant in revived talks on a new Angel Stadium lease.

Register Again Draws Fire Over Political Ad

Anaheim

By ADAM ELMAHREK | October 8, 2014

The newspaper published an attack ad with an unflattering picture of Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait after rejecting a similar ad that featured a photo of Kris Murray, the mayor’s chief opponent on City Council.

Angel Stadium Talks Take On Their Own Playoff Fever

Anaheim

By ADAM ELMAHREK | October 2, 2014

The rhetoric to keep the Angels in Anaheim – or woo them to Tustin – is ratcheting up.

Angels Up For Discussion by Tustin City Council

Anaheim

By TRACY WOOD | September 28, 2014

Before the closed-door meeting Tuesday, public can offer its views on Tustin possibly hosting the Angels.