How viable is the Big A for the long-term? Anaheim closing in on an answer
Angel Stadium will be 60 years old next year. Until then, the city of Anaheim hopes to learn how many hundreds of millions of dollars could take to keep the stadium viable for the decades to come.
The lease of the Angels stadium extends until 2032, and the director of the city said on Tuesday that there were no discussions between the city and the team of what could happen beyond that moment.
“I want to be clear that there are no current long -term discussions, and no imminent,” said the director of the city of Anaheim on Tuesday Jim Vanderpool.
In 2022, after the disclosure of a federal survey on corruption in the mayor of the time, Harry Sidhu, the council killed an agreement under which the owner of the Angels, Arte Moreno, would have bought the stadium and the surrounding land for $ 150 million, then built a district at the top of the parking lots and renovated or replaced the stadium.
The angels remained tenants in the stadium belonging to the city and, in 2023, the Council authorized an assessment of the state of the establishment.
“We are expecting an assessment finalized in mid-2026,” said Vanderpool.
After a first visual inspection, engineers are currently testing concrete and metal structures in the stadium, said Vanderpool.
The results could inform the city and the team of what must be done to maintain the stadium in the future and trigger a debate on the party of the responsible party of upgrades currently necessary.
