Shaikin: What is the Angels' future in Orange County? In Anaheim, uneasy lies the halo
In the coming months, the city of Anaheim expects to release an assessment of what it would take to keep Angel Stadium up and running for years to come.
The Angels' stadium lease is set to expire in six years. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images) At the dawn of the 2025 season, we published a column with the headline, “What’s the future for aging Angel Stadium? It feels like an increasingly uncertain one.
” With opening day 2026 upon us, we’d like to update that: “What’s the future for the Angels ? It feels like an increasingly uncertain one. ” I don’t mean to be an alarmist.
Nothing is happening today, or tomorrow, or in the very near future. However, the Angels’ stadium lease expires in six years, so what might happen beyond then is starting to come into focus. Angels owner Arte Moreno turns 80 this summer.
Moreno — or a new owner, if Moreno eventually sells the team — could simply exercise options to extend the lease for another six years. Read more: In Anaheim and Sacramento, a two-front challenge to the Angels' Los Angeles name But that would not resolve the larger issue of replacing or renovating Angel Stadium. In the coming months, the city expects to release an assessment of what it would take to keep the stadium up and running for years to come, and that could trigger a debate between the city and the Angels about who should pay for what.
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