Orioles stadium could be next PR disaster after Kevin Brown debacle
Baltimore Orioles executives John and Louis Angelos are taking heat for playing chicken with the club.According to The Athletic, “The problem is that John Angelos desires a lease that includes more than the commitment by the state to unlock $600 million in public funds for ballpark improvements.”
Publicly, the Angelos family and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred have stated time and again that the Orioles are going nowhere. But try telling that to Baltimore residents, who still remember the Mayflower Moving vans pulling out of town when the Colts bolted for Indianapolis in the early hours of March 28, 1984.The Orioles moved into Camden Yards in 1992 and the stadium quickly became the model for the retro ballpark movement.While the stadium, with the cozy Inner Harbor neighborhood a mere five-minute walk away, is the prototype for urban ballparks, the Angelos family continues to burn bridges in Baltimore.
That comes despite the Orioles — after years of bottom-feeding — enjoying a renaissance season, leading the American League with a record of 70-43.
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