Disney Anaheim Angels
Autry was a famous singing cow.
Disney anaheim angels. The los angeles angels are an american professional baseball team based in the city of anaheim california part of orange county and the los angeles metropolitan area. Explore activities recipes and more keep up with the angels from the comfort of your home. Founded in los angeles by gene autry as the los angeles angels in 1961 the team changed its name to the california angels near the end of the 1965 season and subsequently moved to their present day home of anaheim in 1966. Disney served on the board until his death in 1966 and had been one of the proponents of the team s move to orange county in 1965 1966.
The los angeles angels of anaheim are a professional baseball team based in anaheim california. Disney employees can save on angels tickets by using code disney for discounts to select 2020 angels home games. Disney ventured into professional baseball in 1996 when it took control of the anaheim angels. Disneyland park and disney california adventure park remain closed and will reopen at a later date pending state and local government approvals.
The club has played its home games at angel stadium since 1966. Upon reopening certain parks hotels restaurants attractions experiences and other offerings will be modified or unavailable will have limited capacity and will be subject to limited availability. Use coupon code disney. At the time disney was one of several corporate owners of sports teams tribune co.
Offer is subject to availability and not good in conjunction with any other offers. Disney first acquired a stake in the angels in 1996 and two years later bought the rest of the team for nearly 150 million from the family of gene autry the cowboy and actor who was the first. The angels compete in the american league west division of major league baseball. Early in the 2003 season disney sold the team to arturo arte moreno a fourth generation mexican american billboard magnate from arizona though he vowed to keep the team in anaheim starting in the 2004 season all references to anaheim began disappearing from the angels players uniforms officially licensed merchandise web site ticket media and promotional materials and were replaced.
The current mlb franchise was established as one of the league s first two expansion teams in 1961 by gene autry the team s first owner. Autry had named walt disney himself to the angels board in 1960. For information on discounted group tickets of for suite rentals call 888 796 halo. The walt disney co.
New look halos have high hopes for 2020 with 2019 al mvp mike trout joined by anthony rendon in a stacked lineup and two way star shohei ohtani leading the rotation the angels have their sights set on a postseason run.