Could the Angels build a new ballpark? ‘There is a lot of potential’

The Los Angeles Angels are under new ownership after billionaire Walmart heir Stan Kroenke bought the team from Arte Moreno, adding another professional sports team to his extensive portfolio.

There's great faith that Kroenke will turn the Halos around, but also a notion that it begins with a new stadium for the Angels.

There was speculation of a potential new ballpark after a Forbes story made mention of the possibility. However, the reference to the possible new Angels stadium was later removed from the Forbes piece because "a spokesperson for Kroenke said the Angels were not ready to move forward on the project at this time, but might in the future," the outlet wrote.

The Halos' ownership change won't be official until some time next year, but still that won't stop fresh ideas and big dreams coming to the fold of conversation.

"It’s great to see all the attention on Anaheim as the place for Angels baseball for years to come," Anaheim mayor Ashleigh Aitken told USA TODAY Sports in a statement. "We have read all the same reports but do not have any inside information. There is a lot of potential for the stadium site, but anything at this…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/