Arte Moreno is selling the Los Angeles Angels, and the buyer is a familiar one in Southern California sports: Rams owner Stan Kroenke.
The move was announced Tuesday, according to Alden Gonzalez of ESPN. Kroenke will take over a franchise that has gone years without a playoff breakthrough, with the Angels last reaching the postseason in 2014.
Kroenke addressed the sale in a statement included in the press release: “The Angels are a storied franchise anchored in a great market,” Kroenke said in a statement included in the press release. “We look forward to an exciting future with the Angels organization.”
Moreno’s exit comes after years of frustration from Angels fans, many of whom had been calling for him to sell the team. That anger boiled over in a protest earlier this season, and even former players publicly criticized his ownership.
The Angels’ only World Series title came in 2002, before Moreno bought the club in 2003. At the time, the team was riding high and Moreno arrived as a new owner who appeared ready to keep the winning going.
Arte Moreno’s tenure as the Angels’ owner is over. Rams owner Stan Kroenke has purchased the team. From Kroenke’s side … pic.twitter.com/pof5UqrSex
— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) September 1, 2026
For much of the 2000s, the Angels stayed competitive. But the picture changed sharply in the 2010s and has barely improved in the first seven years of the 2020s. Over that stretch, they managed just one postseason appearance, the 2014 run that ended with a sweep in the American League Division Series.
Even with stars like Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani on the roster, the Angels couldn’t put together a team that matched the talent. The struggles have continued this season, with the club once again sitting among the worst teams in the sport.
Now the question shifts to Kroenke, who inherits a fan base desperate for a turnaround and a franchise still searching for a way out of its long postseason drought.
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