We're all just spectators, in more ways than one.
Upon purchasing the Angels in 2003, MorenoCorp inherited the goodwill of a recent championship and banked it with fan-friendly amenities, favorable press coverage, and most importantly, a successful and consistently entertaining team on the field. That balance has steadily depleted ever since the wheels fell off the wagon about five years ago, and whatever goodwill the ownership might have recouped with a surprise season in 2014, the account is now overdrawn—perhaps several times over.
Before today, MorenoCorp could toy with a favorable uncertainty: no one really knows what happens on Gene Autry Way, at least no one willing to speak on the record about it.