Is it the Anaheim Angels or LA Angels.?

Question

I Know the teamis still based in Anaheim but did the MLB change the name location to Los Angeles because of how close they are to LA?

Answer 1

They play in Anaheim, but they call themselves the LA Angels of Anaheim. This is done for marketing purpose so they can siphon their fanbase more.

Answer 2

It's both.

MLB had nothing to do with the name change, they don't assign or change team names.

Arte Moreno bought the Anaheim Angels from Disney and wanted to change the name back to the Los Angeles Angels (they were called the LA Angels when they started in the 1960s, and they got the name from the historic Pacific Coast League team they replaced, also known as the Los Angeles Angels. And the "Angels" in the team name basically "comes from" the name of Los Angeles: City of Angels), mostly to expand the potential fanbase from Anaheim to the Greater Los Angeles area.



HOWEVER, in 1996, the Angels wanted to upgrade/remodel Angel Stadium, and the city of Anaheim agreed to pay for it, under the condition that the team would thus have "Anaheim" in there somewhere.

So what to do? Call them the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It fulfills their legal obligation to have "Anaheim" in there, and when Anaheim sued, the Angels won.



The Angels are neither the first pro team to be called "Los Angeles" despite playing in Anaheim (the Los Angeles Rams played in Anaheim Stadium for 14 years; in fact a big part of the reason the Angels remodeled the stadium was to turn it from a football/baseball stadium into a baseball-only stadium after the Rams left), NOR the first pro team to be called "of Anaheim (the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, now the Anaheim Ducks).



This is also not the first time the Angels have spurned the idea of naming their team after what the rest of the country pretty much views as a "suburb" of LA for a name with a broader scope: Gene Autry turned down a new stadium in Long Beach when the city insisted that the team become the Long Beach Angels. Instead, they moved to Anaheim and became the California Angels.

Answer 3

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It's a marketing thing.





Honestly, just go back to the California Angels.

Answer 4

Los Angeles Angels "of Anaheim". I found this ridiculous and awful-sounding, but the owner, Arte Moreno, thought adding Los Angeles to his team's name would be smart marketing. Now, their rental contract with the City of Anaheim is about to expire and, supposedly, the city wants the contract to stipulate that the team's name revert back to Anaheim Angels. Otherwise, the team can pack up and move.

Answer 5

It is OFFICIALLY the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Much like UCLA, which stands for the University of California, of Los Angeles, which means as it sounds like, the University of California, BUT the one in Los Angeles. That's where Anaheim politicians got the idea. Nobody from outside Southern California is impressed with the ANAHEIM name. Even the NY Giants and NY Jets in football know enough to call themselves NEW YORK even tho they play in another state. Only the DUMBEST sportscasters (or nicest) refer to them as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.. Moreover Los Angeles is known as the city of Angels, not Anaheim. I had a pet peeve way back when they changed their name to the California Angels, then Anaheim Angels was even worse. I always liked the name the Los Angeles Angels and don't think they should have messed with that nice name. To call them the Anaheim Angels is like calling the New York Jets the East Rutherford Jets, YAK.

Answer 6

Its actually the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, which is pretty stupid since the 2 cities are 40 miles apart.

Answer 7

as silly as this sounds... it's actually The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim..... ridiculous....

Answer 8

its such a simple question... Why people can come up with suck deitaled answers is actually hilarious