Riaan I Isiqalekiso sikaHarry Sidhu wazalwa ngoMeyi 24, 2022. Lolo kwakuwusuku uMkhandlu Wedolobha Lase-Anaheim owavotela ngalo ngokuvumelana. bulala isivumelwano lokho bekuyomisa iziNgelosi edolobheni amashumi eminyaka futhi kuvumele umnikazi wazo ukuthi akhe idolobhana lasemadolobheni ezizungeze i-Angel Stadium.
Umenzeli we-FBI uthe uSidhu, owayeyimeya yase-Anaheim, unikeze izimfihlo zedolobha Izingelosi ngethemba lokuthola umnikelo womkhankaso wesigidi samadola kubo. I ukunuka kwenkohlakalo – njengoba noSidhu eziphikile izinsolo – wenze isivumelwano saba nobuthi kakhulu ukuthi singaqhubeka.
Ama-Angels ahlulwe imidlalo yawo elandelayo engu-14, okuwumlando omude kunayo yonke ehlulwe emlandweni weminyaka engu-63 we-franchise. Bona baxoshe imenenja yabo. Baqede imidlalo engu-33 bephuma endaweni yokuqala.
Lokho kungase kujabulise. Akukona lokhu: Lona unyaka lapho isiqalekiso sikaHarry Sidhu esiqala khona ngempela ukuba nomthelela omkhulu e-Anaheim.
Ngomgqibelo, Umnikazi wezingelosi u-Arte Moreno uthe uhlela ukuhlangana nemeya entsha yase-Anaheim, Ashleigh Aitken, phakathi namasonto ambalwa alandelayo. Wenqabile ukusho ukuthi uzosicubungula yini isiwombe sesithathu sezingxoxo zenkundla nedolobha elamtshela kabili eminyakeni eyishumi edlule ukuthi unesivumelwano.
“Banokuphatha okusha,” U-Moreno utshele izintatheli e-Arizona. “Futhi sizosebenzisana nalabo baphathi. Sesiside isikhathi sikhona. Futhi sizobona ukuthi kwenzekani.”
UMoreno unawo wonke amandla, sibonga uSidhu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-57 Freeway, abanikazi bamaDada sebezofika phula umhlaba kwi Indawo ezungeze iHonda Center nezindawo zokudlela, izitolo, amahholo ekhonsathi, amapaki, amakhaya namahhovisi. Uhambo olufushane olunqamula i-Katella Avenue ukusuka lapho ukuya e-Angel Stadium. Abalandeli be-Angels bangajabulela leyo ndawo yenkundla, noma ngabe u-Moreno akakhi lutho endaweni yokupaka izimoto e-Angel Stadium.
Akaphoqelekile ukuthi enze noma yini, njengoba idolobha lihahela intuthuko kanye nenzuzo yentela evela endaweni yokupaka idolobha ngokwalo liye lehluleka ukuthuthuka isikhathi esingaphezu kwengxenye yekhulunyaka. USidhu waphuthuma umkhandlu wedolobha ukuthi ubuyisele ukuqasha kwe-Angels njengoHlelo B uma izingxoxo zokuthi uMoreno athenge umhlaba zibhidlika, kodwa hhayi imeya noma izitatimende zomphakathi zedolobha wabelane ngalokho nezakhamizi zase-Anaheim.
Ukube uSidhu akazange anikeze lowo mshwalense eziNgelosini, idolobha belizoba nesando, ngoba isivumelwano sokuqashisa ngabe sesiphelile. Esikhundleni salokho, idolobha manje selibhekene nethimba elivunyelwe ukunquma ukuthi ukuqasha iphela ngo-2029, 2032,2035, noma 2038, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kunikezwe amandla okukhawulela ikhono ledolobha lokwakha esizeni eminye iminyaka eyi-15.
OwayenguMeya wase-Anaheim uHenry Sidhu.
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Ku-Anaheim, lokho kungabonakala kuwukubi kakhulu kuyo yomibili imihlaba: Idolobha kufanele lilinde u-Moreno ukuthi anqume ukuthi enzeni ngephasela lalo lomklomelo wezindlu ezithengiswayo; futhi u-Moreno wayesengakwazi ukuhambisa iqembu, noma adayisele omunye umuntu owayengakwazi.
“Angikwazi ukucabanga ikusasa e-Anaheim ngaphandle kwezingelosi,” kusho u-Aitken etshela iThe Times. “Njengomlandeli wempilo yakhe yonke nophethe ithikithi lesizini, ngicabanga ukuthi bayingxenye ebalulekile yomlando wethu kanye nedolobha lethu. Ngicabanga ukuthi singakwazi ukwenza isivumelwano esizuzisa izakhamuzi kanye nabakhokhi bentela base-Anaheim, kanye nasezingelosini.”
Isimo sezombangazwe singase sibe nesiyaluyalu. Ngo-Ephreli, idolobha lihlela ukuqasha inkampani ukuthi ihlole isimo senkundla eneminyaka engu-58 futhi inikeze izincomo zokuyigcina isesimweni esihle futhi ithuthukiswe, ngemuva kwalokho. umkhandlu neziNgelosi bangahawukela bani okufanele bakhokhe ngamakhulu ezigidi ngezindleko.
Ngemuva kokuwa kwesivumelwano senkundla ngonyaka odlule, phakathi kophenyo lwe-FBI olwadala izinsolo ezibhekiswe ku-Sidhu kanye namacala okukhwabanisa ayebhekene nomongameli we-Anaheim chamber of Commerce, idolobha lagunyaza uphenyo oluzimele. Omunye wabaphenyi utshele umkhandlu wedolobha ngenyanga edlule ukuthi uyasola “amanye amacala izofika ezinyangeni ezizayo.”
Idolobha liphinde labhekana nokuqulwa kwamacala athinta inkundla yezemidlalo ngezinsolo zokwephulwa komthetho iBrown Act, othi ibhizinisi lomphakathi lenziwe emphakathini. Umbiko wejaji elikhulu lase-Orange County uthe idolobha “wakhaphela abavoti bakhe” “ngokungabikho kokusobala okuqhubekayo kanye nokuphuthuma kokuthatha izinqumo ekusingatheni kwayo izinto zenkundla yezemidlalo.”
Umnikazi we-Angels u-Arte Moreno ukhuluma nezintatheli endaweni yokuqeqesha yeqembu entwasahlobo e-Tempe, e-Ariz., Ngo-2019.
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Lokho kuyizinkinga eziningi. Bekuzoba nabanye abaningi uma idolobha neziNgelosi ziqala izingxoxo. Mhlawumbe idolobha kufanele lisibeke etafuleni isivumelwano esashona ngonyaka odlule, kulokhu sibekwe obala, kanye nezigcawu zokulalelwa kwezimvo zomphakathi ezazisa umkhandlu kunokuba zigcwalise isikhathi ngaphambi kokuba kuvotwe.
Njengomuntu okhethiwe, u-Aitken wabiza leso sivumelwano “isivumelwano esinenkohlakalo, esingabhidi.”
Noma kunjalo, isivumelwano esifile sasiyofeza inqwaba yezinjongo zedolobha.
Idolobha belizophuma ebhizinisini lenkundla, lapho belingenzi mali khona. IziNgelosi bezizolanda izindleko zokulungiswa kwenkundla, noma ukwakha entsha. Idolobhakazi belizokhiqiza imali elinganiselwa ku-$652 million yentela phakathi neminyaka engama-30 kusukela entuthukweni, izindleko zayo ebezizothwalwa nguMoreno kanye/noma ozakwethu bentuthuko. IziNgelosi ngabe zithembise ukuthi zizodlala e-Anaheim ngo-2050. Idolobha belizothola amakhaya amasha angaphezu kuka-6,000.
Futhi, ngemuva kokuthi idolobha livumile ukudayisela iMoreno umhlaba obiza izigidi ezingu-325 zamaRandi ngezigidi ezingu-150 zamaRandi, kamuva uMoreno wavuma ukukhokha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-96 ukuze kwakhiwe izindlu ezingabizi kakhulu kwenye indawo e-Anaheim.
U-Aitken uthe “wayengazibophezeli” kulelo hlelo, nakuba ethe uzozimisela ukulibheka njengesisekelo sokuqala izingxoxo neziNgelosi.
“Ngingajabula kakhulu ukukhuluma nabo futhi ngenze ukuhlaziya kwamanje ngesivumelwano futhi ngibone,” kusho yena. “Ngibheja ukuthi sinezinto esivumelana ngazo ngaphezu kwalokho esingavumelani ngakho.”
U-Aitken, njengoMoreno, uthe okwamanje okugxilwe kukho kufanele kube ngosuku lokuvula. Imeya ithe ibingakaze iphuthelwe umdlalo wokuvula ikhaya emashumini eminyaka, futhi ijabule ngomdlalo we-Angels’ wango-Ephreli 7.
“Ngingumnikazi wethikithi lesizini,” kusho yena. “Ungangifuni egunjini lendlu.”
