- Anaheim Sports, Inc.
Anaheim Sports, Inc. was a fully-owned subsidiary of the
Walt Disney Company based inAnaheim, California and created in 1992 as the ownership group for theMighty Ducks of Anaheim professional hockey team. In 1996, Anaheim Sports, Inc. acquired the California Angels, which was renamed the Anaheim Angels. The company then agreed to a new lease with the city ofAnaheim , in which it agreed to add the city's name to the name of the baseball club in return for full management ofAnaheim Stadium and an increased share of the stadium's revenues. In 2003, the company sold the Angels to advertising magnateArturo Moreno . In 2005, it agreed to sell the Mighty Ducks toBroadcom co-founder and billionaireHenry Samueli . It also owned theDisney Ice facility in downtown Anaheim, which was also be sold to Samueli, and renamed Anaheim Ice. After the selling of the Disney Ice facility, Anaheim Sports, Inc. was dissolved.
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