{"id":684393,"date":"2026-04-27T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:15:27","slug":"angel-stadium-section-shutdown-after-rodent-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684393\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Stadium section shutdown after rodent infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Angels\u2019 record isn\u2019t the only thing off to a disgusting start this season, as health officials claimed they found evidence of a rodent infestation<\/a> in a section of the team\u2019s stadium.<\/p>\n

An Orange County Public Health Services Retail Food Facility Inspection Report, obtained by the California Post on Monday, shows that on April 22, a concession area at View Level 432 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim was closed following the discovery of \u201crodent droppings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The routine inspection revealed vermin excrement in five different locations \u2014 including adjacent to janitorial supplies, on the floor underneath storage racks, next to \u201cboxes of single use articles,\u201d next to the water heater and near the janitorial sink, the report states.<\/p>\n

Additionally, inspectors allegedly found \u201ca hole greater than 1\/4 inch on the ceiling\u201d that vermin could access.<\/p>\n

The Angels \u2014 who are 12-17 this year \u2014 played against the Blue Jays on the day of the April 22 inspection and won, 7-3. A crowd of 25,306 attended. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A wide-angle, elevated view of Angel Stadium.<\/p>\n

Officials suspended the concession stand\u2019s permit to operate and ordered it to, among other things, \u201celiminate all rodent activity using approved pest control methods,\u201d \u201cclean and sanitize all equipment surfaces, food containers, shelves and floors\u201d\u00a0and \u201cproperly eliminate\/seal all cracks and crevices greater than 1\/4 inch to prevent vermin harborage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The closure will last \u201cuntil all conditions warranting the closure are corrected,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n

The Angels said in a statement to The Post on Monday they \u201ctake great pride in delivering a high-quality fan experience at Angel Stadium, including maintaining the cleanliness of our nearly 160 concession locations\u201d and \u201cafter receiving guidance from the health department, we acted promptly with our concession partner to resolve the issue at the single stand and expect it to pass inspection and reopen in time for the upcoming homestand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Angels said in a statement Monday that \u201cafter receiving guidance from the health department, we acted promptly with our concession partner to resolve the issue at the single stand and expect it to pass inspection and reopen in time for the upcoming homestand.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

The section had previously passed inspection as recently as June 25, 2025, records show.<\/p>\n

During that inspection, officials alleged they only found minor issues with the facility, including \u201cgrime accumulation\u201d and a leaky faucet.<\/p>\n

In 2007, however, the Orange County Register reported<\/a> county officials had found 118 vermin violations at Angel Stadium restaurants and kiosks since 2005. The Angels vowed at the time to change their cleanup policy<\/a> to assuage the issue. In 2009, health officials reportedly found their efforts fixed the problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Angels \u2014 who are 12-17 this year \u2014 played against the Blue Jays on the day of the April 22 inspection and won, 7-3. A crowd of 25,306 attended.<\/p>\n

LA will play next at home on Friday in a matchup with the Mets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Angels\u2019 record isn\u2019t the only thing off to a disgusting start this season, as health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,2178,8057,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,4,185],"class_list":["post-684393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-angels","tag-angels","tag-baseball","tag-california","tag-exclusive","tag-la","tag-la-angels","tag-laangels","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesangels","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116478510590589518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}