OC Register: Angels make $1.2 million in payments to ballpark employees

[AngelsWin.com]

The Angels have issued payments totaling about $1.2 million to more than 1,800 game-day employees who are missing work because of the sport’s COVID-19 shutdown, the team said Sunday.

Further payments could be made as events warrant with the season still delayed indefinitely, spokesperson Marie Garvey said.

The employees were paid varying amounts based on their hours, job duties and normal rate of pay, Garvey said.

The Angels Ballpark Fund includes payments to concession, janitorial and security workers who are employed by outside companies to work at Angel Stadium.

“We understand the important contribution that all ballpark workers play in creating a memorable experience at Angel Stadium and have invested over $1 million to provide financial resources during this unprecedented time,” Garvey said in a statement. “Our organization took an inclusive approach and Angels ballpark employees received a one-time distribution this week.”

Major League Baseball announced last month that each club would contribute at least $1 million toward paying their game-day employees to compensate them for work lost because of the pandemic.

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[Vegas Halo Fan]

Good for them. Some unrecognized people who don't make a ton of money, but are essential for the operation of the franchise.

[Brandon]

Pretty cool. Didn't Patti/Patty who used to post here work with ticket sales and then moved to the front office...at that office closer to the 55 and the halo?

[tdawg87]

That's about $667 an employee. Guess Arte needs to save more for Yacht Fuel.

 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

Pretty cool. Didn't Patti/Patty who used to post here work with ticket sales and then moved to the front office...at that office closer to the 55 and the halo?

she did. she worked in ticket sales only but had climbed up the ladder in her department. she quit a few years ago and she and her husband moved to nashville. she worked at the grand ol' opry ticket window when they first got to town, but is now working the ticket window for the nashville sounds minor league team. 

i got to see her and her husband last month when we sang in chattanooga. they drove over for the afternoon - she looks great and is happy there. she's headed for a third knee replacement surgery in june (or once they open back up for elective surgeries). 

[Stradling]

The employees that are making Arte richer are the players who are getting 4% of their pay this year if the season isn’t played.  So using that as a baseline, if the average ball park worker makes $15 an hour works 80 games and gets paid for 6 hours per day they work, well 4% would pay them about $300 for the season.  They’d all be better off being furloughed.