John P. Angelos

John P. Angelos (born May 14, 1967) is an American businessman who owns and manages the Baltimore Orioles, a position he has held since 2020, leading the club's front office and overseeing day-to-day business operations.

Previously, he served as the Orioles' COO and executive vice president, a position he held since 1999.

He also serves as president and chief operating officer of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), overseeing the network's business operations.

Angelos is the elder son of Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos.

On January 30, 2024 he agreed to sell the Orioles to an investment group led by billionaire David Rubenstein.

For more than fifteen years, Angelos has managed the day-to-day business operations of the Baltimore Orioles overseeing marketing and advertising, branding and promotion, major corporate sponsorship sales and ticket sales, governmental and public affairs, media and public relations, ballpark facility design and management, event operations, concessions rights negotiation and self-operation.

On August 7, 2023, a tweet published by Matt Jergensen claimed that Angelos was responsible for the absence of Kevin Brown, lead broadcaster for the Orioles, since July 23.

Awful Announcing on Twitter added a video clip, claiming Brown's comments prior to July 23 on the Orioles' past poor performance against the Tampa Bay Rays were to blame.

According to unknown sources, the quote "The Orioles have won more games against them this season than the last two combined."

was the cause of the suspension.

It was found that despite there being an approved on-screen graphic and approved game notes for this statistic, "ownership took exception to Brown pointing it out ... believing it made them sound cheap."

This sparked general outrage by fans, journalists, and fellow broadcasters across the MLB, including rival teams of the Orioles such as the New York Yankees.

Most of this outrage was directed at Angelos, who was believed to have ordered this suspension, and many called for an immediate reversal of the suspension.

In response, "A senior Orioles official communicated to [Awful Announcing] 'We don’t comment on personnel matters' and 'We look forward to hearing Kevin’s voice soon.' Additionally, [the Orioles] dispute our reporting that any suspension took place."

On August 11, Brown released a statement on Twitter stating he had a positive relationship with the front office and mutual respect with John Angelos.

Angelos was a representative of the Orioles franchise in the tripartite discussions between the team, the Cuban government, and the United States government and several of its agencies that culminated in the historic games between the Orioles and the Cuban National Baseball Team at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and in Havana, Cuba in March 1999.

He and his brother, attorney Louis Angelos, led a delegation of team and baseball officials to Havana to negotiate the final agreement for the two-game series.

He was sued by his brother, Louis, for, among other things, allegedly moving $90 million of his father's assets into an LLC he controls and manipulating his mother into allowing him to take full control of all family assets, including the Baltimore Orioles.

Since 2005, Angelos served as a lead negotiator with various Florida communities over renovating the team's facility in Fort Lauderdale and ultimately relocating Orioles' spring training to Sarasota.

Throughout the five-year process, Angelos and the organization fielded offers from at least four cities in Florida for the Orioles' new spring training home.

Initial efforts were focused on renovating the Orioles' existing facility in Fort Lauderdale.

Facing setbacks in negotiations, Angelos and the Orioles turned to Fort Myers, Sarasota, and Vero Beach.

Angelos led the launch of MASN as a full-time network in 2005.

MASN is available on basic cable, satellite, and telecom systems to 18 million viewers throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and parts of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Delaware and West Virginia.

At MASN, Angelos negotiated dozens of carriage agreements throughout the territory and oversaw carriage-related public affairs, government relations and supporting litigation at FCC and Appellate Court proceedings including the ongoing carriage dispute with Time Warner Cable.

On November 12, 2008, Sarasota, Florida made a $30 million offer to the Orioles, and Vero Beach, Florida made a formal offer on November 17, 2008.

On July 22, 2009, the Orioles announced an agreement with Sarasota, Florida to move spring training operations to Ed Smith Stadium for 2010.

As part of the public-private partnership with Sarasota, Angelos developed a "sisterhood city" integrated marketing approach to capitalize on the power of the Baltimore Orioles and Major League Baseball to create economic impact through tourism incubation for the city.

The approach utilizes the Orioles' media assets to market Sarasota to consumers in the Mid-Atlantic region year-round.

According to the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, visits and inquiries from Mid-Atlantic residents have increased by double digits since the partnership began.

The partnership was recognized by industry publication Sports Business Journal for providing the "marketing muscle" necessary to generate the tourist dollars that are "more important than ever to making the spring training business equation work."

Ed Smith Stadium and Twin Lakes Park underwent a $36 million renovation prior to the 2011 season.

In addition to Sarasota County's $24 million contribution and the State of Florida's $7.2 million contribution, the city of Sarasota and Sarasota County donated 80 acres on two complexes for the renovation project.

The Baltimore Orioles added another $5 million in discretionary funds toward the renovation, bringing the total cost of the public and private funded project to over $36 million.

Working closely with Angelos, David Schwarz Architects of Washington, DC and Hoyt Architects of Sarasota, Florida led the renovation efforts.

The renovations received acclaim from Sports Business Journal.

In late 2013, the Tampa Bay Business Journal heralded the results of the partnership in a cover story, describing the deal as a home run for Sarasota's tourism industry.

Regarding the recent controversy and media coverage Brown stated, "Unfortunately, recent media reports have mischaracterized my relationship with my adopted hometown Orioles. The fact is that I have a wonderful relationship with the organization, and our ownership and front office has fully supported me since 2019 when I first came aboard."

He returned to air later that day to announce his first game since his reported suspension.

John Angelos has not publicly commented on this controversy nor the purported existence of the suspension.