Angelos 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.
Kevin Brown suspension 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, 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. 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.
New spring training location 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. 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. 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.
"People to People" series with Cuba introduce a partnership with Baltimore City Schools in 2009 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. ==Lawsuit by brother==