The Angels have extended their stadium lease in Anaheim and will continue to play baseball at Angel Stadium through at least 2032, the team announced Wednesday, saying it is committed to the city.

“We are excited to announce that we have extended our lease securing the Big A as the home of Angels Baseball into the next decade,” Angels spokesperson Marie Garvey said. “As we prepare for our 60th season in Anaheim, we wanted our fans and community partners to know that Angels baseball and its foundation remain committed to being an active part of this city and region.”

The team’s current lease on the stadium was signed in 1996 and was set to expire after the 2029 season.

The lease allows for the Angels to extend it by three years up to three times. The team notified the city in a letter that arrived on Wednesday that it would exercise its right to extend the lease until Dec. 31, 2032.

This is the first extension of the lease the Angels have invoked and future extensions could keep the team at the stadium through 2038.

“As a lifelong Angels fan, I join those in our city and across our region in welcoming baseball in Anaheim into the next decade,” said Mayor Ashleigh Aitken in a statement. “This lease extension brings added certainty and ensures the strong tradition of baseball in Anaheim. As mayor, I look forward to working with the Angels on future community partnerships, and, as a fan, look forward to a great season ahead.”

City officials say there still have not been any renewed talks with the team’s ownership about the long-term future of the city-owned stadium and surrounding property.

The city had reached a $320 million deal a few years ago to sell the stadium and surrounding land to a business partnership led by Angels owner Arte Moreno, but that sale was canceled by the City Council in May 2022 after the revelation that the FBI was investigating former Mayor Harry Sidhu, partly in connection to the stadium deal.

That deal would have kept the team in Anaheim through at least 2050 with extensions up to 2075.

Sidhu pleaded guilty in 2023 to four federal charges and his sentencing is now scheduled for March 28.

The city in July agreed to pay the Angels $2.75 million as part of a settlement over that canceled sale to cover costs associated with arranging the deal. The Angels will be credited the money from the city’s share of stadium revenue, which includes $2 for each ticket after 2.6 million are sold, and revenue sharing once benchmarks are hit for parking sales and other events the stadium hosts.

The city earned $1.4 million in stadium revenue for 2023. About $780,000 of that revenue it had to contribute toward its annual share for capital improvements at the stadium.

That settlement, which the City Council approved, came after a series of meetings last year between top Angels staff and City Manager James Vanderpool. Aitken has said the city is open to a fresh start in discussing a new stadium deal.

This spring, the California State Auditor’s office expects to release a report examining if the team has met its revenue sharing and maintenance spending obligations after a request from state legislators.

The city in its last audit found “general compliance with the terms of the lease” and the Angels said the team had surpassed spending requirements on the stadium and was in compliance.

The stadium is one of the oldest in the majors and has been the Angels’ home since 1966. The team ranks 13th in the league for attendance, drawing 2,577,597 visitors last year, according to Baseball Reference.

The home opener at Angel Stadium is April 4, when the team begins a three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians.

Staff writer Jeff Fletcher contributed reporting.