John Moores hired Larry Lucchino, was instrumental in getting Petco Park built. Friday, he'll be added to the Padres' Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony at Petco Park
Lord knows that John Moores, like many billionaires, has not lacked for corporate media who celebrate his material accomplishments.
Though he royally goofed up one aspect of how he went about it, inappropriately giving gifts to a City Council member, Moores stands first among the persons responsible for Petco Park becoming a reality. When folks say the Padres haven’t won anything, I say their ‘98 club — the fourth under Moores — accomplished more than many World Series champions have.
New co-owners of the San Diego Padres Larry Lucchino, left, and John Moores, right, smile after finishing up their first news conference Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995, in San Diego. I doubt Moores or his inner circle are thrilled at how expensive the ballpark experience has become. The little guy has been squeezed out. What’s happened at the park outside the ballpark, known now as Gallagher Square, seems at odds with the everyman vision the Moores-era Padres implied when selling voters on the ballpark measure. Tickets to the green space have run as high as $85. And it stands to become a busy concert venue as well.
John Moores, pointing, introduces former U.S. president Jimmy Carter to ex-Padre Ken Caminiti in 2004.
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