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Late Padres owner to be bestowed street name outside Petco Park


Late Padres owner to be bestowed street name outside Petco Park


SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) - - Late San Diego Padres Owner and Chairman Peter Seidler continues to be honored following his death in November 2023.

On Saturday, countless Padres fans, former gamers, current players, loved ones members packed Petco Park to celebrate his life and tradition.

Video Above: Padres hold memorial for Peter Seidler at Petco Park


During the Peter Seidler Celebration of Life at Petco Park memorial occasion, City of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced a street near Petco Park will quickly be renamed "Peter Seidler Way."

Likewise revealed at the memorial event, Peter's initials inside a heart of gold are decorated on the wall behind home plate above the press box "in the ballpark and city he loved."

Peter Seidler Celebration of Life at Petco Park (FOX 5/KUSI).

How the San Diego Padres are honoring late owner Peter Seidler in 2024.

Mayor Gloria posted the street calling statement on X first in early January 2024, "The late @Padres Chairman Peter Seidler lived his worths and acted upon his empathy for individuals experiencing homelessness every day. I've begun the process of relabeling one of the streets resulting in @PetcoPark "Peter Seidler Way" to honor Peter's legacy.".

On March 23 following the Celebration of Life memorial, Mayor Gloria published on X, "Today, we commemorate the life and tradition of Peter Seidler, a visionary whose legacy works out beyond his transformative management of the @Padres. Peter's dedication to San Diego has made an extensive effect, and his spirit lives on in every corner of our neighborhood.".

Padres to honor Peter Seidler with jersey spot, tradition fund.

Seidler, owner of the San Diego Padres considering that 2012, passed away in November 2023 at the age of 63.

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