Economy Disney cancels construction of new campus near Orlando due to politics

[MicroBrew]

- Disney was building a new campus in the Lake Nono area of Orlando
- Had planned to relocate thousands of California employees to the new campus
- New campus was set to open 2022-2023. Project was delayed to 2026
- Says they have plans to invest $17 billion and create 13,000 jobs, and "hope we're able to do so"

Disney cancels plans to relocate employees to Florida amid DeSantis feud

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/...-to-florida-amid-desantis-feud-190827526.html

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When the CEO says "hope we're able to do so" it sounds like he is implying their $17 billion investment and 13,000 jobs are at the risk of not going through unless changes happen.

Search function broken, and can't find the ealier megathread on Disney/DeSantis.

 

[jk7707]

Well done Desantis. I'm sure defeating the wokes was worth it. Lol. He going to get annihilated over this.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Well done Desantis. I'm sure defeating the wokes was worth it. Lol. He going to get annihilated over this.

Would anyone complain if they dumped $1 billion of that money into the campaigns of anyone running against him and his State Legislature allies? How about political attack ads smearing him, featuring Mickey and Donald, if he tries to run for President next year?

 

[Jballer]

It would suck to be relocated from California to Florida. Those employees are probably secretly grateful to Meatball.

 

[Richmma80]

They should move to Las Vegas

 

[K1levelgrappler]

Meatballs wants to be president and dumb shit like feuding with Disney is the only way to win over the Republican base. Too bad for him personality transplants are not yet available! Seeing Trump shit all over him makes me very happy.

 

[Whippy McGee]

I think this is their Imagineering team that designs parks and rides. This is their engineers, project managers, etc. I've met them personally in their SoCal office and they are assholes. I won't do business with them or comment further for fear of lawsuits.

I will say, their animation teams are amazing people.

 

[Saye_mc]

I don't care either way, but instead of saying that it's Ron's fault for having conservative politics, couldn't it be just as easy to say Disney isn't doing it anymore because they have liberal politics?

 

[Belaya Smert]

Exactly what central Florida needs more shit with Disney in the name.

 

[Tatra]

Isn't Disneyland garbage now anyway? That's what I heard. The magic is completely gone.

 

[44nutman]

Would anyone complain if they dumped $1 billion of that money into the campaigns of anyone running against him and his State Legislature allies? How about political attack ads smearing him, featuring Mickey and Donald, if he tries to run for President next year?

The Manlet Meatball just lost the mayor of Jacksonville race. The dude he supported got his shit pushed in. Home insurance is doubling to tripling for residents because Meatball passed a bill hooking up Insurance Companies. Will give Meatball credit if you donate money to him, he will hook your ass up or put you on a taxpayer paid board

 

[44nutman]

Isn't Disneyland garbage now anyway? That's what I heard. The magic is completely gone.

Attendance is up from last year but don’t want facts to get in the way of your feelings.

 

[Swiftie]

I don't see how picking a fight with Disney helps his chances in the 2024 election. If anything, it hurts his chances. Unless something crazy happens, Trump wins the Republican nomination.

 

[Fake Doctor]

It would suck to be relocated from California to Florida. Those employees are probably secretly grateful to Meatball.

Does this sentiment match with state emigration numbers, and where people are willingly going when given the choice?

 

[Tatra]

Attendance is up from last year but don’t want facts to get in the way of your feelings.

Why the hostile response? And what do my "feelings" have to do with this? I was simply repeating what I've heard said about Disneyland now. That it's overpriced, overcrowded, too rigid and this has resulted in the magic disappearing.

 

[PEB]

All Disney has to do is run ads that say Florida lost 17 billion dollar investment over campaign politics. This will be a rim job to Desantis future.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Meatballs wants to be president and dumb shit like feuding with Disney is the only way to win over the Republican base. Too bad for him personality transplants are not yet available! Seeing Trump shit all over him makes me very happy.

It's the same problem Trump has. Ingratiating himself to rally support from his base leads to alienating as many people if not more.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Exactly what central Florida needs more shit with Disney in the name.

You mean investment? Yes that's what every location would like. If Disney could pack up their whole park and move it to Georgia Ron would probably not be white knighting against them for having a different ideology.

 

[Jballer]

Does this sentiment match with state emigration numbers, and where people are willingly going when given the choice?

The average salary of the employees are 120k. They don’t have to emigrate to a cheaper, shittier state.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Why the hostile response? And what do my "feelings" have to do with this? I was simply repeating what I've heard said about Disneyland now. That it's overpriced, overcrowded, too rigid and this has resulted in the magic disappearing.

Disneyland is in California. If it's overcrowded that would lead me to believe business is going well for them and what you've heard is just anecdotal evidence.