Walt Disney Company officially canceled a project to relocate some of its corporate divisions in Lake Nona, in Orlando (Florida), which would have provided more than 2,000 jobs, as announced this Thursday in the midst of a legal battle between the entertainment company and the governor of the state, Republican Ron DeSantis.
The company’s website reported today that, in 2021, The Walt Disney Company “made plans” to move some of its corporate divisions to the Lake Nona, central Florida area, but that those plans “have been immediately canceled”.
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The website cites an email sent today to cast members of
Disney by Josh D’Amaro, president of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, announcing the cancellation of the new worker campus, which would initially relocate employees from California.
It is an office complex and development plan of almost 1 billion dollars (928,000 million euros at today’s exchange rate) whose construction was scheduled in Orlando. “It would have brought more than 2,000 jobs to the region, with an average salary of $120,000, according to an estimate by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity,” explains the website wdwinfo.com. In his email, D’Amaro cited “changing business conditions” as a reason for canceling the Lake Nona project, he adds.
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Lake Nona, located in Orlando, is “a visionary community with the building blocks of today’s future,” as this development, which also houses the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus, describes itself. “Florida just lost 2,000 jobs and millions in additional income due to Ron DeSantis’ deranged personal vendetta against
Disney. DeSantis has single-handedly and determinedly turned Florida into an anti-business state with his continued attacks on businesses that dare defy his fascist policies,” Nikki Fried, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, said in a statement today. Fried charged also DeSantis of “imposing draconian laws that will decimate the workforce in industries critical to our state’s economy.”
Last April, Disney filed a federal lawsuit accusing the five-member board and DeSantis of orchestrating a “retaliation campaign” after the company publicly opposed a law sponsored by the governor known to critics as “Don’t Say Gay”, which prohibits talking about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. DeSantis’s countersuit was immediate and on May 1 the Central Florida Tourism Supervisory District, made up of members appointed by the governor, authorized the filing of a lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US
The pulse and enmity between the two parties lived another chapter last week with the signing of DeSantis of a transportation bill that includes an amendment for the state to be the one to inspect the Disney parks monorail train.
The Walt Disney World monorail is one of the most iconic infrastructures of the recreational complex and has 3 separate lines, which run through Walt Disney World Resort. The company, which employs more than 70,000 people and generates $1.2 billion in taxes a year, has earmarked more than $17 billion to invest in its Florida parks over the next decade, which would create approximately 13,000 jobs.
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2023-05-19 14:31:55
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