Did Disney cancel plans to move 2000 workers to Florida?

Disney has scrapped plans to build a near $1bn (£804m) corporate campus for 2,000 employees in Florida, amid an increasingly bitter political and legal battle with the state's governor, Ron DeSantis, over the future of the entertainment giant's theme parks.



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Disney has scrapped plans to build a near $1bn (£804m) corporate campus for 2,000 employees in Florida, amid an increasingly bitter political and legal battle with the state's governor, Ron DeSantis, over the future of the entertainment giant's theme parks.

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Disney has scrapped plans to build a near $1bn (£804m) corporate campus for 2,000 employees in Florida, amid an increasingly bitter political and legal battle with the state's governor, Ron DeSantis, over the future of the entertainment giant's theme parks.

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Summary. Walt Disney's decision to scrap a proposed $900 million office park in Orlando, Fla., creates a 60-acre hole inside an 11,000-acre master planned community, clouding the near-term future of many other real-estate projects already under way there.

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Earlier this year, Disney said it would slash 7,000 jobs from its workforce as part of a larger reorganization of the company that will see it cut costs by $5.5 billion. The announcement was made during Bob Iger's first earnings call since returning as CEO.

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Employees are calling for better working conditions and higher wages to account for inflation. The first strike took place on 23 May and saw 500 “cast members” walk out on the job, out of 17,000 total employees at the park.

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It would certainly hurt the state of Florida. The government would lose all the tax revenue. People who work at Disney would lose their jobs. There are many companies that only exist because of Disney or that get a lot of their business because of Disney, like hotels near the park.

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Disney failed to achieve a top-three ranking in 2020, which was likely a result of its controversial decision to air films originally planned for theatrical release on its streaming service, Disney+.

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With costs so high, it's no wonder why many families find it difficult to afford a Disney vacation. A recent LendingTree survey found that 18% of Disney visitors have gone into debt for one or more of their trips to the destination. And among those with Disney debt, 8% say it will take more than a year to pay it off.

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