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Disney scraps $867m Florida plan amid Ron DeSantis feud

Apr 25,2023 10:20 am

The Walt Disney Company has scrapped a plan to invest nearly $1bn (£806m) to build a new corporate campus in Florida, it announced.

The Reversal comes amid an escalating feud between The entertainment giant and The State 's Republican-led government headed by Ron Desantis .

The Plan would have Seen about 2,000 employees relocate to a Disney-owned town centre at Lake Nona, near Orlando.

Disney and Florida have both sued each other in recent weeks.

The cancellation was announced in an internal Email to employees, including some who had relocated to Florida ahead of The campus' opening, on Thursday.

The Lake Nona initiative had previously been driven by former CEO Bob Chapek , who was fired by Disney in November.

In The internal Email - Seen by Bbc News - Josh D'Amaro, The Head of Disney's Parks, Experiences and Products division, said The Company 's decision was The result of " considerable changes" that have taken place since it was first announced, including " new leadership and changing business conditions".

" This Was not an easy decision to make, but I believe it is The Right one, " Mr D'Amaro wrote.

Plans for The Lake Nona campus included moving employees belonging to Disney Imagineering - The Firm 's secretive research and development arm focused on park Design - from California to Florida.

Mr D'Amaro's Email said that Disney will no longer ask employees to move and will reach out to discuss next steps with those who have already done so.

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