Thanks to the impact of Death DeSantis and a challenging business environment

Disney has chosen not to spend $1 Billion setting up its new campus in Florida but has decided to relocate to California where the political environment is more welcoming.
That means that 2000 jobs will move to California as will the construction jobs required to build that campus. All in the name of “don’t ‘support woke”

Ron DeSantis.. Making Florida Great by removing revenue generating businesses one at a time.

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LamontCranston · M

From the Seeking Alpha analysis:
What is really behind the decision.
The planned Lake Nona Town Center was set to bring more than 2,000 jobs to the Orlando region. Many of those employees would've come from a Southern California department known as Imagineering, which works with Disney's moviemakers to develop theme park attractions. [b]Most of them complained harshly about the planned move[/b], set up in 2021 amid what Disney Parks chief Josh D'Amaro called Florida's "business-friendly climate". Meanwhile, [b][b]Bob Iger, who recently returned as CEO, was much less enthusiastic about the Lake Nona development than his predecessor Bob Chapek.[/b][/b]
It is false to say that 2000 jobs will move to CA-they are there already.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@LamontCranston Thanks for digging and finding the real reason.

laotzu92 · 70-79, M

@LamontCranston One might speculate how long Mr. D'Amaro will remain at Disney after saying such politically incorrect things as referring to Florida "business-friendly climate".

justanothername · 51-55, M

@laotzu92 It’s get less business friendly by the day…

laotzu92 · 70-79, M

@justanothername That does seem to be your (unsupported factually) theme.

justanothername · 51-55, M

@laotzu92 Well DeSantis is not a fan of Disney which tells me he’s not a fan of big business either.

Those are my observations from reading about the heated interactions between Disney and DeSantis.