Well, in the near term, there won't be many new projects for either domestic parks for the foreseeable future. They're just going to elongate what projects are currently underway to spread out costs and openings. Very long term, I don't see DLR not seeing new investments, because ultimately that just hurts the resort itself. Particularly for a park with such regional appeal, a long-term freeze on any new construction would hurt attendance.
I am sure many people thought there was no way that McKesson executives would ever want to leave the beautiful Bay Area for Irving, TX.
I'm sorry but what do you mean? How could science possibly agree with your assertion that someone would have to be out of their mind to have an opinion different than yours.
... unless the executives don't want to pay 9.3% income tax living in Newport Beach.
I went tonight. Its still too empty even with it being sold out, just to give you an idea.
Given that Disney is a media company, they can’t just pick up and go anywhere (they’re not going to Florida; just look at what happened with Disney-MGM Studios). They have to have a presence near their competitors in the media industry. The only other place it would make sense for them to be headquartered is New York, and I don’t believe the Tri-State area is particularly considered a tax haven. A lot of people on here tend to think of Disney as a theme park/hospitality company but it’s not; it’s a media company and any decision it makes will have that in the forefront.
I was literally just replying to your statement about executives moving, which you said would "be an interesting strategy for Disney to pursue, but the only problem is I don't see TWDC execs rushing to give up their spacious Newport Beach estates." If the "only problem" you see is them not wanting to give up their estates, it looks like NY has lower income tax than CA, as does CT.
The Hudson Square project is essentially a consolidation of Disney’s operations at a variety of locations around NYC, particularly relocating ABC/ABC News out of its historic UWS location and giving Disney Streaming Services a unified space. They’re essentially catching up to where the much of the rest of the media world is: having a unified “home” on the East Coast in addition to having a unified “home” on the West Coast. Could they theoretically use these NYC offices as their official headquarters? Sure, but that’s A LOT of resources and money to devote to something that there really isn’t a need for (outside of “getting back” at the Governor of CA). It’s not just building the spaces but also relocating all that corporate infrastructure that has been tied to the historic Burbank studios for decades. Disney hasn’t indicated any desire to relocate its headquarters before and I just don’t see the Governor situation as a remotely large enough reason for them to reconsider that, especially given their current financial situation.
They can just theme it after frozen and they hardly even have to decorate!!!!! Come to my province and all you will need to do is stand up - *Elsa's* wind will blow you to a different location
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