OLC Plans

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Thought this blurb from OLC was interesting.

To that end, OLC is currently working with other companies and looking into a number of plans that take advantage of the company’s strengths in creating environments that bring people together and encourage interaction. The company aims to establish the details of these new business projects by March 2011. And, as part of these efforts, we have now begun taking specific steps toward realizing an entertainment facility project, which has been jointly advanced by Oriental Land Company and The Walt Disney Company.

Entertainment Facility Project

The project has been created to develop a Disney-style indoor entertainment facility in a city outside of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area after 2010. The facility, offering entertainment, dining and shopping, will provide a more accessible place for people outside of Tokyo to enjoy the world of Disney in a way that is different from the experience provided at the Disney Parks.

[Note: Only the research-development cost for this project has been included in the mid-term business plan.]

In addition to expanding Disney-related business opportunities through the advantages of the strong partnership we have developed with The Walt Disney Company over the years, the company will also look into a wide variety of long-term business opportunities without confining itself to the Disney brand or the Maihama area

Looks like they may be the first to sign up for one of the new Disney entertainment complex ideas. Also, that they are branching out from Disney. Does this signal that the Disney brand in Japan is played out, or that they aren't that happy with what Disney has to offer them to puruse what they describe as their mission?

continue our Business Mission of providing “happiness and contentment for our Guests by offering them wonderful dreams and moving experiences.”

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