Disney cancels plans for $1bn campus in Florida amid battle with DeSantis
by Mark Sweney from World news | The Guardian on (#6BSXJ)
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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.
Walt Disney, which has also announced the closure of its $2,500-a-night Star Wars" Galactic Starcruiser Hotel in Orlando, said it would no longer relocate California-based employees including theme park ride designers to the new campus about 18 miles (30km) east of Walt Disney World.
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