A spokesman for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis downplayed the company’s announcement that it was canceling a planned project that would have moved thousands of employees from California to the…
downplayed the company’s announcement that it was canceling a planned project that would have moved thousands of employees from California to the Sunshine State.announced the possibility of a Lake Nona campus nearly two years ago. Nothing ever came of the project, and the state was unsure whether it would come to fruition.
Earlier on Thursday, Disney announced that it was canceling the $1 billion Lake Nona project, the latest twist in a battle between the company and DeSantis. The Florida project would have meant relocating a number of California employees, including those in the Imagineering unit, to the state. But Disney claims that DeSantis retaliated against the company after it publicly opposed a parental rights bill, known as the “don’t say gay” law.
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