Walt Disney Co. has canceled its plan to open a new Florida campus that would have relocated 2,000 employees to the state, a change that comes as the company is engaged in a long brawl with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, May 15, 2023, at New College of Florida in Sarasota. DeSantis signed a bill that blocks public colleges from using federal or state funding on diversity programs as Republicans across the country target such programs in higher education.
The company in July 2021 said it planned to move staffers, including many theme park designers and consumer products workers, to new office space in the Orlando community of Lake Nona to take advantage of some $570 million in tax breaks. “Given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the campus,” D’Amaro said. “This was not an easy decision to make, but I believe it is the right one. As a result, we will no longer be asking our employees to relocate.”
The planned move was the source of significant animosity toward then-Chief Executive Bob Chapek. Disney’s board of directors fired Chapek in November, replacing him with the Burbank entertainment giant’s previous longtime leader, Bob Iger.
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