SaucyBoy
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Doubtful as there is one 10 miles up the road on I-Drive
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NBA Experience at Disney Springs
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Disstevefan1
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I am very happy to see this. The NBA experience was a total Iger mistake from the first moment. Everyone (except Iger) knew this was a mistake from the first moment.
The NBA Experience was just another example if Iger pushing is personal agenda on to TWDC with no thought of how it effects the company.
The good thing is, the failed NBA Experience was not a significant blow to TWDC, as its just another failed tenant of Disney Springs.
This failure did however reduce the guest experience….. Oh, wait, Iger does not care about that, never mind.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Would be better themed to Game Central Station from Wreck It Ralph and Tapper's Barcade
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The nba is the only major North American sports enterprise that is losing viewership and revenue…it seems
John park hopper
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Just read an article about players chickening out of skills competitions yesterday because they're afraid embarrassing themselves. I like the NBA enough but the players are pretty disconnected from fans.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They got out over their skis a little bit
And don’t have the star power they need these days
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
First time Iger showed up at a store opening at Disney Springs. He showed up at NBA Grand Opening to support his friend David Silver NBA Commissioner who was there also.
scottnj1966
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They really need to build something interactive that people could enjoy and have a great time together.
If only the imagineers could think of something.
Disney springs can be very boring unless you are really hungry.
If only the imagineers could think of something.
Disney springs can be very boring unless you are really hungry.
scottnj1966
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They never will. They should have bought the company the void and kept that running.
At least we would have had something to do there.
LSLS
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I uh, I'm not sure any of that is true. Didn't the NBA pay for everything that was done here? If so, I wouldn't say Disney really did anything wrong. You had someone pay you to take over a giant area and pay you rent. It being a total failure really means nothing to Disney, they got their money out of it.
Animaniac93-98
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I still say the only thing that makes sense as a replacement, given the size and location of the venue, is a Broadway style show.
lazyboy97o
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It’s not true, but why let facts get in the way? The NBA went right to Disney when Universal told them to vacate. NBA Experience was all about the NBA trying to get back at Universal by doing something bigger and better than NBA City.
Disstevefan1
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Correct, as I state, although the NBA Experience was an Iger agenda thing pushed upon TWDC, it didn’t harm TWDC too much is it was just another failed tenant of Disney Springs and while it’s total failure harm didn’t TWDC significantly like a failed movie for example, the loss of a prime spot in Disney Springs, and the potential income, as well as the reduced guest experience at Disney Springs was a loss.
But, yes, the NBA I presume, paid for the demo of Disney Quest
as well as the construction of the failed NBA Experience, but I presume Disney is paying for the demo of the NBA Experience.
lazyboy97o
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It wasn’t Iger’s idea. It had nothing to do with his agenda.Correct, as I state, although the NBA Experience was an Iger agenda thing pushed upon TWDC, it didn’t harm TWDC too much is it was just another failed tenant of Disney Springs and while it’s total failure harm didn’t TWDC significantly like a failed movie for example, the loss of a prime spot in Disney Springs, and the potential income, as well as the reduced guest experience at Disney Springs was a loss.
But, yes, the NBA I presume, paid for the demo of Disney Quest
Cmdr_Crimson
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That was an initial plan before Cirque came in..It was to be call The Disney Entertainment Theater..Nothing has else has ever been mentioned about this mystery theater except on the WDW explorer software that came out in the late 90s...Here's the information about it..
I still question how it would had looked like as there is no info or concept art of it anywhere..
danlb_2000
Premium Member
It is my understanding that Springs has a pretty low turnover compared to other similar places.
Apparently barred while Cirque is there. Unless Disney buys Cirque/Blue Man Group...