They are and do. If Universal wants changes or upgrades made to the roads the City of Orlando pretty much has to do as requested. That’s how they fit the pedestrian bridges a few years ago.
The big limitation is the size of their contiguous land holdings.
That's about $250 MILLION in 2023 dollars.
EPCOT was a Garden City, a concept that was well over half a century old when Victor Gruen wrote The Heart of Our Cities. Just because the visuals were produced quickly doesn’t mean there wasn’t a lot more behind the idea.
But believe me if uni thought it was politically viable to have the local gov build it… they would have. Disney’s difference is the lack of opposition and lack of people burdened without direct gain. The advantage of having the master plan of who is inside the lines/box and reconfiguring the municipal boundaries to match.
I don’t pretend to know what had an impact on decision making 55 years ago or what didn’t. I’m not sure how you could be so confident to know that either but you do you.
In state vs Reedy Creek Improvement District the FL Supreme Court stated that the promotion and development of tourism and recreation is a valid public purpose and that the integrated plan or workings of the District are essentially and primarily directed toward encouraging and developing tourism, thus confirming that the structure and purpose of the district was valid.
Why should it have been disbanded? That is the deal that the State made with Disney. The State has benefited greatly by having Disney put in all of the public works and infrastructure in that area that the County normally would be responsible for. So you are all for Florida repaying Disney what they paid to put in all of those public works? The problem that I have with this is we all know that is the deal that was struck. Having one side unilaterally decide that they don't want that deal anymore is not how things work. Imagine if everyone could just back out on deals because they changed their minds. I don't care if Disney has any kind of advantage or not, it doesn't matter. What matters is that is the deal Florida struck and they should stick to it. And I don't believe for one second that the only reason that they struck this deal was because of some pipe dream of Walt's about making Epcot into a community. The area needed the infrastructure either way.
There’s no answer to that or any of the other questions. The only answer you will get is I know what I know.
That makes no sense. You can’t state your opinion without any facts to back it up and where the facts that are available disprove what you’re saying.
The best thing about this thread is I keep finding more and more people to use the ignore button for
Exactly this. On the surface it seems that the idea of a company having its own government is not a good idea - but once you look at all the details, it really starts to make sense as to why it's still there and hasn't ever been removed.
You’re still talking about this?
