I can see some flaws in that hypothetical. All theme parks everywhere were shut down for about 4 months for covid, yet the state of Florida survived. Orange country survived. No shocking destruction as you put it.
The global pandemic's effect on the theme park/hospitality industry isn't a fair comparison of what would happen to Orlando if next week WDW decided to shut down permanently. (this is never happening)
Why would Disney have any desire to hurt the state of FL? There are 75,000 CMs at WDW (and hundreds of thousands more people indirectly employed around WDW) who live in FL who would be instantly unemployed not to mention thousands of guests (or maybe millions depending how long the shut down lasts) who would be severely disappointed their vacations were ruined. Disney also wants to keep printing money at WDW in FL. The whole lawsuit was filed to keep control of the special district so they can continue business as usual in FL without government interference. Disney is not in this to win an argument on moral grounds or to win on principle and I don’t think they have any interest in hurting the state or even the government itself (despite the opposite not being true). It’s mostly about business and making money but Disney also has the PR side of this locked down. The vast majority of the public (and more importantly their customers) side with them on this. If they send thousands to the unemployment lines and ruin a bunch of kid’s vacations that good will will dry up mighty quickly.
If it's never happening then why even think about the ramifications? It just seems like a waste of brain cycles to me. They can't just pack up Disney World in U-Hauls and move it so Disney is forever tied to Florida. It's just a question of how everything is going to move forward.
CMs still got paid for a little while after the shut down. There were also trillions in Federal dollars spread around to keep people whole, paying rent, buying food, paying their taxes, etc. Sadly, this lawsuit won’t be resolved in 4 months either so you would be looking at a much longer shut down. It would absolutely be devastating to the local economy. No question that’s a fact. There’s also no way Disney would have any desire to hurt the local economy. Also, no question that’s a fact.
True. The federal government isn't going to give FL any emergency funds for something like that. Still not happening but it's not apples to apples.
I would imagine other people like myself have brought it up as it's so crazy that the governor of Florida would attack the state's largest employer, one of it's largest taxpayers, and one of the biggest drivers of tourism to Florida.
It is unfortunate that they can't (for Disney), as a Floridian I would be sad to see them go, but if it really was that simple, I'm sure they probably would just pack up and go, if this were to continue.
Perhaps. But Florida survived three months without Disney.
It would certainly ruin his "cool head," "adult in the room" persona.
Disney is way more “Florida“ than DeSantis. That guy will be long forgotten (maybe sooner than later) and Disney will still be entertaining us in FL. No way they would pack up and leave even if they could.
Yeah, I should've been more careful with the word choice.
Granted that it's the company's ATM, not long. Not that this is ever going to happen, unless there's another global pandemic sometime soon.
Well actually, Publix is #1, Disney is #2.
Okay, so they are the largest taxpayer in Central Florida. Over a billion dollars.
I can't really find concrete information on the largest driver of tourism in Florida, but Disney is definitely one of the largest.
If states can just ignore federal law, why is Florida defending the federal suit and prosecuting their own suit in Florida state court? They could save a lot of time, effort and money by just letting Disney win.
If they were planning on doing this anyway, why did CFTOD countersue Disney?
Allowing gay marriage or selling marijuana against the wishes of the federal government and using your "gusto" to violate citizens first amendment rights aren't comparable, again, apples to oranges.
I don't personally agree with this viewpoint, nor do I feel that we will find it to be accurate, but time will tell.
You blew your cover days ago when you said “their politics” in a diatribe about Disneys “issues”
See above. This is a 24/7 cable pundit type.
Mainly because one was never illegal on the federal level and the other they specifically would not enforce for the last 30 years…but they absolutely could if they wanted to and the states would not be able to do much but make speeches…like they do in Florida for nothing now.
Florida has no ability to “stop the feds”
