The once-proposed St. Louis Disney theme park (from the 1960's)

[CaptainMichael]

I see more purple and gold shirts in WDW than I do in my home town. The only place I have seen more purple and gold shirts is on the LSU campus.

I'll back you up on this one. I was surprised by all of the purple and gold that I saw in WDW.

 

[leebier]

...or Disney would have let beer slide!

OOOOOh, that's be an awesome new ride! Maybe they can add it to a water park!

Seriously, they have stuff on that at the MAC? I have connections there (not that I've ever, ya know, gone inside or anything) and he never once mentioned this to me. I'm quite dissapointed. I may have to see if I can find a way to sneak a peak at them there pictures.

Lee

And the answer is Parkway Central
(yeah yeah, I'm not proud of it either) :hammer:

 

[ctwhalerman]

As a longtime resident of St. Louis I can tell ya that the Brewery holds SIGNIFICANT sway over local policies and politics, though less than it did during "Gussie's" reign (until the mid-80's). The brewery owns a ton of land downtown, is a major sponsor in just about anything happening in town, owned the St. Louis Cardinals until a bit after "Gussie"s death, is a huge local employer, and is also one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the area.

Ahhh...I wish I could live in a state where breweries held the power, rather than historically corrupt politicians!

But anyway, St. Louis probably was not chosen because of its climate (extremely hot in the summer, possibility of snow and cold in the winter) and the fact that Walt chose Florida. Walt wanted an Eastern park to attract the people from the northeast, but he would in no way want two parks to split the possible attendance, so the moment he chose Florida, every other possible site was doomed. Though it is a shame, because there are countless sites that would have been as big as Florida is now if Disney had decided to build his park there...

 

[darthdarrel]

Was I just seeing things, but I could swear that in epcot I saw beer on the menue at one of the pubs. :hammer:

 

[Lee]

True, Walt and August Busch did clash a bit over the beer issue, but the real reason Walt opted to not go ahead with the small indoor park in St. Louis was the poor return on investment, coupled with his new-found interest in the New York Worlds Fair.
Source: Buzz Price in his book "Walt's Revolution! By the numbers".

 

[Yellow Shoes]

So Yellow Shoes, where did you go to high school?

I graduated from Alton (Illinois) High School....5 presidents ago.