Darkbeer
11-20-2003, 09:02 PM
Disney jobs key, report concludes (http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=67532§ion=BUSINESS&subsection=OC_REGION&year=2003&month=11&day=20) - Orange County Register, 11/20/03
QuikQuote: It's still unclear whether Walt Disney Co. did its shareholders a favor when it spent $1.4 billion to expand the resort and build Disney's California Adventure a few years back. But researchers at the UCLA Anderson Forecast say Disney did Orange County a big service by making the improvements and opening the theme park when it did, helping the region avoid the sort of spike in unemployment seen in other parts of the state when the technology industry – so key here – tanked.
The park has had its problems, ranging from disappointing crowds and bad weather to a stagnant tourist market in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
QuikQuote: It's still unclear whether Walt Disney Co. did its shareholders a favor when it spent $1.4 billion to expand the resort and build Disney's California Adventure a few years back. But researchers at the UCLA Anderson Forecast say Disney did Orange County a big service by making the improvements and opening the theme park when it did, helping the region avoid the sort of spike in unemployment seen in other parts of the state when the technology industry – so key here – tanked.
The park has had its problems, ranging from disappointing crowds and bad weather to a stagnant tourist market in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.