When did the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort first open to the public?
A slimmed-down Shanghai Disneyland was unveiled yesterday, bringing sighs of relief from Hong Kong amid worries over the pulling power of a super-sized Mickey up north. The National Development and Reform Commission said the Shanghai project at Pudong New Area’s Chuansha town will initially be built on 116 hectares of land – 10 hectares smaller than Hong Kong Disneyland. There had been widespread concern over competition in August after a Walt Disney document showed Shanghai Disneyland would cost 24.48 billion yuan (HK$27.76 billion). The document also said the first stage of the park would cover 150 hectares. The mainland commission said the project to be jointly developed by mainland and American companies will include logistics support areas, a public utilities area and a parking lot. A Hong Kong tourism insider said the similar size of the Shanghai and Hong Kong theme parks would put them on an equal footing initially. He said it was Disneyland’s policy to expand parks gradually af
* STORY * PHOTO * Disney’s Shanghai Park Won’t Further Access to China’s Media Share Business ExchangeTwitterFacebook| Email | Print | A A A By Bloomberg News Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co.’s planned theme park in Shanghai will do little to help open China’s media industry to overseas companies as the communist government restricts films, television and the Internet, analysts said. Disney last week won approval from the central government to build its first mainland park in China’s richest city, after more than 10 years of talks. The venture may generate $5 billion of revenue annually and attract more than 80 million visitors, analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott estimate. The success of the Burbank, California-based company contrasts with the failure so far of efforts by Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone to enter the country’s media industry as China blocks exposure of its 1.3 billion citizens to outside influence. Disney, the owner of the ABC network in the U.S., still has no
The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort was built by the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company and officially opened on September 12, 2005. The world’s smallest Disneyland resort, it consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, two hotels (Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Hollywood Hotel), and retail, dining and entertainment facilities stretching over 1.3 square kilometres (320 acres) on Lantau Island. It is located on reclaimed land beside Penny’s Bay, at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island (approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay), in Hong Kong. Construction of the theme park itself started in January 2003.
The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort was built by the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company and officially opened on September 12, 2005. The world’s smallest Disneyland resort, it consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, two hotels (Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Hollywood Hotel), and retail, dining and entertainment facilities stretching over 1.3 square kilometres (320 acres) on Lantau Island. It is located on reclaimed land beside Penny’s Bay, at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island (approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay), in Hong Kong. Construction of the theme park itself started in January 2003. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
* STORY * PHOTO * Disney’s Shanghai Park Won’t Further Access to China’s Media Share Business ExchangeTwitterFacebook| Email | Print | A A A By Bloomberg News Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co.’s planned theme park in Shanghai will do little to help open China’s media industry to overseas companies as the communist government restricts films, television and the Internet, analysts said. Disney last week won approval from the central government to build its first mainland park in China’s richest city, after more than 10 years of talks. The venture may generate $5 billion of revenue annually and attract more than 80 million visitors, analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott estimate. The success of the Burbank, California-based company contrasts with the failure so far of efforts by Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone to enter the country’s media industry as China blocks exposure of its 1.3 billion citizens to outside influence. Disney, the owner of the ABC network in the U.S., still has no
