Disney closing ESPN Zones nationwide

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Originally Posted by mredskins

As a former Marriott and Disney employee managing their revenue in the hotel/restaurant sector of their businesses I will have to say Disney has no business being in the restaurant or hotel industry. Disney should simply stick to the entertainment side of their business model. Now that the economy is stinking up or has been Disney just can't compete in the hotel/restaurant industry.

I predict Disney vacation clubs to be the next to sink.

There has been talk for a while, there even was with the Zones, of doing basically what the Redskins did with their stores. Move the management of the business outside the company but allow the new management to keep the Disney name for licensing and branding purposes.

I'm not really involved at all on that side of the business of course, but I have worked with them on occasion and it's definitely a daunting business they seem to work in.