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Subsidy Tracker Individual Entry

Company: Walt Disney
Parent Company: Walt Disney
Subsidy Source: local
Location: California
City: Anaheim
County: Orange
Project Description: infrastructure for theme park expansion
Year: 1996
Major Industry of Parent: entertainment
Specific Industry of Parent: entertainment
Subsidy Value: $200,000,000
Program Name: Anaheim: infrastructure assistance
Awarding Agency: Anaheim City Council
Type of Subsidy: 
Capital Investment: $1,400,000,000
Source of Data: The subsidy value and investment projection came from: Marla Jo Fisher, "It's not a small world: Disney plan approved," Orange County Register, October 9, 1996.
Notes: Anaheim agreed to spend $200 million for a huge new parking garage and other infrastructure improvements connected to an expansion of the company's Disneyland theme park. This figure does not count the additional $150 million the city agreed to spend to renovate and expand its convention center, which would indirectly benefit Disney. Overlaps with main Subsidy Tracker data: none.
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