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• Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part 4

  JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce concludes his 4-part series about the 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build in Burbank by revealing why this project went off the rails Read More... Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disney’s California Adventure , Michael Eisner, California, Anaheim, Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Universal Studios , Disneyland, MCA , Universal City-Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World, Universal theme park , Universal City , Universal Studios – Florida, Disney officials , City of Burbank, Burbank City officials , Eisner , Burbank officials, environmental impact , lawsuit, Paris , The Great Movie Ride , specialty retail , Burbank project, Disney World, Disney-MGM Studios , land , Bud Ovrom , City Manager , City Manager Bud Ovrom, agreement, downtown, Ferris wheel, Michael Hastings , Mayor of Burbank , Mayor of Burbank Michael Hastings, shopping center , 1987, Chicago, Philadelphia

• Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part 3

  JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce continues his 4-part series about the 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build in Burbank. Today's installment actually takes JHM readers inside of this proposed park Read More... Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, Michael Eisner, theme park , California, Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Universal Studios , Disneyland, MCA , Walt Disney World, Disney-MGM Studio Tour, park, Universal park, Universal theme park , Universal City , Disney officials , City of Burbank, Eisner , Burbank officials, Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard, Mary Lou Howard, Property, Universal Studios Tour , studio-based theme park, tactics, dining , shopping, freeway, Burbank Ocean, manmade lake , period costumes , Hollywood Fantasy Hotel , Joe Rohde , 1997, stores , specialty retail , Burbank project, Disney World, Pleasure Island , Backlot, Burbank Redevelopment , boutique shopping mall, the Walt Disney Company , real estate , Dallas, best interest , Ferris wheel, street environment, WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , shopping center , 1987, Rick Rothschild, Merriweather Adam Pleasure, Burbank Holiday Inn, Golden State Freeway, Burbank Civic Center, aquatic beef, Star Tours, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Antonio, pamphlets, Friends of Burbank

• Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part I

  JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce kicks off a brand-new series for JHM. Which discusses that 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build right in the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disneyana fans , Disney’s California Adventure , Michael Eisner, theme park , California, WESTCOT , Anaheim, Port Disney , Long Beach , Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Studios , Disneyland, MCA , Universal City-Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World, outdoor amusement industry , May , 1985, Hollywood, Disney-MGM Studio Tour, park, Disney park, Universal park, guests, film properties, MGM, UA , 20th Century Fox, The Wizard of Oz, Tarzan the Ape Man , Alien , Orlando Sentinel , MCA executives, governor, Florida Governor Bob Graham, Bob Graham, state , state pension fund , Universal theme park , low-interest loan , Universal City , political muscle , MCA President Sid Sheinberg, president, Sid Sheinberg, ravenous rat, Universal project , investment offer, March, 1986 , grand opening , King Kong attraction, King Kong, December , Universal Studios – Florida, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney officials , convention, greater Orlando , strategic move , Disney’s territory, secret negotiations , City of Burbank, California theme park, Burbank City officials , Disney organization , Town Center mall, Robinson’s, phone conversations, January, Eisner , Burbank officials, lunch, executive dining room, Burbank Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard , Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard, Mary Lou Howard, Town Center , Property, napkins, tablecloth, Universal Studios Tour , the industry, payback , studio-based theme park