May 13, 2008
Disney’s Wide World of Sports to be Renamed with ESPN Trademark
This just in….Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Walt Disney World will be rebranded with the ESPN Trademark. Disney owns 80% of ESPN, and Hearst Corporation owns 20%. About 20 events are televised from Disney’s Wide World of Sports each year by ESPN.
What do you think? Will changing the name of Disney’s Wide World of Sports to ESPN Something or Other help the complex or hurt it?
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I made my first trip to Walt Disney World, before there was Epcot. I have excitedly taken my own children many times and have painstakingly researched every detail of our trips...
May 15th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I’ll reserve my judgement until we get the actual new name of the facility.