Disneyland's $1.9-billion expansion project is latest mega investment in the Anaheim resort
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland will never be completed. He was right. The vote by the Anaheim City Council on Wednesday to approve the Disneyland resort's $1.9-billion expansion plan is the latest of several huge investments made by the media giant at the 100-acre facility known to its fans as the "Happiest Place on Earth." Once upon a time, Disneyland was just a concept that grew out of a visit by Disney to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Then on July 17, 1955, the gates were flung...
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