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Anaheim backs Disney parking expansion

August 17th, 2009, 8:26 pm by Jim Radcliffe, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

The Anaheim Planning Commission today approved Disney’s plan for a new, temporary parking lot.

The vote was 6-0, with one commissioner absent.

The site, at 1946 S. Harbor Blvd., was purchased by Disney 11 years ago for a possible third theme park. The 53-acre property is currently equipped with 1,701 parking spaces on 12 acres. The new parking lot would transform 23 additional acres into 2,570 spaces.

Because Disney recently closed the 2,226-space Timon parking lot, new parking spaces are needed during the $1-billion expansion of Disney’s California Adventure.

There are 22 days to appeal the commission’s decision to the City Council before it goes into effect, said Ruth Ruiz, spokeswoman for the city of Anaheim.

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Disney parking lot set for third theme park site

August 14th, 2009, 3:00 am by Sarah Tully
Future Disney parking lot site

Future Disney parking lot

Disney plans to build a massive parking lot on the field that it originally bought for a possible third Anaheim theme park.

That means that a new park likely would be at least six to 10 years away when the lot is no longer needed.

Disney wants to add 2,570 new parking spots for guests to the Harbor Boulevard site, eating up the majority of the remaining open space on a former strawberry field that the company bought about 11 years ago in anticipation of building a third theme park.

The new parking lot plan is set to go before the Anaheim Planning Commission at 2:30 p.m. Mondayat City Hall, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd. City officials are recommending that the plan be approved, said Sheri Vander Dussen, the city’s planning director.

The extra temporary parking space is needed during the Disney’s California Adventure expansion through 2012, said Suzi Brown, a spokeswoman for the Disneyland Resort.

Already, Disney closed the 2,226-space Timon parking lot where it is building the 12-acre Cars Land as part of the $1-billion California Adventure expansion. See a full map of California Adventure expansion plans.

“The presence of a temporary parking lot at this location in no way enhances or discounts the potential of future investment at this location,” Brown said. ”We’ll grow business when and where it makes sense to do so. But our focus at this time is on the expansion of Disney’s California Adventure.”

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Disneyland Resort president discusses expansion

April 25th, 2008, 10:25 am by Sonya Smith

Disneyland Resort President Ed Grier plans on more rides, theme park land and hotel rooms are in the future for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

Disney plans to add a Tinker Bell attraction at Disneyland in October, 253 rooms to the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa and new rides and themed lands to Disney’s California Adventure.

At some point, Disney might add a third theme park on 88 acres of land next to Disneyland and possibly operate two hotels proposed for the Anaheim GardenWalk, Grier told a crowd of about 150 at an Orange County Forum event Wednesday.

“We had great success with the 50th anniversary (of Disneyland),” Grier said. “Now it’s about how we keep that momentum going.”

Click here to read more about the plans. Photo of Grier taken by the Register’s Mark Rightmire.

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What about the third gate?

October 19th, 2007, 5:57 pm by Sarah Tully

California ScreaminNow that Disney is expanding its second theme park in Anaheim, officials aren’t committing to building a third park yet.

Jay Rasulo, who heads Disney’s parks, said there may be another venue some day in Anaheim. But no time frame is in place now, he said at Wednesday’s press conference to announce Disney’s California Adventure renovation.

The California Adventure expansion alone is expected to take five years.

“They want to make sure this park functions as it should before they make an investment in a third park. If they fix (California Adventure), then it opens doors wide open for the third park,” said Al Lutz, the editor of Miceage.com, a Disney-watchdog Web site.

But soon, it might not be so easy for Disney to push through another theme park.

Disney bought the strawberry-field property in 1998 in hopes of building a theme park, but plans petered out after 9/11.

Now, a group, funded by developer SunCal, is trying to put an initiative on the ballot that would require voter approval of any Disney development on its 52.9 acre property on Harbor Boulevard. The plot, mostly a strawberry field, is across from property where SunCal wants to build homes.

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