Tampa Bay Rays May Play 2025 Season at Walt Disney World

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With Tropicana Field sustaining damage from Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Rays are searching for a field where they can play their 2025 season — and Walt Disney World is on the shortlist. Tampa Bay Rays Considering Walt Disney World for 2025 Season According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, the Rays are … Read more

First Look at Walt Disney World 2024 runDisney Springtime Surprise Merchandise

A two-photo collage, with the left photo featuring a 2024 runDisney Springtime Surprise Loungefly mini backpack, and the photo on the right of a person holding an event ear headband.

Disney has shared a first look at the merchandise that will be available for the runDisney 2024 Walt Disney World Springtime Surprise Weekend. 2024 Springtime Surprise Weekend Merchandise Runners and supporters will find a variety of new performance apparel for the Springtime Surprise weekend, as well as “I Did It!” finisher shirts and jackets. Above … Read more

First Look at runDisney 2024 Princess Half Marathon Weekend Merchandise

Disney Parks Blog has shared a first look at the new runDisney merchandise that will be available during the 2024 Princess Half Marathon Weekend, returning to Walt Disney World later this month. 2024 Princess Half Marathon Weekend Merchandise The new merchandise features the event artwork, celebrating Disney Princesses and Queens, on a variety of logo … Read more

Walt Disney World Hosting Largest-Ever HBCU Week

Mickey Mouse in a drum major uniform for HBCU celebrations

For the first time, HBCU Week will be held at Walt Disney World Resort this year. The event celebrates historically black colleges and universities, with a mission to encourage high school youth to enroll in HBCUs, provide scholarship dollars for matriculation, and sustain a pipeline for employment from undergraduate school to corporate America. HBCU Week … Read more

NBA Confirms That They Are In “Exploratory Conversations” With Disney Regarding Use of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex as Future Campus

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We previously reported that the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World was the clear frontrunner to house the NBA for the remainder of its 2019-2020 season, and the NBA has just released a very interesting statement on Twitter. Executive Vice President of Communications Mike Bass confirmed that the NBA and the … Read more

Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger Attends NBA Owners Meeting on 2019-2020 Season; Places Emphasis on “Data, Not Dates”

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hasn’t just shut down theme parks, it’s effectively shut down the sports world as well, with the risk of athletes contracting the virus in such close quarters, and the notion of mass gatherings in stadiums being a definite no-go. Recently, former Cast Member turned Sports Commentator Keith Smith has proposed the … Read more

Sports Commentator Selects ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World as Ideal “Bubble” for Salvaged 2020 NBA Season

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hasn’t just shut down theme parks, it’s effectively shut down the sports world as well, with the risk of athletes contracting the virus in such close quarters, and the notion of mass gatherings in stadiums being a definite no-go. Now, former Cast Member turned Sports Commentator Keith Smith has pinned … Read more