TODAY ON ROADST3R - Car STORIES (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
We're not sure what has more clout: Mickey Mouse, Alain Prost or 60 million euros, but the combination of the three was still not enough to get the French Grand Prix back on track. The race, previously held at the Magny Cours circuit in rural France, was removed from the 2009 calendar after organizers...
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Euro Disney pull out set to be a blessing in disguise for France and French GP, says ex-F1 driver.
F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
The company Lagardère Sports and Euro Disney abandoned the project to build a Formula 1 circuit at Val-d'Europe. Residents had demonstrated against the noise that will result from holding the French Grand Prix in their region.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
The future of F1 in France now appears more doubtful than ever after Euro Disney announced it has withdrawn its bid to host the French Grand Prix.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... wine at home, mmm, wine… I did get to see an attraction the other day though, yep, you guessed it, Euro Disney. Sephia, a girl that I met from Montreal originally, but now Ottawa, really wanted to go. I had the day available so I decided to go with her. It is a lot smaller than the American Disney, but just as commercial and full of fantasy. I didn’t mind the amusement park, but I was almost...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Euro Disney attracted a record number of visitors in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, helping narrow its loss to $3.7 million.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
MARNE-LA-VALLEE, France, October 21 Euro-Disney-SCA MARNE-LA-VALLEE, FranceOctober 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Net Profit of EUR 2 Million for the Group in Fiscal Year 2008 - Third Consecutive Year of GROWTh in Revenues - EBITDA(1) Increased 21% to EUR 249 Million - Cash and Cash Equivalents at EUR 374 Million - Records in Attendance of 15.3 Million and Hotel Occupancy of 91% ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
MARNE-LA-VALLEE, France, October 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Net Profit of EUR 2 Million for the Group in Fiscal Year 2008 - Third Consecutive Year of GROWTh in Revenues - EBITDA(1) Increased 21% to EUR 249 Million - Cash and Cash Equivalents at EUR 374 Million - Records in Attendance of 15.3 Million and Hotel Occupancy of 91% Euro Disney S.C.A. (the "Company"), parent company of...
Intoxicating Prose (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... A substantial staff, neat as a new pin in black and white, seemed smilingly to enter into the Euro-Disney atmosphere. The whole place smelt of lilies and new leather.
F1 Minute (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... the biggest spender in F1, having reported a vast $218m spend in 2007, are not quite as they seem. Euro Disney withdraws F1 bid - "The future of Formula One racing in France - the country that gave us Grand Prix - has been dealt a further blow with the news that the group behind the bid to stage a race at Euro Disney has now withdrawn the offer." Essential Reading for November 20th,...
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
The race suffered another setback last week when Euro Disney and the Lagardere Sports group withdrew their joint bid to host the event at the Val d'Europe circuit on the outskirts of Paris.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone doubted on Saturday that the French Grand Prix would return to the calendar before 2011, saying it was important to get the right venue.Euro Disney and Lagardere Sports earlier this week abandoned a project favoured by Ecclestone to bring the race to the outskirts of Paris after deciding it was not economically viable."I've always thought...
Making Good Use (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I've received a couple of really lovely parcels in the past couple of days. First of all I got back from Euro Disney to find I'd won a giveaway from Claire (www.elfieandme.typepad.com). The prize was a pack of her lovely...
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
I was a bit concerned on my way to Euro Disney with some frog historians trying to rewrite the history on Agincourt ( with a suitably pro-French explanation for why they got hammered. Leave it alone froggies - the history's fine the way we (the winners) wrote it ;-) ). But the following link from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle on French military history has restored my sense of balance .... PS Needless...
Business Week (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... TV ads (ESPN, ABC), with tough film comps, vs. bright spots in cable (ESPN, Disney Channel), Euro Disney, licensing. In a sobering near-term outlook, DIS sees further sharp deterioration in park bookings and ABC/ESPN ads, while halting share buybacks. With likely added near-term challenges for film and North America retail stores, we cut our target price by $7 to $25, on sum-of-the-parts...
