The NFL has announced that the Pro Bowl is returning to Orlando for the third year in a row, which is good news for Walt Disney World and ESPN Wide World of Sports as the Pro Bowl Week activities will primarily be held at Disney… Read More »NFL Pro Bowl Returns to Orlando and Walt Disney World Resort in 2019
It’s National Youth Sports Week and facilities around the country are celebrating with big events, but for Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex every week is youth sports week. The facility plays host to over 100 different tournaments and events throughout the… Read More »National Youth Sports Week is every week at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
We often say that ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is effectively a fifth gate for Walt Disney World. Every day it invites amateur athletes to live out a story they may not be able to experience anywhere else. The fact that professional athletes also… Read More »ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex crowns its first esports champions
Disney and ESPN announced the debut date for their direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service ESPN+ and revealed its official logo (above). It will launch on April 12 with a sizable lineup of live sports, original content, and access to much of ESPN’s library of on-demand programming.… Read More »Debut of ESPN+ coming April 12. Here’s what you’ll get for $4.99 per month
Disney’s ESPN division is at a crossroads that the rest of the company is quickly approaching. The company is racing into a future where much of the content consumed is handled via digital streaming services or a la carte as opposed to part of a… Read More »Disney promotes James Pitaro to ESPN President, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks
It’s often said that performing in any Broadway caliber musical can leave a performer as drained as if they just ran a half-marathon. ESPN Sports Science series just put that theory to the test by examining the body activity of Genie, played by Major Attaway,… Read More »Being Genie on Broadway through the eyes of ESPN Sport Science
It’s a big sports week at Walt Disney World, the ESPN Wide World of Sports is playing host to the NFL’s biggest and most talented super stars in the 2018 NFL Pro Bowl week events and interactive fan experiences. This is the second year the… Read More »NFL Pro Bowl descends on ESPN Wide World of Sports this week
As we reported last month, The Walt Disney Company is planning to spin-up it’s own Disney-branded streaming service in 2019. Actually, there will be two separate services, one for ESPN and one for Disney’s movie studio and television products. Disney CEO Bob Iger initially played… Read More »Disney to add Star Wars and Marvel to its streaming service after all