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Euro Disney S.C.A. () is the company that owns and operates Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France. 39.78% of shares are held by The Walt Disney Company, 10% by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and 50.22% by other shareholders. The stock is traded on the Euronext Paris exchange. Disneyland Paris comprises Disneyland Park, Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney Village, and seven on-site Disney Hotels. Val d'Europe is a new residential and shopping development. Another seven hotels/residences have been built not far from the two Disney theme parks on land held under Euro Disney SCA's lease, including properties from companies such as Holiday Inn, Kyriad, MyTravel and Radisson Hotels. The Resort is a result of an agreement signed on 24 March 1987 between The Walt Disney Company and the French Authorities for the development of a new tourist destination, and construction began within a year. Since opening on 12 April 1992, the Resort has created more than 30,000 jobs (both directly and indirectly) in the region to the east of Paris. Today it is the number one tourist destination in Europe with 14.5 million visits recorded for Financial Year 2007 . ==History== Disney Productions indicated in May 1985 that they would build a European Disneyland park with a location expected to be selected by September.〔Maclean's, (July 8, 1985 ), Volume 98. Page 42.〕 A letter of intent is signed on December 15, 1985 by CEO Eisner and French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius in regards to building the theme park at Marne-la-Vallée, France on 4400 acres.〔Time, (December 30, 1985 ), Volume 126. Page 64.〕 The theme park plans were approved by the Île-de-France regional council on July 11, 1986.〔The New York Times,(July 12, 1986 ). Page 34.〕 The Walt Disney Company appointed Robert J. Fitzpatrick as Euro Disneyland president on March 12, 1987.〔The New York Times, March 13, 1987. Page D4.〕 followed on March 24 by a full Euro Disney agreement with the French government is signed.〔The New York Times, (March 25, 1987 ). Page D3.〕 Construction on Euro Disney Resort begins in August 1988.〔Disney Magazine, Fall 1997. Page 72.〕 Euro Disney SCA licensed in February 1989 The Walt Disney Company's intellectual property for the French theme park.〔(Disneyland Paris - In Brief ), by ?, 1994.〕 Euro Disney went public by trading on the Paris Stock Exchange on October 8 at US$14 a share with 42.9 million shares sold.〔The Keys to the Kingdom, by Kim Masters, 2001. Page 281.〕 The Disney Company issued US$2.25 billion in convertible bonds through Merrill Lynch to fund building Euro Disneyland in 1990.〔Forbes, ( October 1, 1990 ), Volume 146. Page 208.〕 with an additional US$770 million in bonds offered by Euro Disney in October.〔(The Keys to the Kingdom ), by Kim Masters, 2001. Page 281.〕 The second international Disney theme park, Euro Disneyland, opens as part of Euro Disney Resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France on April 12, 1992 with five theme lands: Adventureland, Discoveryland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, and Main Street plus Festival Disney resort area.〔The New York Times, (April 13, 1992 ). Page A1.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Euro Disney S.C.A.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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