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| Location | Anaheim, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 33°48′33″N117°55′26″W / 33.809052°N 117.924027°W /33.809052; -117.924027 |
| Opening date | January 12, 2001; 24 years ago (January 12, 2001) |
| Management | Disneyland Resort |
| Owner | Disney Experiences (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Architect | Elkus Manfredi Architects |
| Website | disneyland |
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Downtown Disney (officially theDowntown Disney District) is alifestyle center located at theDisneyland Resort inAnaheim, California, United States. It opened on January 12, 2001;[1] a component of the Disneyland Resort expansion project alongside theDisney California Adventure theme park andDisney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Downtown Disney connects the two Disneyland Resort theme parks with its three resort hotels, running from the western side of the property's Esplanade to theDisneyland Hotel. West Street, which bordered Disneyland's western side, was rechristened Disneyland Drive and lowered to accommodate a pedestrian bridge that connects much of Downtown Disney to the Disneyland Hotel and Pixar Place Hotel.[2] ADisneyland Monorail System station sits adjacent to the pedestrian bridge.[3]
The area has featured several shops and restaurants, ranging from popular retail brands to many Disney-operated shops including aWorld of Disney store running beneath much of the Grand Californian Hotel.[4]
Downtown Disney has featured as many as 30 shops, but there have been changes due to announcements in late 2017.[5] In July 2019, parking for Downtown Disney was relocated to south of Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel (known today as Pixar Place Hotel[6]) at the Simba parking lot.[7] In addition, a pedestrian bridge linking the Pixar Pals and Mickey and Friends parking structures to the shopping district was opened on September 13, 2019.[4][8]
In 2017, plans were announced for a fourth resort hotel at the property. Situated in front of the Disneyland Hotel, the new hotel would displace much of the westernmost portion of Downtown Disney and would have featured 700 rooms.[9] The cost of construction for the hotel would have been offset by up to $267 million in tax rebates over 20 years, allowing the resort to keep a percentage of the transient occupancy tax levied on Anaheim hotels.[10]
In Summer of 2018, several large Downtown Disney tenants closed in preparation for the new hotel's construction – anAMC Theatres cinema,Rainforest Cafe andESPN Zone restaurants, and smaller tenants includingEarl of Sandwich and aStarbucks location.[11]
Weeks after the closures took place, growing tensions between Disney and the City of Anaheim over the subsidy and the hotel's location led to the project being put on hold.[12] Days after the announcement that the project was postponed, Disneyland requested that the tax subsidies be rescinded. TheAnaheim City Council voted to rescind the tax subsidies days later.[13]
After weeks of inactivity at the hotel's proposed site, Disney announced in October 2018 that the fourth hotel project had been canceled.[14] In October 2018,Earl of Sandwich andStarbucks reopened. After several years of vacancy, Disney announced that the former Rainforest Café location would becomeStar Wars Trading Post, a retail location sellingStar Wars: Galaxy's Edge merchandise, which opened on February 19, 2021. The former ESPN Zone building remained vacant.[15]
On March 14, 2020, the Disneyland Resort, including Downtown Disney, temporarily closed in response to theCOVID-19 pandemic in which a Stay-at-home order issued byCalifornia GovernorGavin Newsom shortly thereafter.[16] Downtown Disney remained closed until July 9, 2020. The district reopened with enhanced safety measures, including mandatory face masks, reduced capacity and temperature screening upon arrival. These measures were lifted on June 15, 2021, following California's reopening.[17]From November 19, 2020, to March 14, 2021, the resort expanded the district temporarily intoBuena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure.[18][19]
In November 2021, Disney announced a reimagining of the West Side of Downtown Disney with new shopping, dining, and entertainment experiences. Construction began with the demolishing of AMC Theatres, Starbucks, and Earl of Sandwich beginning in January 2022. On April 27, 2022,Din Tai Fung was announced to be the anchor for the expansion. The announcement also came with a reimagining of UVA Bar and Catal into separate restaurants named Centrico and Paseo, as well as amid-century modern design for the district's new west end.[20][21][22] In addition, a Porto's Bakery location has been announced for Downtown Disney.[23]
In April 2025, it was announced thatLululemon will be added to a section of the former ESPN Zone building.[24]
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