>> WITH CLICK ORLANDO DOT COM.
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 11. GETTING
>>
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Company.
>> MATT: FIRST AT 11, NEW
FALLOUT FROM THE PANDEMIC.
A MAJOR CENTRAL FLORIDA TEAM
PARK ANNOUNCING PERMANENT
LAYOFFS TONIGHT.
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 11 I’M MATT
AUSTIN
>> LISA: AND I’M LISA BELL.
SEAWORLD WILL LAYOFF SOME
FURLOUGHED WORKERS TONIGHT.
HOW MANY WORKERS ARE LOSING
THEIR JOB
>>ERIC:  ACTUALLY SEAWORLD IS
NOT SAYING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS
LISA.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO
SPECIALIZES IN THEME PARK
MANAGEMENT.
HE SAYS ATTENDANCE IS DOWN, AND
NOT AS MUCH PEOPLE ARE COMING
HERE, SEAWORLD CAN’T AFFORD TO
PAY THE WORKERS.
SEAWORLD’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT
WILL BE TERMINATING SOME OF ITS
FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES CAME WITH
THE DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION AT THE END OFF
BUSINESS DAY ON FRIDAY.
SEAWORLD COMMITTED TO A PLAN OF
TERMINATION, PRIMARILY IMPACTING
SOME OF THE COMPANY’S CURRENTLY
FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES.
IT DIDN’T SAY HOW MANY WORKERS
WOULD BE AFFECTED.
>> WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT
UNFORTUNATELY
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORKERS ARE
THE ONES TO FEEL IT.
>> DR. DIXON IS A FORMER
PROFESSOR OF THEME PARK
MANAGEMENT AT UCF HE SAYS JUST
LIKE THE OTHER ORLANDO-AREA
THEME PARKS, SEAWORLD TOOK A BIG
HIT FROM THE CORONA VIRUS SHUT
DOWNS.
ACCORDING TO THE SECOND QUARTER,
SEAWORLD SAYS THEY LOST, 131
MILLION COMPARED TO THE SAME
TIME LAST YEAR.
AND ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> AND THERE WAS NO ATTENDANCE
AND NO NEED NO WORKERS.
AND I MEAN, IT’S A SAD STATE OF
REPAIRS.
>> AND NEWS 6 REACHED OUT TO
SEAWORLD AND THEY TOLD US WE ARE
SORRY THAT WE HAVE TO PARTWAY
WITH ANY TEAM MEMBERS IN THIS
DIFFICULT MOMENT.
BUT THEIR ABIDING COMMITMENT TO
OUR GUESTS AND FELLOW
AMBASSADORS AND ANIMALS IS
RECOGNIZED AND MADE A LASTING
IMPACT.
DIXON FEARS SEAWORLD WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED.
>> I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO
SEE UNIVERSAL AND DISNEY DOING
SOMETHING ALEFT HANDING THOSE
LINES UNLESS WE CAN GET A
VACCINE AND GET BACK TO
TRAVELING.
>> AND NOW, THERE IS A LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL, POSSIBLY.
SEAWORLD SAYS THAT 2021
RESERVATIONS FOR DISCOVERY COVE
ARE UP MORE THAN 175 PERCENT.
THAT IS GIVING A GLIMMER OF HOPE
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING TO
THINK ABOUT POSSIBLY VENTUREING
OUT FOR VACATION AND POSSIBLY
PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
