NBA Experience at Disney Springs will not reopen, report states

The NBA Experience at Disney Springs will not reopen, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel.

The interactive attraction originally opened in August 2019 and shut down with the rest of the Walt Disney World Resort in March 2020, but never reopened.

In collaboration with the NBA, Walt Disney Imagineering developed NBA Experience as an immersive, interactive venue. The high-energy environment was packed with 13 different basketball-related activities across 44,000 square feet and two floors. The bottom of the building, which was the former space of Disney Quest, houses the City Works restaurant.

According to the Sentinel, Disney Springs workers were alerted via email Monday.

No announcement on what will happen to the space has been announced.

The NBA Experience was opened with much fanfare. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse cheered as confetti rained down toward the end of the ceremonial opening, which featured Basketball Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Grant Hill, along with NBA legend Dwyane Wade, Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez, Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley, Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon, Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem and WNBA legend Swin Cash, now the vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans.