Anaheim is exploring a gondola to link Disneyland, the Anaheim Convention Center and visitor hubs with Angel Stadium and Honda Center. Planning has advanced after city approval of Disney expansion plans and construction of OC Vibe, a nearby dining, entertainment and residential village. The city paid a gondola company $20,000 for a study that proposed features such as towers flared to resemble the Big A landmark. Officials have also contacted Tesla, Waymo and Glydways about driverless shuttles, trams and small autonomous vehicles on dedicated pathways. The gondola company, Swyft Cities, has no commercial gondolas but has discussed a similar option with Irvine.
For more than a decade, the city has explored how to connect its two main visitor hubs along Katella Avenue, with Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center about three miles west of Angel Stadium and Honda Center. The effort has accelerated recently, spurred by city approval of a plan that allows Disney to expand its theme parks and add nearby attractions as well as the construction of OC Vibe, a dining, entertainment and residential village surrounding Honda Center.
On Tuesday, the Anaheim Investigator posted public records regarding the gondola option, including a study the city had paid a gondola company $20,000 to produce. Among the possibilities the company pitched, according to the Investigator: the gondola's towers, which hold the support cables in place, could be flared to resemble the Big A, the landmark that gives the ballpark its beloved nickname.
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