Spotlight: Disney Begins a Quest in Downtown Philadelphia

Walt Disney Co. of Burbank is planning a high-tech entertainment center in downtown Philadelphia, a few blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. DisneyQuest, scheduled to open in the summer of 2000, is intended to attract visitors by recreating the Disney experience with virtual reality and computer animation. It also will serve as the anchor of a $150-million development project that officials hope will jump-start Philadelphia’s tourism and entertainment industries.