ESPN Club removal begins at Disney's BoardWalk

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ESPN Club demolition - July 14 2022

Posted: Thursday July 14, 2022 10:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Demolition crews have moved into the ESPN Club on Disney's BoardWalk to remove the theming elements from the former ESPN building.

ESPN Club demolition - July 14 2022

Crews are using high-reach lifts and saws to cut through the steel supports of the large decorative pieces.

ESPN Club demolition - July 14 2022

The BoardWalk remains open to guests during the work.

ESPN Club demolition - July 14 2022

Disney has announced that a new table service restaurant and bakery, The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, will be taking over the space. Learn more about the BoardWalk updates.

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers

ESPN Club opened at Walt Disney World in July 1996 and offered classic American pub cuisine, sports entertainment and shopping, along with live tv coverage of sporting events. The club closed along with the rest of Walt Disney World during the pandemic and did not reopen.

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gerarar10 hours ago

Tha Realest11 hours ago

Even aside from the ridiculous prices, there are some infrastructural and transportational issues in terms of getting to this place. It’s a pain to get to a Boardwalk /Beach Club restaurant when you have a reservation. As far as prices go, even much more modestly priced TSRs are hurting now, in and out of the parks. I’m taking the under for the SWGS time frame.

JoeCamel12 hours ago

Bring back the all nighters!

Epcot81Fan13 hours ago

In CA, both Knott’s and Magic Mountain no longer accept cash.

aladdin200714 hours ago

and at sea world you have to pay for a shopping bag, and they don't accept cash which is just wrong on so many levels when every other business/themepark/entertainment venue does.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

Point a webcam at a cabbage and see which lasts longer. {Points to those in the states who get this reference.}

TrainsOfDisney1 day ago

It used to be…. Kungaloosh! In general it kinda seems like people forget or weren’t around a couple decades ago - WDW was a much different place.

JoeCamel1 day ago

Yeah, sooner...

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

I think this place could **maybe** have survived at Disney Springs, with the menu items at a lower price point. But yeah, at the Boardwalk? It’s doomed. They could slash prices and it wouldn’t matter at this point.

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

I’m setting the over/under on this place closing permanently at the amount of time the Galactic Failcruiser stayed open, and gun to my head I’d probably take the under.

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

JoeCamel1 day ago

With or without the surcharge??? ;)

JoeCamel1 day ago

Its not the number of guests but what the guests in that number will spend - Saint Bob........

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

Disney is guilty of a lot of price-gouging, but they’re not even the most expensive theme park for certain types of food. In my experience a burger and fries at Sea World is going to cost more than one at Cosmic Rays.