Feld Entertainment Who Oversees ‘Disney On Ice’ Lays Off 90% of Staff

Just yesterday, we here at MickeyBlog shared the news with you that Cirque du Soleil had laid off most of its staff due to the Coronavirus outbreak, today we have a similar story. 

According to a recent report on Fox13, Feld Entertainment, who you’ll know as the company behind the Disney on Ice Productions has let 90% of their staff go as well. People showed up to work on Friday to receive severance letters. 

According to the report, the majority of those laid off were entertainers. It is estimated that somewhere between 900 – 1,200 employees were let go. 

The announcement comes during a time when major events have been cancelled in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The company wrote on its website that “Feld Entertainment is making adjustments to its tour schedules.”

The company confirmed news of the layoffs in a statement to FOX 13:

“Over the past few weeks the world has been racing to contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak,” said Stephen C. Yaros, Senior Vice President of Global Communications. “This has resulted in unprecedented and widespread government-mandated closures of public gatherings that has forced us to shut down all Feld Entertainment tours. Although we hope to resume operations soon, there is no assurance of when that will happen. Therefore, we had to make difficult decisions to reduce the size of our workforce through companywide layoffs.”

Feld Entertainment oversees shows such as DisneyLive!, Disney on Ice and Marvel Universe Live!. 

The company is based out of Palmetto, Florida.