Disney drew a line in the sand on Wednesday: If Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signs the anti-gay bill presently on his desk, the media giant is leaving his state.
Georgia Tech economics professor Tibor Besedes doesn’t think the mouse is going anywhere. After all, there is “far too much at stake” for the state to call Disney’s bluff, he told TheWrap. It’d be “disastrous” if it did and Disney bounced, Besedes said.
“If I were a betting man, I would bet that the governor is going to veto this,” he predicted during a Wednesday telephone interview.
Here’s what’s at stake: In 2013, the state brought in almost a billion dollars from local Hollywood productions; $938 million, to be precise.