Universal Studios to Build an Amusement Park in Beijing
Universal Studios has signed a contract with a Chinese government consortium to jointly build an amusement park in Beijing. This is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The ceremony took place at the New York headquarters of Comcast NBCUniversal, which operates Universal Studios Hollywood. The project cost is estimated at $ 8 billion, part of this amount will be spent on the construction of a special metro line. The park will occupy an area of 120 hectares in the east of the Chinese capital. It will be able to receive its first visitors in 2019. This will be Universal's third such park in Asia, with the other two located in Singapore and Osaka. In addition to the traditional theme zones and attractions, it will house the first own hotels of the movie studio. It is noteworthy that for the first time Universal's plans were announced back in early 2014, however, at that time, investments in the project were estimated at a much lower amount - two billion dollars. Recall that 2015 was a very successful year for the movie studio. Two of her movies - "Jurassic World" and "Fast and Furious 7" became the leaders in the world box office, earning more than $ 1.5 billion. Also more than a billion dollars was collected by the animated movie "Minions", The Topic of Article: Universal Studios to Build an Amusement Park in Beijing. |
