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Universal has opened a caller taxable parkland to rival Disney World successful Florida.
NBCUniversal proprietor Comcast, which besides owns Sky News, is rewriting the Orlando question itinerary with its $7bn Epic Universe.
The 750-acre parkland features 5 worlds themed astir movie and crippled franchises NBCUniversal owns oregon licenses.
These see Super Nintendo World, implicit with a Mario Kart ride, and the immersive Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic.
How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk, Celestial Park and Dark Universe implicit the park.
The task is the archetypal large taxable parkland to unfastened successful the US successful much than 20 years and marks Comcast's largest concern successful Universal attractions since it gained power of the concern successful 2011.
Comcast president Mike Cavanagh said: "This is the 1 portion of the media ecosystem that is not susceptible to screen-shifting. It's inactive beloved arsenic a happening to bash with friends and family.
"It would beryllium silly not to beryllium stepping connected the gas."
Epic Universe could pull 9.5 cardinal visitors and bring successful much than $1.3bn successful gross successful 2026, expert Craig Moffett has predicted.
Another caller Universal taxable parkland is besides successful the pipeline, with the institution acceptable to open its archetypal European resort successful 2031.
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The parkland volition beryllium successful Bedfordshire and is expected to go the UK's astir fashionable visitant attraction.
The UK authorities has said it volition bring successful an estimated £50bn to the British system and make astir 28,000 jobs.
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