Universal Studios Set to Open a Theme Park Near Beijing

According to Variety, Universal Studios has signed a contract for a new Hollywood-style theme park set to open near Beijing. The park is a joined project between Universal Parks & Resorts and Beijing Shouhuan, a corporation of four state owned companies. The deal for the new park was signed last week in the New York offices of Comcast NBCUniversal by Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast Corp., and Yu Xuezhong, the general manager of Shouhuan.

The park will be located in the Tongzhou disctrict to the East of Beijing. Variety reports that the park is planned to be built in two phases. The first one being a 300 acres area, with the entertainment area and the first ever Universal-branded hotel. The second area of 1000 acres is planned to add a further theme park, a water park and five additional hotels.

Variety refers to the concept art released last year stating that the park appears to be set to feature “attractions including Wizarding World of Harry Potter, including Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, Transformers, Revenge of the Mummy, Jurassic Park, and DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar.”

The park is scheduled to open in 2019.