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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood, CA (Abbreviation: USH)
NBC Universal / Comcast
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(10/8/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood Details Upcoming Christmas Season Festivities
(9/19/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood Lights Up The Hollywood Hills Sign for Hollywood Drift
(9/17/2026) So What's Next For Universal Studios Hollywood?
(9/8/2026) Fast & Furious Sound Barrier Update
(9/1/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood Sets Official Opening Date for Hollywood Drift Coaster
(8/29/2026) Guests Leave Flowers For Peter Cullen In Universal's Transformers Attraction
Ride Rehabs - These dates are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as refurbishments are subject to change.
Jurassic Park - NOW CLOSED through Nov. 20
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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem - THE GRAND OPENING
 General Park News - (10/8/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood will kick Grinchmas and the ret of the park’s holiday season festivities starting on Nov. 21st and running through to Jan. 3, 2027.
Grinchmas will see the plaza transformed to celebrate the Grinchmas Who-bilation, complete with a 65 foot tall Grinchmas tree. Guests can meet The Grinch, Max and various who Whos from Who-ville, enjoy a tree lighting ceremony at night and more.
Illumination’s Merry Minions - For the first time, “Illumination’s Merry Minions” arrive to Illumination’s Minion Land along with twinkling decorations and delightful décor. Look for special meet & greets, seasonal treats at the Minion Cafe, and exclusive holiday Minion merchandise.
Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Enjoy the Christmas season in Hogsmeade village, decorated with holiday lights, magical garland and more. The Frog Choir will be out performing a special holiday music set and of course you can enjoy the seasonal return of Hot Butterbeer which is to die for, and at night, enjoy The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle, a nightitme projection show on the castle itself.
Super Nintendo World joins in the fun of the holiday season with new decor added across the video game world landscape, including snowman versions of Mario & Luigi standing in front of a holiday tree.
Don’t forget to check out the extra decor and special items set up in CityWalk outside of the park as well, including a 40 feet Christmas tree lit with over 200,000 LED lights, plus live music and DJ sets on select nights at the 5 Towers stage.
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(10/3/2026) Jurassic World at Universal Studios Hollywood has now closed for a refurbishment and will be closed through to Nov. 20th, 2026 if all goes as planned.
(9/19/2026) This is pretty cool actually… the world famous “HOLLYWOOD” sign on the hill has now been enhanced (temporarily) by projection mapping to promote the new Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood. The effect is pretty cool, and while it obviously doesn’t need to stay Fast & Furious themed, I do like the look of brining the sign to life and wouldn’t be opposed to it staying that way in some form from now on.
(8/29/2026) What a week it has been, following the loss of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, we also lost Peter Cullen. While his face was one you may not have recognized at first, he had only to open his mouth to speak and you would have known his voice immediately. While he had innumerable voice acting credits in a career that started back in the 1960s, the character he was most known for bringing to life was Optimus Prime, the leader of the heroes of the Transformers cartoon and live action films since 1984 up to the live action films of today.
I’m not sure if this was happening at the other parks, but apparently Universal Studios Hollywood was allowing some guests to leave flowers in the queue near the entrance to the Transformers: The Ride attraction for Peter Cullen. Currently there are four versions of the attraction around the world, at the parks in Hollywood, Orlando, Singapore and Beijing.
(8/9/2026) This is a bit crazy… and off-putting… but the local news reports that a guest who had visited Universal Studios Hollywood on July 26th has now been confirmed as having diagnosed with a case of the Measles, and thus would have exposed anyone else in the park that day. According to the report, Measles can be spread through the air you breathe, and can remain in the air as well as on surfaces they may have touched for up to 2 hours.
Symptoms include fever, cough, runny house, red eyes or a rash that may start on the face and spread downwards… and if you believe you or someone you know visited the park that day and are suffering from any symptoms, you would want to see a doctor ASAP for a check-up, especially if you know if you may have not been vaccinated in your lifetime. For the most part, measles has been a fairly uncommon disease because of a fairly widespread vaccination program over the decades that has mostly wiped it out, though they say that in 2026 thus far we have seen the highest number of confirmed cases reported in the US since 1991, with over 93% of those infected confirming as having an unvaccinated or unknown status age 19 or younger. This is a bit shocking as school districts in all 50 states require a confirmed MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) to be given before they are allowed to enter the public school system starting at Kindergarten, though there are a few exemptions allotments here and there. There are those who skip these requirements by being home-schooled as well… but most major colleges and universities also re-check this by requiring proof of two MMR vaccine doses as having been given before enrollment.
So be safe out there…
(6/24/2026) If you're planning a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood soon, expect a completely different arrival experience. The park has officially finished a massive refurbishment of its main entrance, effectively moving the security checkpoint all the way to the outer edge of the property. As a result, the entire CityWalk shopping and dining district is now located within the security perimeter, which is essentially exactly how things have been run at Universal Orlando for many years now, by placing the security checkpoint between the parking structures and Citywalk. Much like how it works in Orlando, this gives the theme park guests the freedom to pass between the park and Citywalk and back again without having to endure extra security screenings. Depending on where you park or how you arrive at Universal Hollywood, you’ll have to pass through one of three main security checkpoints: located in the middle of Citywalk for those taking shuttles or parking in the surface lot or Jurassic structure, along the eastern edge of Citywalk for those who parked in the Curious George structure, and for those in the King Kong or Frankenstein structure you’ll use of the old security checkpoint by the rotating Universal globe outside of the park entrance and western entrance to CityWalk.
Halloween Horror Nights 2026 - (8/12/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has revealed the rest of the Halloween Horror Nights lineup. The fun will include an Art the Clown themed version of Terror Tram, a new Latin America myths and legend creation called “KILLceanera: Music by SLASH” which will feature the nightmare of a quinceanera gone very wrong. The character “Nikki” from the film Obsession will also be at Halloween Horror Nights this year… if you can find her… or more than likely she might find you. Nikki isn’t in any one particular haunted house or scare zone, but instead it seems she’ll be a free roaming scareactor that you might just encounter just about anywhere.
(8/4/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has confirmed that the Killer Klowns from Outer Space will arrive this year as a new haunted house for HHN. The Hollywood event typically offers 8 haunted houses plus the Terror Tram, so Killer Klowns makes for #7 confirmed haunts this season, all of them IP based except for Dead, Deader, Deadest. The other IP haunts are Sinners, Stranger Things, Hellraiser, Evil Dead Burn and Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness.
(8/1/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has confirmed that The Purge: Dangerous Waters action show will return for Halloween Horror Nights inside the park’s WaterWorld show arena.
(7/30/2026) Halloween Horror Nights has finally confirmed that there will be an Ozzy house at this year’s event! Ozzy Osbourne: Price of Darkness is coming, and it is about time! Look for it at Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando and Hollywood!
(7/26/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has confirmed their own home-brew haunted house for HHN this year as “Dead, Deader, Deadest” where the dark secrets of a family funeral home will rise from their graves.
(7/23/2026) Fortnite is coming to Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando and Hollywood this year, in the form of Fortnitemares, a live action scare zone version of the video game’s signature Halloween event.
“Now, Halloween Horror Nights’ fans will have the chance to “drop in” to the world of Fortnitemares, with an all-new scare zone, featuring ever-evolving and high-stakes environments. Guests will enter Freaky Fields, a Halloween-inspired living battleground overcome with a threatening force. Throughout the scare zone, fans will encounter the Battle Bus along with familiar Fortnitemares characters – plus a few new additions exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights – as they work to escape and claim victory.”
(7/22/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has confirmed that EVIL DEAD BURN will be the theme of their next haunted house as the Evil Dead universe continues to drop sequels.
(6/30/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood has announced that their next Haunted House will be themed to Hellraiser, featuring Pinhead and his fellow Cenobites as seen in the original Hellraiser trilogy of films.
(6/17/2026) It’s official, Universal has confirmed that Netflix's Stranger Things is returning to Halloween Horror Nights this year as an all-new haunted house entirely themed around the series’ fifth and final season. Guests will be transported straight to Hawkins where the barrier to the Upside Down is collapsing, where you’ll visit the Wheeler House, Hawkins National Laboratory, the Abyss, the MAC-Z military base, and face off against Demogorgons and Vecna himself.
This year’s Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood will take place on select nights from September 3rd through to November 1st, 2026.
(5/21/2026) Universal has now confirmed that SINNERS is coming to this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 35 event in Orlando and to Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood as the Smokestack Twins defend Club Juke from vampires!
 2026 - Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift - (9/8/2026) The installation of the new sound barriers on Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift continue to grow, according to a new photo sent in by a reader over the weekend.
(9/1/2026) At long last Universal Studios Hollywood has released an official opening date for the Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.roller coaster. According to the park the official opening day will be on Sept. 16, 2026.
(8/22/2026) A number of new sound barriers are under construction all around the new Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood, which you can see int he pictures below and sent in by our ride reviewer, Rob.
(8/19/2026) One of our readers who occasionally covers happenings on the West coaster for Screamscape was able to take their first spin on the new Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood the other day and sent in an excellent review of the experience that is worth checking out below. So without further ado… take it away Rob.
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Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift has been in a technical rehearsal period for a few weeks, and Screamscape has managed to hitch a ride aboard a certain Dodge Charger to obtain a first hand account of what is perhaps the most anticipated new roller coaster of 2026.
As an unabashed fan of most things that run on wheels, this is a cut and dry case of worlds colliding for this reviewer. Not since the debut of Italian Job: Stunt Track has the merging of the automotive and roller coaster realms posed such thrilling potential.
The combination load and maintenance station looks the part, just like a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, albeit in much better condition than in reality.
Riders enter through a scaled down 1940s era highway underpass and wind through a maze of traditional queues in a fairly large, open space. After passing down a long hallway, directly underneath the load area, riders are directed to empty out their pockets and lock belongings in free lockers, accessed by swiping a paper card with a barcode, Simple and efficient enough. At this point, after passing through metal detectors, your intrepid rider was flagged for having a handkerchief poking out of his shirt pocket.
Back to the locker we go.
We're uncertain if the thoroughness of this security screening will be a permanent fixture. It's certainly understandable to require hard items such as phones, cameras, keys and the such secured before riding, however requiring tissue, wallets and other easily secured items to be locked up may seem a bit much to the average visitor. Of course, with the recent expansion of CityWalk Hollywood's security perimeter, we are in the age of constant monitoring and security protocols. It doesn't look like this is going away anytime soon.
We encountered a similar policy for Orlando's Incredible Hulk during a visit, so there is certainly precedent. Here's hoping that the policy will be loosened a bit, just restricted to heavier items.
Scattered throughout the queue are a mixture of authentic and replica vehicles referencing those from the past films. There are a few monitors laying out safety spiels and factoids, but they really weren't audible even over the relatively thin crowd of the preview session.
The load station is at the top of a pair of staircases. Riders are assigned seats immediately at the top of the stairs, allowing no time for jitters to develop as riders would typically be able to catch multiple trains loading up and heading out of the station during their wait.
Our ride rolls up.
The seating is amongst the most comfortable of any coaster train, with a single snug padded lapbar nestling comfortably on riders' laps. Leg and arm room is expansive.
The car is idling during seating. Loud and rumbly. Perhaps the most impressive attention to detail is the sound signatures attached to each vehicle. There are four different cars represented on each train, and they all have distinctive exhaust notes and shift patterns blasting from speakers imbedded in the headrests of each seat. Dom's Dodge Charger, with its fire-breathing American V8, is the most intimidating. Even at idle it threatens to bark out at any time. Han's rotary-powered Mazda elicits a refined, yet snarky note that matches the understated presence of its owner. The Toyota Supra and Nissan Skyline GT-R, each with turbocharged inline sixes, round out the personalities of this ride. Little details like these maximize the experience.
Trains exit out of the station slowly, are immediately confronted with an expansive view of the San Fernando Valley in all its glory, and then begin to tumble down three successive drops, each larger than the previous. The third drop induces a pleasant rush of adrenaline with some airtime, even in the front car. The cars "drift" slightly off axis during this sequence.
A broad rising curve follows, in which some of the cars rotate fully before returning to face forward by the completion of a corkscrew, followed by a brake run. Cars briefly face each other while fully inverted, making for some friendly or awkward connections, depending on one's outlook. All this takes approximately 20 seconds, yet is so jam packed with sensory input, it feels like an entire minute.
And we're only about a third of the way through the course at this point.
After cruising through the brake run, all the cars initiate a snap 180° rotation and are sent backwards through a double dip followed by an Immelmann element. As the train approaches the apex of the Immelmann, cars rotate back around to face forward, affording a brief view facing straight down to the track below. It's is smooth, unexpected, and brilliant.
Cars accelerate straight out of the Immelmann at full throttle, engines screaming, and careen back up the hillside and straight into a broad stall inversion in which most of the cars also "drift" their own ways. Again, totally disorienting, and somehow without being nausea-inducing.
The stall leads into a station flyby and into the ride's signature element, made prominent by its position hanging over the infamous Starway, a series of four outdoor escalators leading down to the lower level of the park. It's another variation of an Immelmann, with the cars briefly rotated 90° perpendicular to the track path, affording a brief view of the park and then oriented straight down again before heading underneath the escalator and into a quick corkscrew before hitting the brakes for good.
Fast and Furious Hollywood Drift has great pacing, unique maneuvers, and visceral onboard audio. Every corner feels blind and there's not an inch of boring asphalt on this ride. Kudos to the designers. A masterful and very efficient use of the limited space available.
What it could use are a few more thematic elements.
The balance of the coaster, however, is a disappointingly unthemed, tangled mess of track and structural elements that could use some minimal set dressing to add drama and placemaking.
There were certainly many challenges for this project, including integrating sound barriers, building on a hillside around existing infrastructure, and pleasing accountants. However, other than the load station and a few plantings, which look great, there is little in the name of placemaking or storytelling. This coaster doesn't really need these additional elements to pack riders in the queue, but in this era of theme park competition, why would you pass up an opportunity to go the extra mile? A little cover up here and there couldn't hurt.
Other than that, we're looking forward to getting the keys and taking this one for another spin.
(8/12/2026) Universal Studios Hollywood is apparently going to add additional sound barrier walls along the track of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift. Nearby residents in the Toluca Lake neighborhood have complained about the loud screaming from riders during recent testing and soft openings. Universal hopes the added soundproofing will dampen noise levels before the high-speed coaster “officially opens” later this year. Yes… they still have not settled on an official opening date, even while the ride has been actively testing with riders for some time.
No word on how frequently the ride will continue to be soft open while this work progresses, but Universal did confirm that the technical rehearsals for the ride will continue. Meanwhile they will soon begin work on adding two new sound barriers which they expect to be in place sometime in early September that should provide some relief to nearby residents from the screaming from the roller coaster. Meanwhile, Halloween Horror Nights will also begin around the same time, so some form of screaming from the park will obviously continue into the fall months.
(7/31/2026) While Universal Studios Hollywood quietly soft-opened the new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster to park guests this past week, the park has also confirmed that they are still seeking input from nearby residents who were complaining about the added noise from the screaming riders heard during testing.
The funny thing is that Universal took all this into their design plans before construction even began. Long time readers will recall that when the coaster had not been announced yet, Universal set up speakers on poles at various locations on the site where the coaster was going to be built and would play the audio sounds of screaming roller coaster riders, as they were already conducting studies on how the sounds would carry across the canyon towards the residential areas. From these studies the park added huge sound deflecting barriers into the track design at key points, as well as filling the track with gravel designed to dampen any extra vibrational noise from the coaster itself.
While the coaster has been testing on the track since 2025 without any major issues that made the news, the complaints launched into a fever pitch once test riders were allowed to climb aboard the roller coaster as a final step of testing and breaking it in before holding a grand opening. So now the nearby residents say the noise is too much to handle, with one resident claiming that “it sounds like bloody murder over there” and compared it to living next to the horror film.
To which I have to say that Universal Studios has been in existence as a functioning movie studio since March 15, 1915. Open, functional and continuously active for 111 years now… long before anyone had ever dreamed of building homes on the hillside next to the studio backlot… so I’m pretty sure the residents have already been witness to the sounds of countless horror movies that were shot on the backlot, the explosions from World War battle scenes being shot, the echoing roar of the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, the cackle of The Grinch, screams from guests being attacked by Jaws all day long on the backlot tram, a literal War of the Worlds battlefield and plane crash site… daily battle sounds from the WaterWorld show and so much more over the decades since those homes were built with a view right into the heart of Hollywood production itself. So… really… how surprised can they be by the occasional scream from a roller coaster rider at this point?
The only difference between this and the complaints from those who bought homes next to airports is the value of the property by Universal Studios is much higher and the residents are the type to feel “entitled” to complain about any minor thing that affects their life, one way or the other. I mean… I get it… if and only IF the noise is really over the top, but I’ve got a feeling the noise from the backlot at night during Halloween Horror Nights is far louder than what they are hearing now. But HHN has been taking place in the 1990s and Hollywood Drift is new, so they feel they need to complain about it I guess. I’m honestly not sure what the end-game here is either… as the coaster isn’t going to go away… neither is the studio itself. Universal could potentially build huge sound-blocking barrier walls on the property line between the backlot and the homes, not unlike some walls they built around the back of Islands of Adventure in Orlando, but somehow I don’t think the residents want to have their hillside views blocked by giant green walls either. So I have to ask… what is a reasonable solution for everyone?
Universal says they are open to making some future adjustments to the ride in order to try and help with any noise issues as they are documented during testing, but what kind of adjustments can be made to silence riders? They surely aren’t going to put gags on everyone.
(7/30/2026) Universal surprised everyone this week when they quietly soft opened Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift to the park. Check out some of the amazing POV videos below that were shot on the first day.
 2028 - Future Attraction Concepts - (9/17/2026) At long last Universal Studios Hollywood has officially opened the Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster. As long-time readers will recall, Screamscape first leaked the rumored project (along with some early concept artwork) four years ago… way back in 2022. So obviously fans of Universal Studios Hollywood have done nothing but obsess over the Hollywood Drift project for the past 1460 days.
Based on past projects, this has been a particularly long period of focus for Universal Studios Hollywood, where virtually no one has been trying to figure out “What’s Next?!” for Universal’s Hollywood studio theme park. With the 2028 Olympic Games coming to Los Angeles in about 665 days, one does have to wonder if Universal has anything else up their sleeve right now that they are going to break-out in time for the crowd surge in 2028?
Right now, I’d say there are two places in the park that those who are seeking the truth to this riddle should be keeping an eye on right now. The Simpsons attraction opened in 2008 and the general belief is that the contract for Universal to keep using the IP will come to an end either in late 2027 or sometime in 2028. The question is, will Universal try to install something into the attraction structure quickly that can repurpose the existing projection screens and simulator hardware once again, as The Simpsons replaced fan-favorite Back To The Future: The Ride so long ago. Ironically, there is a bit of a fan movement out there wanting Universal to try and bring the time traveling adventures back to the park for an encore… or possibly even a new sequel of new adventures across the time-stream. I could get behind that concept for sure… as it would be a sure hit over the risk of trying to use an untested IP for a new attraction.
The other place fans should keep an eye on is the former Fast & Furious: Supercharged attraction site, which has been a staple of the park’s backlot tour in one form or another for decades. The site was first home to the Avalanche Tunnel effect that ran from 1976 to 2013 in three different forms: the original Avalanche tunnel that ran from 1976 until sometime in the late 1990’s, followed by a Dante’s Peak upgrade that turned the ice tunnel into a lava tunnel from the late 90’s until 2001, then it was given a bit of a desert supernatural upgrade and turned into Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb from 2001 to 2013. Following this the attraction was demolished to make way for a complete rebuild as Fast & Furious: Supercharged. Currently the old attraction building has had a metal fence put around the entrance and the trams just quickly drive-around and past it, but obviously a large building created with motion platforms able to bounce a tram, projection screens and more is exactly the kind of thing Universal would technically be able to makeover into something new fairly quickly if they had something in the works.
So it’s a bit of a mix here… as both could technically get turned around fairly quickly if they opened to reuse the existing hardware again. This value-savings of that do add up quickly, as whatever they choose to do with Simpsons in Hollywood, they would be able to do in Orlando as well. Of course the same could be said for Orlando, that also closed their version of Supercharged, but if the rumors are true, the clock is ticking on The Simpsons, so they may have to do something sooner than later with that one and address it first unless they are going to opt to retire and demolish the buildings completely for something entirely new.
It’s an interesting time, as the future of the Hollywood and original Orlando park are potentially in sync right now for new developments… especially with Orlando set to open their version of the Hollywood Drift coaster next year.
The Ongoing Evolution of Citywalk -
(4/27/2025) There has been some activity inside Citywalk outside Universal Studios Hollywood. I’m told that the former Dongpo Kitchen restaurant across the pathway from the theater, now has signage up confirming that a Raising Cane’s chicken restaurant will soon be arriving at the location.
(4/13/2025) An article posted by SFGate this week looks over a lot of the big changes that have been taking place at CityWalk outside Universal Studios Hollywood. In short, we’ve been seeing a lot of closures lately, with some claiming that their leases simply were not up for renew by Universal, preventing them from staying, even if they wanted to.
So what’s going on at CityWalk? The answer may be more apparent if you look at all the changes that have taken place at CityWalk in Orlando over the past decade. The original slate of venues in Orlando’s CityWalk has changed quite a bit, with Universal themselves taking over a large number of sites that were previously leased out to other retailers. Instead we’ve seen Universal take more charge to bring a new vision to that CityWalk, adding more restaurants of every size and shape, as well as bringing in more of their own Universal branded retail experiences, along with a unique Universal branded Escape Room attraction and two Mini-Golf courses.
The changes have been very successful for the Orlando CityWalk, but that location also caters as evening destination for the many on-site Universal hotel guests as well all guests departing the theme parks at night. Hollywood has no on-site hotel, and there is only the one park to cater to. Unfortunately, a huge road-block that prevents the locals from enjoying the CityWalk location out west comes in the form of a huge parking fee. If only they would take a lesson from Orlando’s CityWalk and offer free parking after 6pm in order to allow the local market to come in and enjoy the venue but for unknown reasons, they just haven’t gone that route yet.
There are plans in the works to finally build a Universal branded resort hotel that would be attached to CityWalk that can only help things, but in the meantime, I’d keep an eye on just what is coming and going, as I do think there is some kind of vision in place that will slowly transform and update Hollywood’s CityWalk for the future.
???? - Resort Hotel - (11/30/2024) Apparently Universal Studios Hollywood is FINALLY developing plans to build their very own resort hotel just outside the entrance of the theme park, taking over a small flat parking lot area that was used for premium parking, handicapped permit parking and I believe valet parking along with some longer slots possibly used by tourist busses, along with the site previously used by the Saddle Ranch Chop House before it closed in 2018. I guess this explains why the Hilton Universal City suddenly relaunched their own expansion plans once again that would add an new 18-story tower, after letting them fall into limbo for much of the past decade.
???? - Hilton Universal City Expansion - (1/26/2025) According to the local news the City Council of Los Angeles approved the expansion plans for the Universal Studios Hollywood Hilton to build a new 18-story tall hotel tower, adding almost 400 new rooms to the resort. For those counting, this new tower will actually be a little shorter than the existing 24-story tall tower.
(9/23/2024) Keep your eyes peeled for a new construction project to take place just outside of Universal Studios Hollywood. Proposed for years, the 24-story tall Hilton Universal City resort hotel located the street from the entrance of Universal Studios Hollywood has been given an approval recommendation to build a new 18-story / 395-room tower. The existing hotel is said to have an average occupancy rate of 92% over the past year, and if the local city council gives their final approval on the project, the expansion could be up and running in about 30 months. The goal would be to have it all ready in time to take advantage of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games that will take place across Los Angeles.
(10/6/20) While not owned by Universal Studios at all, it is worth mentioning that the nearby Hilton Universal City hotel now has a timeline to begin construction on a new expansion tower in 2023 that will add an additional 395 rooms and a parking structure to the property by the time they finish in 2025.
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