Universal Studios Plan Criticized by Opponents
Neighbors opposing Universal Studios’ $2-billion expansion plan testified for four hours Monday, telling the County Regional Planning Commission that the 25-year project would turn Universal City into an out-of-control destination resort and theme park complex.
Robby Shaw said that living near Universal is like “living next door, 365 days a year, to a boisterous, drunken, disorderly party. You call the mayor, the police and nobody gives a damn.”
Universal’s proposed expansion would roughly double its current building space by adding 5.9 million square feet of studios, offices, theme park attractions and hotels.
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