The Universal Studios Japan theme park has plans to expand. New parks will be opening Japan and Asia, NBC Universal just revealed the plans for expansion.
Currently a few cities have the chance to be the location for expansion; including sites near Okinawa, northern Kyushu, Jakarta (Indonesia), Mumbai (India) and Taiwan, Variety reported.
The sites in Asia are being considered because they are surrounded by large populations and rising income levels.
Last December the park received $250 million from a Hong Kong-based investment firm PAG. The money is going towards corporate recapitalization and adding a new “Harry Potter” segment of the park, AJW reported.
The selection process is underway and one or two sites will be decided and construction of the parks are scheduled to be completed before the start of the Tokyo Olympics games in 2020.
The new plans for additional parks will require more money but USJ, who owns Universal Studios Japan, has not yet announced where the additional money will be coming from.
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