LOS ANGELES— Universal Studios may build a theme park in Germany, based upon the success it’s had with its venues in Spain and Japan, said the Orlando Sentinel. The company, a division of Vivendi Universal, last month launched a feasibility study for a theme park near Krefeld in western Germany, according to the report. The proposed German park would be Universals third overseas and its second in Europe. Universal also operates a park outside Barcelona, Spain, which drew about 3.3 million visitors last year. In Japan, Universals new $1.4 billion theme park in Osaka has been drawing one million visitors a month, bolstering support within Vivendi Universal to expand its theme park business. The U.S. theme park market is flat, according to analysts, spurring growth outside the country. According to the report, Universal officials said the German project was not definite and that the company was also studying several other sites in Europe and Asia for possible new theme parks. Sources said the German park would be movie-themed, but probably not on the scale of the $1 billion-plus Universal theme parks in Hollywood and Orlando. The earliest the park could open would be in 2005, analysts said.
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