American theme park Universal Studios will be built on Moscow's Varshavskoye Highway, the press service of the Moscow Construction and Investment Committee said.
The officials approved the construction of the Universal Studios theme park in the south of the city. Investments in the project are estimated at $3 billion. The total territory of the park will make up 1.2 million square meters. The park itself will take 150,000 square meters.
The project includes the construction of three- and four-star hotels, office complexes, shopping areas, a winter garden, a water park, a conference hall, musical theater, etc. In addition, the investor is obliged to organize the parking lot for least 10,000 cars, officials said.
If the project is finally implemented, it will become the fifth Universal Studios theme park in the world and first one in Europe. For the time being, such parks are open only in Japan, Singapore and the United States.