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RIP Universal Studios Dubai

The plan to build a Universal Studios Dubailand development has been officially been scrapped, it was reported on Thursday.

Source: http://arabianbusiness.com/dubai-s-plan-for-universal-studios-theme-park-scrapped--650651.html

Universal Studios Dubailand getting moldy in the desert:


Retrieved from Google Maps on 12/30/2015:
http://maps.google.com

Anything on this?

With so many theme parks underway in Dubai right now, why isn't this one being revived? I believe Tatweer or Dubai Properties have continued paying the agreed licensing fees after construction came to a halt in 2009. But what happened then? A fully designed Universal park tailor-made for Dubai's culture and climate --- not worthy moving forward?

Fox World Dubai will be built on or adjacent to the (former) Universal Studios Dubailand location:
http://www.themeparx.com/20th-century-fox-world-dubai/

The website isn't up anymore. It just shows a white screen.

Wait, if 20th Century Fox World will be built at or around this site, could Universal restart, too?

I may have crashed into a fence for the former Universal Studios Dubailand. Saw a bulldozer at the site, nothing too big to report.

While Dubai Parks & Resorts rises in Jebel Ali, the former Universal Studios Dubailand site continues to bake in the sun, abandoned:

Universal Studios Dubai has moved to Mohammed bin Rashed City.

News from 2012:
http://www.emirates247.com/news/government/dubai-s-mohammed-bin-rashid-city-collaboration-with-universal-studios-over-100-hotel-facilities-2012-11-26-1.484515