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Confirmation of plans to open what would arguably be Europe’s greatest theme park within the UK might be introduced as early as this week as a long-awaited deal moved one step nearer to fruition.

Universal Studios first welcomed company to its Hollywood website in 1954 – and has since opened additional parks in Orlando, Japan, China and Singapore. Now, a sixth is on the playing cards within the considerably unlikley vacation spot of Bedford.

Owned by Comcast Corp, Universal bought a 476-acre piece of land on the positioning of a former brickworks, south of the market city in December 2023. In February, in the meantime, Universal Studios reportedly utilized to trademark it is title within the UK, while Comcast’s negotiations with The Treasury have been named ‘Project Nectarine’.

In summer time 2024, Page Thompson, president of recent ventures at Universal Destinations & Experiences, mentioned in a press release: “A world-class theme park and resort from Universal has the potential to generate billions in economic benefit for the UK, by creating thousands of high-quality jobs and attracting millions of new visitors to the country.”

As pleasure grows, devoted TikTok account, Universally Bedford has made a daring declare, which has heightened anticipation amongst theme park followers. “This one goes out to all those who said it was never going to happen,” they started in a video. “It’s happening, mark my words. This week it’s quite likely we are going to get the approval we have been waiting for for over a year.”

The account highlighthed “all the economic stuff that’s been going on in the background” as detailed by the Financial Times, earlier than claiming that Donald Trump-induced inventory market crashes all over the world has “forced our government’s hand a little”.

Universally Bedford alleged: “It’s made them think, ‘What can we do to inject a little bit of excitement into the UK economy?’ – and the answer is of course, £50 billion worth of net economic benefit over the next 20 years in the form of a brand new theme park and resort near Bedford.”

Indeed, Universal Destinations & Experiences’ evaluation reveals the event might generate a staggering £50billion of financial worth for Britain, and assist as much as 20,000 jobs. Responding to the TikTok replace, one consumer mentioned: “I really cannot wait to see construction begin.”

Another individual hailed: “This is incredibly exciting!” A 3rd joked: “I’ll bloody well move to Bedford when it gets built!” A fourth declared: “I’m getting an annual pass!”

Whilst a fifth TikTok consumer added: “I keep double checking your channel and searching on the internet for updates. Got everything crossed.”

Government sources, in the meantime, have said that talks are “ongoing and nothing is agreed” as of but. Universally Bedford believes the park and resort will open to company in 2031, nevertheless.