Universal Studios Hollywood
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| Slogan | The Entertainment Capital of LA |
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| Location | Universal City, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°08′11″N 118°21′22″W / 34.136518°N 118.356051°WCoordinates: 34°08′11″N 118°21′22″W / 34.136518°N 118.356051°W |
| Theme | Show business |
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NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
| Operated by | Universal Parks & Resorts |
| Opened | April 30, 1912 (as a movie studio) March 15, 1915 (L.A. studio lot) July 15, 1964 (as a theme park) |
| Rides | |
| Total | 9 |
| Roller coasters | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the Universal City county island (unincorporated) area of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use. Its official marketing headline is "The Entertainment Capital of LA". It was initially created to offer tours of the real Universal Studios sets and is the first of many full-fledged Universal Studios Theme Parks located across the world. Woody Woodpecker is the official mascot for Universal Studios Hollywood.
Outside the theme park, a new, all-digital facility near the Universal Studios backlot was built in an effort to merge all of NBCUniversal's West Coast operations into one area. As a result, the current home for KNBC, KVEA and NBC News with Telemundo Los Angeles Bureaus with new digital facility is on the Universal lot formerly occupied by Technicolor SA. Universal City includes hotels Universal Hilton & Towers, the Sheraton Universal Hotel, the multi-screen Globe Theatre, often used for banquets and receptions and Universal CityWalk, which offers a collection of shops and restaurants. In 2013, the park hosted 6,148,000 guests, placing it 17th in the world and 9th among North American parks.
From the beginning, Universal had offered tours of its studio. After Carl Laemmle opened Universal City on March 14, 1915, he would later invite the general public to see all the action for an admission fee of just $0.05, which also included a lunch box containing chicken inside. There was also a chance to buy fresh produce, since then-rural Universal City was still in part a working farm. This original tour was discontinued in around 1930, due to the advent of sound films coming to Universal.
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