The permit specifically calls for “site utilities” and “foundation” work for a 150,000-square-foot project.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beyond that, the permit doesn’t offer any details about what the project is or where exactly in the park it will be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Architect and design firm Baker Barrios Architects<\/a> is listed as the contractor that will be performing the work. The firm has worked on a number of projects around the Central Florida area, including the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando and the Amway Center (now known as the Kia Center).<\/p>\n CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n Epic Universe expansion plans <\/p>\n Although Universal hasn’t announced any specific expansion plans for Epic Universe, it’s no secret that plans are in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n Universal executives have previously teased expansion plans. “We have a slate of new attractions that are already in development for every one of our parks,” Universal Orlando president Karen Irwin said in a video promoting the new park<\/a>. “We’re already planning the next thing at Epic.”<\/p>\n The park was also built with expansion pads in place for future attractions and\/or lands.\u00a0<\/p>\n “If you fly over Epic, or you look at Google Earth, you’ll see how we planned the park,” Mark Woodbury, CEO of Universal Destinations & Experiences, said during the Bank of America Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in September. “And you’ll see greenfield space between the existing worlds, and this is strategically positioned to give us flexibility to expand a world or create a new world.”<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n Any expansion at Epic Universe would be beneficial to Universal and help get it a step closer to its goal of making Universal Orlando a weeklong destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n “You know the idea was to have Epic head us toward a weeklong vacation type of experience, and what we\u2019re seeing as Epic is now in the market is that it\u2019s driving higher per-cap spending and attendance across the entirety of Universal Orlando,” Comcast president Mike Cavanagh said in an earnings call last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Comcast, the parent company of Universal Destinations & Experiences, reported last month that theme park revenue grew 18.7% in the third quarter. Executives said the driving force behind the double-digit growth was the success of Epic Universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Epic Universe, the newest theme park at Universal Orlando, opened on May 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n The park currently offers 11 rides, shows, dining and shopping across its five themed lands: Celestial Park, Super Nintendo World, Dark Universe, How to Train Your Dragon \u2013 Isle of Berk and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter \u2013 Ministry of Magic.\u00a0<\/p>\n There are also three new hotels located within the Epic Universe area. They include Universal Helios Grand Hotel, Universal Stella Nova Resort and Universal Terra Luna Resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: The story was written based on information from Orange County documents and Comcast earnings reports gathered by FOX 35 digital producer Ashley Carter and past FOX 35 reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Universal Epic Universe News & Updates<\/a>Orlando theme park news<\/a>Orlando News<\/a>Orange County News<\/a>Central Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal Orlando might be getting ready for an expansion project at its new Epic Universe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3834,6113,47,115,1335,139,141,140,2411,3437,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-44139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-central-florida-news","9":"tag-epic-universe","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-theme-parks","17":"tag-universal-studios","18":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/super-nintendo-world-at-universal-epic-universe-scaled.jpg\")
What is Epic Universe? <\/p>\n