Address: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
Opened: July 15, 1964
Founded: July 15, 1964
Phone: (800) 864-8377
Hours:
Monday 9 AM–7 PM
Tuesday 9 AM–7 PM
Wednesday 9 AM–7 PM
Thursday 9 AM–9 PM
Friday 9 AM–9 PM
Saturday 9 AM–9 PM
Sunday 9 AM–9 PM
Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park located in Universal City, California, United States, near Hollywood, Los Angeles. Owned by NBCUniversal (Comcast) and operated by Universal Destinations & Experiences, 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”.[2] It was initially created to offer tours of the real Universal Studios sets and is the first of many full-fledged Universal Studios theme park resorts located across the world.
Outside the theme park, a facility near the Universal Pictures 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 Noticias Telemundo Los Angeles Bureaus with on the Universal lot formerly occupied by Technicolor. Universal City includes hotels Universal Hilton & Towers, the Sheraton Universal Hotel, and Universal CityWalk, which offers a collection of shops, restaurants, an 18-screen Universal Cinema and a seven-story IMAX theater.[3] In 2024, Universal Studios Hollywood hosted 8.7 million guests, making it the 16th-most visited theme park in the world that year.[4]