I've been hearing this rumor for years, even from employees, and as much as I'd LOVE for it to happen (the golf course just taunts me on the star way) i just don't see it happening at all probably ever. #1 that river between USH and the golf course. Yeah, we can have a bridge, but taking materials over there would be a huge expensive undertaking, regardless of if it would be for studio or theme park expansion. That river...grr...
#2 those neighbors....we have issues with them right now by the studio tour and water world, with them always complaining and having us limit how much noise we give out. They would NOT, no matter the compensation, give up living next to a golf course, for the pleasure of seeing a noisy theme park expansion or the bland look of studio soundstages in their back yard....
Like, i don't blame them. As an USH fan, I'm all for it. But if you look at this from their point of view, i don't wanna give up my golf course views.
#3 Too expensive....Comcast is pumped about the parks, but this is not realistic at ALL. What with compensation for the home owner neighbors, the ungodly cost of dealing with the LA River issue in the middle, actually BUYING the property, AND building additional theme park section/studio space. All together would be over $2 Billion i think, if not more, and i don't see that happening.....
Our best bet (which would still be expensive) for expansion, would be for USH to expand into at least part of the studio space. There is so much undeveloped land, and it would be less expensive to level out the hill space that USH already owns than to deal with the golf course.