Company Announces Theme Park Plans

A group of theme park ride designers announced plans Monday to build a 1,000-acre theme park with movie-based attractions in the Santa Clarita Valley. Studio Park Hollywood would be the first venture of Orlando, Fla.-based Studio Park Partners Inc., and its features would include rides, lodging, a golf course and a rodeo arena. Company President Bob Winford said the attraction would be built about 5 miles east of Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Winford and other partners have worked as ride designers for Universal Studios. They have teamed with Rochester, N.Y.-based Highbury Capital Inc. in an effort to raise $2.1 billion to build the park. Studio Partners is looking at a particular site but has not bought any land. Santa Clarita city officials said no development plans have been submitted.