Subjects
Universal City (Calif.); Revue Studios; Feasibility studies; Marketing research; Economic research; Tourism; Business planning
Description
Over the years the Revue Studio properties, often referred to as Universal City, developed into the most extensive and elaborate movie set complex in Southern California. These sets consist of city, village, and country scenes depicting the cultures of many nations during various periods in history. These thematic settings combine to form a fascinating chronology and history of the movie business. Southern California residents and tourists have always manifested an interest in visiting the studios in this area without much opportunity to do so because of restrictions and prohibitions on visitor traffic. The Tanner Bus Company conducted a daily bus tour (Monday - Friday) through Revue Studios. In 1961, this was the only movie studio with daily public tours. Management at Revue Studios, by opening its grounds to the Tanner tour, recognized the potentially strong visitor interest in the studios and went a step further to inquire into the potentials of a Revu Studio tour as a major recreational attraction in Southern California. In this connection, Economics Research Associates was retained in April, 1961, to determine the economic outlook for such an attraction. The first objective of this work was to determine the economic potentials of operating the Revue Studios Set Village as a major tourist attraction in Southern California. The second objective was to provide detailed planning factors for all classes and categories of activity at the proposed tourist attraction consistent with projections of attendance. The resulting report has the following sections: 1) introduction, 2) criteria for estimating attendance, 3) attendance estimates, 4) visitor characteristics, 5) planning factors, and 6) financial analysis. There are 33 tables.
Contributors
Lund, William S.; Price, Harrison A.; Lorimer, Robert L.
Publisher
Economics Research Associates
Client
Revue Studios
Date Original
7-26-1961
Document Type
Report
Identifier
594; DP0012871
Language
English
Rights
Copyright: University of Central Florida Special Collections. Permission to publish must be obtained from Special Collections in writing. Contact (407) 823-2576 or online at http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Number of Pages
93 pages
Keywords
Universal City (Calif.); Revue Studios; Revue Studios Set Village; Studio tours; Feasibility studies; Market research; Economic research; Tourism; Business planning
Place
Universal City (Calif.)
Type
document
Digital Reproduction Specialists
Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2005.
Is Referenced By
http://purl.flvc.org/UCF/EAD/CFM2003-12h (University of Central Florida Special Collections Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers finding aid); https://ucf-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_UCF/6a1ouu/alma990332062850306596 (University of Central Florida Libraries Online Catalog)
College
Information Technologies & Resources
Unit
University Libraries
Recommended Citation
Economics Research Associates, "Planning Factors and a Financial Analysis for the Proposed Revue Studio Tour" (1961). Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers. 135.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/buzzprice/135