experience is an innovative, creative complement to Area15's roots in experiential art and entertainment. Cancelled and former parks Cancelled Universal Studios Europe, Melun-Sénart, Seine-et-Marne, France. Following the establishment of Disney in Europe with the construction of Euro Disney Resort, Universal Studios Recreation Group considered construction of its own park in Europe between the late-1980's and early-1990's. The work was being considered for a site located in either Paris or London. The Rainham Marshes site in east London is abandoned, and later became the Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve. The French state was much more willing to offer tax advantages for the establishment of a park on its territory. A site in Melun-Sénart was chosen, the plans were drawn up, and the land was purchased at agricultural prices in 1971. They covered 1,300 acres of arable land in Combs-la-Ville. The theme park's construction was planned to commence in 1996, and consist of: a theme park mostly based on Universal Studios Florida, a water park, a golf course, and real estate and commercial areas. The setbacks and financial woes of Euro Disney Resort influenced the realization that this project would not succeed. The group preferred to be the buyer of an already established park, and Universal Studios bought 37% of Port Aventura's shares in June 1998. Universal Studios, Manila, Philippines Universal Studios Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Broke ground 2008, no construction since 2009) Universal's Hollywoodland, Krefeld, Germany Universal Studios Moscow Universal Studios South Korea, Hwaseong, South Korea Universal Studios was attached to the project in South Korea since 2005 with other competitors of MGM and Paramount. After a long delay, the dealing started in 2016 to open Universal Studios Korea in 2020, but the project was canceled in 2017 due to the several disagreements in dealing. The project in Asia was later changed to Universal Beijing Resort. Former Universal Mediterránea, Salou, Spain (1998–2004) Port Aventura opened in 1995. Tussauds Group had a 40.01% in the park while La Caixa had 33.19%, Anheuser-Busch had 19.9% and FECSA had 6.7%. In 1998 the majority of Tussauds Group' shares in Port Aventura (37%) were sold to Universal Parks & Resorts and the park was rebranded as 'Universal's Port Aventura' in 1999, which made it the first Universal Studios Theme Park in Europe. In 2002, two hotels and a water park (Costa Caribe) were constructed, and the resort was rebranded as 'Universal Mediterranea' the same year.