The mayor of the city of Orlando, Fla., Buddy Dyer, mentioned something rather significant regarding
Harry Potter at his State of the City address on Wednesday. In the half-hour speech regarding the entirety of the city, Dyer stated the Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion - rumoured to be Diagon Alley and London - will open sometime in 2014. The State of the City address can be watched here (Dyer discussed Universal's plans at 14 minutes in).
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“This summer [Universal Orlando Resort] will open the new Transformers 3-D ride, followed by the opening next year of a new resort hotel and the expansion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.”