Universal City

Kruse argued that stopping the belt would have been a safe, easy and reasonable thing to do, but the Universal City amusement park wanted to “keep the ride moving no matter what” and meet its goal of seating 1,800 riders per hour, the legal site reported.

The Campus Project is part of NBCUniversal’s Evolution Plan, a 25-year blueprint for its nearly 400-acre Universal City property that focuses on expanding its core businesses of production and tourism.

Mark Davis, president and chief executive of Sun Hill Properties, said the wage proposal would “likely kill” his company’s plans for expanding the Hilton Universal City Hotel.

We’re on the seventh floor of a newly renovated building on the NBCUniversal lot in Universal City, about seven miles from his family and his home base — and he’s sitting opposite a reporter who is certain the adrenaline would cause her to tap out rather than kick her into action.

Universal City is “a little island that is doing phenomenally well,” he said, with average occupancy at the Hilton there at 92% last year.