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New Aerials Show the Luke Combs Category 10 Site Largely Cleared at Universal CityWalk as a New Bus Lane Takes Shape
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New Aerials Show the Luke Combs Category 10 Site Largely Cleared at Universal CityWalk as a New Bus Lane Takes Shape

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Universal CityWalk Orlando is in the middle of two changes at once, and fresh aerial photos give the clearest look yet at both. The site for the Luke Combs Category 10 bar and music venue has been largely cleared, and a new dedicated bus lane is taking shape nearby.

A rendering of the Category 10 venue coming to Universal CityWalk OrlandoA rendering of Category 10, the Luke Combs venue coming to Universal CityWalk. Image: Category 10.

What the new photos show

Aerial images published this week show most of the existing structures in the Category 10 construction zone, on the CityWalk waterfront between Margaritaville and Bigfire, have been removed, leaving exposed soil, broken concrete, and debris with heavy equipment staged on site. Separately, a new narrow roadway is being built between Universal Boulevard and the existing bus depot, with much of the curb already installed to define a route curving toward a more direct bus approach.

A July 2026 aerial of the Category 10 construction site and new bus lane at Universal CityWalkA July 2026 aerial shows the cleared Category 10 site and the new bus lane at CityWalk. Photo: bioreconstruct via WDW News Today.

What Category 10 is

Category 10 is a restaurant and live-music venue from country star Luke Combs and Opry Entertainment Group. Announced for CityWalk in February 2026, the Orlando location is planned as a 33,000 square foot, three-story restaurant and music venue, with live music and free line-dancing lessons, on the waterfront near Margaritaville and the bridge to Islands of Adventure.

The quick facts: Category 10 is a three-story, 33,000 square foot restaurant and music venue from Luke Combs and Opry Entertainment Group, coming to Universal CityWalk Orlando on the waterfront near Margaritaville. It would be the third Category 10, after Nashville and Las Vegas, with an Orlando opening projected for late 2027.

The bottom line

This is early, unglamorous construction-progress news, not an opening. But clearing the site is a real step, and the parallel bus-lane work is a reminder that CityWalk's layout is quietly changing too. With the venue targeted for late 2027, there is a long road ahead, and we will keep tabs on how the waterfront takes shape.

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Image credits: Category 10 rendering by Category 10; construction aerial by bioreconstruct via WDW News Today.

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