Rockstar back in September 2013:
Is the geography for Grand Theft Auto Online locked, or could you eventually decide to expand with new regions?
Every part of Grand Theft Auto Online has been designed with expansion in mind. A dream of ours is to create an entire Grand Theft Auto world that consists of everything we've done or are going to do then let the player freely move between them. The launch of Grand Theft Auto Online is a beginning for us; it gets us a little closer to being able to make that happen.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/grand_theft_auto_v/b/xbox360/archive/2013/09/12/hands-on-with-rockstars-ambitious-take-on-online-play.aspx








