LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Filmmakers are already starting to see a growth in interest and film production in Nevada, prior to the major push by two major movie studios to build in the Las Vegas Valley.
According to the Nevada Film Office, there were 437 productions in Nevada in the 2024 fiscal year, from feature films, commercials, documentaries and reality TV. 2023 brought 379 productions.
Before the writers’ strike, this spring, production revenue kept soaring annually, post-pandemic, to a high of $90 million in 2023.
“We’re in a golden age of content creation where there’s a lot of people and different production companies making things to be shown on screen, and all of them need the resources,” said Kim Spurgeon, director of the Nevada Film Office.
“Other markets are emerging as perhaps competitors with the L.A. market, in terms of where you need to build the stages, and build the resources,” she said.
We caught up with local filmmakers at a Resource Workshop at Brew It Coffee, in downtown Las Vegas. The office provides free resources for filmmakers, in-state or out-of-state, on how to file all applications and secure proper permits.
State statutes provide for $10 million in tax credits annually for productions, Spurgeon said. Tax credits can be given once productions hire, spend and film.
Changes in state law would be required to give Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. their desired tax credit packages. Two separate bills are being proposed to back tax credits for each studio.
FOX 5 has reached out to Governor Joe Lombardo’s office for his take on the proposed packages and interest from movie studios.
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