When Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill to put $380 million of public support into an Oakland Athletics baseball stadium, it led to a lot of questions.
A big one: Why a stadium and why not the movie industry?
Another bill that died would have given close to $200 million a year in transferrable tax credits to the movie industry over 20 years.
Proponents said it would compel companies like Sony and Disney to make films and TV shows here, helping to diversify our economy with good paying, full-time jobs — not seasonal work for people hawking beers and hot dogs.
They say it would have created many more businesses needed to support the industry, as well as boosted UNLV’s film and hospitality programs.
But now that it’s dead and gone, can it come back? Was this a one-shot chance? And, does Southern Nevada even want it back?
State of Nevada producer Mike Prevatt talked recently to local film producer and production manager Marco Henry, who testified on behalf of movie bill.
Note: Henry is married to a Nevada Public Radio employee.
Guest: Marco Henry, production manager and producer
