50 Cent To Invest $124M In Shreveport Entertainment Development Project – AfroTech

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson plans to make Shreveport, LA, the flagship city for his film and television production company, G-Unit Film & Television.

As AFROTECH™ previously reported, in 2024, the company secured a 30-year lease in the former Millennium Studios, which was subsequently renamed the G-Unit Studio.

Now, G-Unit Film & Television plans to invest more than $124 million in three entertainment venues in Northwest Louisiana, KSLA News 12 reports. This will include renovating the former Stageworks facility, upgrading Millennium Studios, and constructing G-Dome in downtown Shreveport.

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) will work alongside G-Unit to support the project through $50 million in performance-based funding, which can be applied to infrastructure revitalization and improvements across the multi-phase project, notes the outlet. The Shreveport Film & Entertainment Economic Development Corporation will manage LED for accountability.

“This project is the realization of the long-term commitment I have made to the City of Shreveport and the State of Louisiana,” 50 Cent told the outlet. “By reinvesting in downtown Shreveport and upgrading existing assets to create state-of-the-art entertainment and production facilities, we are creating jobs, inspiring hope, attracting new productions, and giving the entire entertainment industry a reason to build their futures right here. My goal is to turn northwest Louisiana into the premier destination for film, music, and live entertainment on a national scale. All Roads Lead to Shreveport.”

Economic Impact Explained

The more than $124 million investment is set to expand economic opportunities in Northwest Louisiana, per KSLA News 12.

“Revitalizing these facilities will generate new entertainment industry opportunities, including motion picture production, new jobs, and new investment across the region, while strengthening the resources available to companies and talent across Louisiana’s entertainment industry,” LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois shared, per the outlet.

The effort is expected to generate $18.8 billion in economic impact, create more than 6,000 jobs, and produce an estimated $300 million in wages over the next two decades, reports KSLA News 12.