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Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson plans to make Shreveport, LA, the flagship city for his film and television production company, G-Unit Film & Television. <\/span><\/p>\n As <\/span>AFROTECH\u2122<\/span><\/a> previously reported, in 2024, the company secured a 30-year lease in the former Millennium Studios, which was subsequently renamed the G-Unit Studio.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, G-Unit Film & Television plans to invest more than $124 million in three entertainment venues in Northwest Louisiana, KSLA News 12 <\/span>reports.<\/span><\/a> This will include renovating the former Stageworks facility, upgrading Millennium Studios, and constructing G-Dome in\u00a0downtown Shreveport.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cThis project is the realization of the long-term commitment I have made to the City of Shreveport and the State of Louisiana,\u201d 50 Cent told the outlet. \u201cBy reinvesting in downtown Shreveport and upgrading existing assets to create state-of-the-art entertainment and production facilities, we are creating jobs,<\/a> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n The more than $124 million investment is set to expand economic opportunities in Northwest Louisiana, per KSLA News 12.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRevitalizing these facilities will generate new entertainment industry opportunities, including motion picture production, new jobs, and new investment<\/a> across the region, while strengthening the resources available to companies and talent across Louisiana\u2019s entertainment industry,\u201d LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois shared, per the outlet.<\/p>\n The effort is expected to generate $18.8 billion<\/a> in economic impact, create more than 6,000 jobs, and produce an estimated $300 million in wages<\/a> over the next two decades, reports KSLA News 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source afrotech.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson plans to make Shreveport, LA, the flagship city for his film and television production company, G-Unit Film & Television. 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