Proposed tax breaks for the state's film industry had a late death on the final day of the 83rd session of the Nevada legislature, as northern Nevada was getting no respect or just promised crumbs as has been the case for other recent costly initiatives benefitting just the south of the state, constraining its appeal and spelling its doom.
In the end, a proposal to provide Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros. and Howard Hughes Holdings with what was reported as the largest public subsidy in state history to establish what was called the Summerlin Studios died in the Senate.
Another film tax credit bill for a film studio in southwest Las Vegas never received a full floor vote.
Other efforts which involved northern Nevada and at some points Jeremy Renner with hyped up reporting in local media in recent years for UNR and our area to be a hub for filmmaking haven’t gotten anywhere significant either, after similar efforts two years ago.
This is a poster for a 2013 film about a street-level hustler and an exotic dancer in northern Nevada who steal money and drugs before hitting the road across the Silver State.
Our Town Reno reporting, June 2025