Nevada lawmakers are hoping to pass a tax package for new film production facilities in Las Vegas, and Sony Pictures says it's prepared to commit up to $1 billion in production spending over a decade in the area if the bill is approved.

Nevada is making a pitch to Sony Pictures, putting together a package of tax breaks to tempt the movie-making giant to set up shop in Las Vegas.

In an effort to lure more Hollywood production to Nevada, state legislators have proposed a massive expansion of the state’s film tax credits. And they already have a customer waiting.

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A bill to make nearly $200 million in film tax credits available every year for the next 20 years was introduced in Carson City on Thursday, part of a bid to get Hollywood studios to relocate to Nevada.

The two proposed real estate developments envisioned by the bill are the “Summerlin Production Studios Project” — where the Howard Hughes Corp. is expected to lead development in partnership with Sony — and the “Las Vegas Media Campus Project” developed by Birtcher Development at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park on UNLV’s campus. No studio partner has come along at this point for the UNLV site.

The two proposed real estate developments envisioned by the bill are the “Summerlin Production Studios Project” — where the Howard Hughes Corp. is expected to lead development in partnership with Sony — and the “Las Vegas Media Campus Project” developed by Birtcher Development at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park on UNLV’s campus. No studio partner has come along at this point for the UNLV site.

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