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27.06.2024 - 19:07 / variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix cut the ribbon on its newly expanded studios facility in Albuquerque at a grand-opening event Thursday in New Mexico. Netflix acquired ABQ Studios in 2018 for a relative steal in a deal worth $30 million and the company scored additional state and local funding as well as production tax credits.
The facility originally comprised eight soundstages totaling 132,000 square feet across 28 acres. Six years later, the company officially took the wraps off four additional new soundstages, three mills, a production office, two stage support buildings and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres.
The investment in Netflix Studios Albuquerque “further solidif[ies] our commitment to nurturing and growing the thriving production ecosystem in New Mexico,” according to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. “As someone who grew up in Phoenix, it’s great to be back out west,” Sarandos, who now lives in Malibu, told event attendees in his prepared remarks.
Since 2019, Netflix has directly invested nearly $575 million in New Mexico productions, according to Sarandos. From 2021-23, the company hired more than 4,000 cast and crew members for productions in the state.
When factoring in other productions that have used Netflix Studios Albuquerque, the overall investment is “closer to $900 million,” he said. Since acquiring the facility, Netflix has filmed several TV series and films in New Mexico, including “Stranger Things” Season 4, “The Harder They Fall” from writer-director Jeymes Samuel (aka The Bullitts), Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” and Vince Gilligan’s “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.” Sarandos gave a shout-out to Gilligan, who was in attendance at the event, praising his “his unique vision and
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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos cut the ribbon on a major expansion of Netflix Studios Albuquerque and said the facility has racked up nearly $900 million in total investment in New Mexico production since 2019.
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