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Council approves $100,000 pilot film incentive to attract on-location productions
Summary
Broken Arrow approved a pilot film incentive program that will offer a 10% rebate on locally documented production spending and reimburse hotel room nights, using an initial $100,000 from city reserves to stimulate filming and related economic activity.
Broken Arrow City Council on Tuesday approved a pilot film-incentive program and an initial allocation of $100,000 to encourage motion-picture and television productions to shoot in the city.
Mikaela Barton, tourism manager, told the council the state film incentive (enacted in 2021) has driven more than $530 million in economic impact statewide and that several Oklahoma jurisdictions now complement the state program with local incentives. The city’s proposal is a…
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