An exclusive first look at plans to turn the Lakewood Fairgrounds into a sound stage for Screen Gems, a New York-based subsidiary of Sony's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group.
This new development would mean about 1,000 new jobs and many opportunities for new development in and around the Lakewood Fairgrounds. Georgia competed with Tennessee and Louisiana for the development project. Screen Gems currently has a studio in based in Wilmington, N.C.
"The new soundstage, which will enable film production to take off in Atlanta, will be put where former sheds are."
The Lakewood Fairgrounds property is very marketable because there is plenty of parking and it is about four miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and downtown Atlanta. Visitors also have easy access to Interstates 75/85. Also keep in mind the fairgrounds have been used before in several 'Smokey and the Bandit' films, so this could be an easy fit!
This could be a good loook for the ATL!! I'm game!
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