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Disney Proposes Facility in Santa Clarita Valley

The Walt Disney Co. has proposed building a 56-acre soundstage and production facility in the Santa Clarita Valley to address a shortage of studio space in Burbank. The facility would be constructed on the Golden Oak Ranch, a Disney-owned property set against a backdrop of mountains and meadows that has been used in film and television productions for more than 50 years. The media conglomerate’s plans call for six pairs of soundstages, talent bungalows, administrative and production offices, storage and a commissary and other amenities. Richard Ballering, executive director of production for ABC Studios said that the new facility provides production not available at the Burbank lot. With only seven soundstages on the Walt Disney Studio lot, production ends up scattered at facilities throughout the region, Ballering said. The construction phase of the project would create more than 3,000 new jobs and $522 million in direct economic activity. Once built, the facility is projected to have over 2,800 full and part-time jobs and $533 million in annual economic activity, according to Disney. “I want to thank Disney for their continued long-term commitment to California’s motion picture and television production industry and congratulate them on this outstanding news,” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a prepared statement. “This move will create quality jobs and a great deal of direct economic activity – all right here in California – the best place in the world to shoot films and television.”

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