Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) plans to partner with UNLV and Birtcher Development through a long-term commitment to lease, operate and fully occupy Nevada Studios. This is the centerpiece of a film studio tax credit legislative proposal, which seeks to establish film and TV studio infrastructure and workforce development programs at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research & Technology Park in Las Vegas.

Under the agreement, Nevada Studios will be renamed Warner Bros. Studios Nevada and will feature full-service film and television studios. If the project is given the green light next year by the legislature, WBD says it will commit to at least $8.5 billion in long-term production spending.

A cornerstone of the partnership is the planned Nevada Media and Technology Lab, a production and immersive learning facility that will provide both space and industry engagement opportunities for the UNLV film department and other academic departments at the university.