Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO: Las Vegas movie studio shovel ready, pending tax credit approval [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Sony Pictures Entertainment is the second movie studio to announce its progress to bring thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of investments — all pending the approval of tax credits from the Nevada Legislature.

It comes on the heels of Tuesday’s announcement by Warner Bros. Discovery, pledging billions of dollars in long-term spending at another movie studio site in Southwest Las Vegas — pending tax credits from proposed legislation.

“We’ve been working on it for three years. it’s shovel ready. it’s ready to go,” said Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman & CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “The message is, this is a ‘no brainer’ to establish an entertainment world here, because people want to work here. The talent, the directors, the producers, they all want to come to Las Vegas,” Vinciquerra said to FOX5.

Vinciquerra spoke in a fireside chat before a crowd at …