Wood River
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Oct 14, 2026
Jamie MarkleyHOST
This is different.
Jamie MarkleyHOST
This was Wood River, Illinois.
Jamie MarkleyHOST
Firefighters had to, uh, go to the Taco Bell, this is 10:30 in the morning, because a truck crashed into the side of the building.
David Van CampHOST
Oh.
Clare LanePANELIST
But it is working.
Clare LanePANELIST
One of its latest gets is Hollywood River Studios, and that is going to be spending sixty-two million dollars to build up to six movie and TV studios in Wood River next year.
Clare LanePANELIST
Uh, the studio, though, is slated to receive a forty-five percent uncapped tax credit on its production costs-
Sasha-Ann SimonsHOST
Ooh
Jeff WilsonGUEST
So most people like to have no tax on tips, no tax on overtime.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
Uh, we were at the Wood River refinery.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
There's about 6 or 800 individuals that work there that are counting on their overtime to increase their lifestyle, to pay for a car, pay for a house, pay for college, and can you imagine not having tax on that overtime? Which is a productivity incentive.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
I remember working for tips.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
It is kind of like a microcosm of the United States.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
You have maybe e- maybe 18% rural, and the rest is urban, but you have all kinds of industries.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
Like, you go to Metro East, you've got the Wood River Refinery, you've got the steel mill, you have labor, you have all those workers.
Jeff WilsonGUEST
And all those workers, they don't wanna be taxed on tips.
Jim TaylorHOST
Jim Taylor on RFD today on Thursday.
Jim TaylorHOST
Well, in the Metro East earlier this week, ground broken on Hollywood River Studios in Wood River, a premier production facility.
Jim TaylorHOST
The project was supported by the state's film production tax credit.
Jim TaylorHOST
Becky Locker is with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Becky LockerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Productions that meet the state's green production standards can qualify for an additional five percent on their tax credit.
Becky LockerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Importantly, for this project, our expanded film tax credit also includes an additional incentive for productions filming outside the Chicagoland area.
Becky LockerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It means projects like Hollywood River Studios can help spread the benefits of this industry to communities throughout the state.
Becky LockerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As Governor Pritzker mentioned last year, the Illinois film production generated a record seven hundred and three million in expenditures and supported an estimated eighteen thousand industry hires.
Drake DykinHOST
Like
Chris PlankHOST
the world-famous Wood River Roxanna rivalry in the Riverbend area in Illinois.
Chris PlankHOST
Absolutely.
Chris PlankHOST
I mean, close second, maybe.
10 MINS LATER
Chris PlankHOST
That was big.
Chris PlankHOST
That was big.
Chris PlankHOST
We did a lot of – at least in Wood River, Illinois, we did a lot of tornado drills where you'd go out in the hall and you'd be – we even had a – They did a drill.
Chris PlankHOST
I think our principal might have been like an early troll because we did do an attack drill, like not intruder like they do now.
Annie FryHOST
I did see J.B. Pritzker.
Annie FryHOST
Governor Pritzker was in, I guess it's Wood River, East Elton.
Annie FryHOST
I'm not 100% sure what the actual location is, but Hollywood River Studios.
Annie FryHOST
That's that movie location that they are opening up in that part of town, kind of on, gosh, this is where I always say like, This whole this it's on Route 3 and what would be 143.
Annie FryHOST
I don't know.
25 MINS LATER
EthanPANELIST
You talked a little bit earlier, Annie.
EthanPANELIST
You mentioned the Metro East Film Studio.
Annie FryHOST
Hollywood Rivers?
EthanPANELIST
Well, let's, uh, let's fill you in a little bit on what exactly is going on with this.
EthanPANELIST
As you mentioned, developers plan to build Hollywood River Studios on 100 acres at the site of the former Envirotech Business Park in Wood River.
EthanPANELIST
The development will feature multiple sound stages, a hotel, conference center, and e-gaming arena.
EthanPANELIST
The project is estimated to cost $95 million.
EthanPANELIST
That's a lot of dollar bills.
Annie FryHOST
So, and you would assume that there would be some revenue that comes into the area there, but who funds it? Who's fronting it? Yeah.
EthanPANELIST
That's the question, right? A Hollywood River Studios facility is also being developed in Granite City, transforming a former Army train repair facility into a production space and base camp.
EthanPANELIST
Illinois has also expanded its film tax incentives, which developers have pointed to as a major reason for investing in the state.
Annie FryHOST
A lot of folks campaign there and campaign there heavily, uh, but don't necessarily get downstate.
Annie FryHOST
Um, I did see J.B. Pritzker, Governor Pritzker was in, I guess it's Wood River, East Alton.
Annie FryHOST
I'm not 100% sure what the actual location is, but Hollywood River Studios.
Annie FryHOST
Um, that's that movie location that they are opening up, um, in that part of town kind of on...
Annie FryHOST
Gosh, this is where I s- I always say, like, this whole...
Abby LloricoHOST
As St. Louis Public Radio's Katie Grawitsch reports, a $62 million studio in the Metro East is among those taking advantage of the credit.
Katie GravichCORRESPONDENT
Hollywood River Studios plans to build up to six new studios in Wood River and start production next year.
Katie GravichCORRESPONDENT
The company is eligible for a 45% uncapped tax credit on production costs.
Katie GravichCORRESPONDENT
That puts Illinois' credits among the highest in the country.
Ivy LyonsCORRESPONDENT
Ivy Lyons, KMOX News.
Debbie MonterreyHOST
Groundbreaking for a film studio in Wood River begins at noon today.
Debbie MonterreyHOST
The Hollywood River Studio complex will include five movie and TV studios as well as an e-gaming facility.
Debbie MonterreyHOST
The location was chosen so producers can use both regional Illinois and Missouri locations during filming.
Debbie MonterreyHOST
The Telegraph reports the complex will create several hundred permanent jobs, with individual productions creating hundreds of temporary jobs.
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