50 Cent Takes Subsequent Step To Broaden In Shreveport After G-Unit Studios Launch

G-Unit Studios organising store in Shreveport, Louisiana was just the start of fifty Cent’s plans for the town. Based on a number of stories, the diamond-selling rapper meant to remodel the town’s Stageworks of Louisiana a.ok.a. Expo Corridor property right into a sports activities and leisure venue.

Shreveport officers launched an ordinance to lease the city-owned facility to 50 Cent’s manufacturing firm on Tuesday (April 23). Just like the G-Unit Studios deal, 50 Cent would pay $2,400 yearly to lease the constructing.

“G-Unit Movie & Tv Louisiana, LLC (‘Tenant’) wishes to function a sports activities and leisure occasion venue to incorporate, however not be restricted to, beginner {and professional} basketball and volleyball leagues and tournaments, beginner {and professional} boxing and MMA matches, seminars, conventions, auto reveals, live shows and normal enterprise conferences,” Shreveport Metropolis Legal professional Marcus Edwards wrote. “Tenant has requested and Metropolis wishes to lease parts of the property to Tenant for such functions.”

The ordinance proposed a second 30-year cope with 50 Cent. Final 12 months, the Shreveport Metropolis Council unanimously accredited his 30-year lease of the property the place G-Unit Studios at present resides. The settlement included an choice to renew the lease for an additional 15 years.

50 Cent launched G-Unit Studios at a location previously generally known as Millennium Studios on April 18. Shreveport declared April 18 to be Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Day to have fun..

“By way of the growth of G-Unit in Shreveport, my goal is to embody the spirit of aware capitalism to give attention to creating jobs, stimulating commerce and contributing to the financial development of this vibrant neighborhood. I envision [making] Shreveport a beacon of the leisure business,” he stated on the launch.

Non-scripted initiatives are scheduled to start manufacturing at G-Unit Studios this summer time. 50 Cent’s G-Unit Movies and Tv produced a number of hit TV reveals, together with BMF and every spinoff within the Energy franchise.