{"id":1004090630,"date":"2014-01-30T12:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T20:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=236282"},"modified":"2025-02-25T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:32:05","slug":"old-tucson-studios-to-undergo-major-revitalization-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/old-tucson-studios-to-undergo-major-revitalization-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Tucson Studios to Undergo Major Revitalization Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Balazs Szekely, Associate Editor<\/em> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Old Tucson Co. has big plans with Old Tucson Studios. The company plans to convert the facility into a multi-cultural living history educational center for southern Arizona.<\/p>\n

Just fifteen minutes from the city, Old Tucson is located at the base of the Tucson Mountains, on the corner of S. Kinney Road and W. Gates Pass Road. \u00a0As a working film location and western theme park, it provides entertainment, historical tours and special event services for the general public, as well as location and production services for film production companies and independent producers and directors.<\/p>\n

The theme park is operated by Old Tucson Co. According to Inside Tucson Business<\/a><\/em>, the company pays Pima County $64,000 a year in rent for the site. Now the firm plans to turn over the lease to a new nonprofit organization, the Arizona Sonora Western Heritage Foundation, which brings partners such as the University of Arizona and the Arizona Historical Society to the project. A development director will also be hired to lead the redevelopment works.<\/p>\n

The project could be financed by grant funding and donations. A renegotiation is also possible with the county. Old Tucson Co. would continue to operate the park though. The park management is currently discussing possibilities of a lower rent with the county.<\/p>\n

Pete Mangelsdorf, General Manager and CEO at Old Tucson believes that the educational programs and the multi-cultural heritage projects will be able to revitalize the theme park and \u201cgive something back to the people of Pima County,\u201d <\/em>Inside Tucson Business reports. Having been a popular filming location for western movies, the fate of Old Tucson has been sealed after the 1970\u2019s when the production of western movies started to decline. Additionally, an arson fire devastated more than half of the historical buildings in 1995.<\/p>\n

Photo credits: Old Tucson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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