SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Any kind of film work that is conducted at the upcoming Inner Harbor aquarium will qualify for the Onondaga County local PRIMED tax credit.
PRIMED is short for the Onondaga County Production Rebate Incentives for Movies and Entertainment Development (PRIMED), per the website of CNY Arts. PRIMED is an incentive-based rebate program designed to support television, commercial advertising campaigns, and feature-film productions in Onondaga County.
PRIMED offers 25-30 percent rebate, up to $300,000, on all qualified local expenditures in Onondaga County, CNY Arts said.
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Onondaga County also plans to work with Visit Syracuse and Eric Vinal, VP of film, TV & entertainment at Visit Syracuse to get the upcoming aquarium, once complete, registered for the New York State film tax credits.
“We will work with our team at ZoOceanarium, who will be running the facility, in offering discounted rates to use the facility for production of film,” McMahon said.
Film production could be handled by companies such as American High, a local film-production studio, or even the nonprofit sector, such as WCNY, Syracuse University, and Le Moyne College.
The county executive made the announcement Wednesday morning at Studio Central Post at 201 S. West St. in Syracuse, noting that the county is “really excited about this.”
He went on to say that the aquarium will be open in less than a year. The facility’s exterior will be likely completed at the end of this year and then crews will begin the interior work.
“But we have amazing partners here that will be using this much more than people just coming in and seeing the exotic marine life that are there,” McMahon said.
Besides McMahon and Vinal, those attending Wednesday’s announcement included Danny Liedka, president and CEO of Visit Syracuse; Jeremy Garelick, founder and CEO of American High; Monte Young, co-founder and managing partner of Studio Central Post; Franklin Fry, executive director of Red House Arts Center; Alexander Korman, executive director of CNY Arts; and Onondaga County Legislator Shawn Fiato.
