{"id":118152,"date":"2026-02-19T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118152\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:12:08","slug":"mayor-of-kingstown-final-season-secures-28m-in-tax-credits-for-pittsburgh-filming-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118152\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mayor of Kingstown\u2019 final season secures $28M in tax credits for Pittsburgh filming \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Shapiro Administration is awarding $28 million for production of the fifth and final season of the Paramount+ series \u201cMayor of Kingstown,\u201d filmed in and around Pittsburgh. This is estimated to inject $107 million in direct spending into the local economy, while creating 1,749 jobs, and utilizing 5,600 hotel nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Dawn Keezer, executive director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, said \u201cMayor of Kingstown\u201d has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2024\/02\/21\/tv-series-tax-credit-jeremy-renner.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cornerstone production for the region<\/a> and is excited to welcome it back in March. Season 4 alone generated more than $95 million in economic impact for Pittsburgh, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThe show has built genuine roots with our workforce, our businesses and our communities,\u201d Keezer said in a prepared statement. \u201cIn addition to creating thousands of jobs and millions in economic activity, the production repeatedly invested back into the region through contributions to local nonprofits that supported scholarships, food security and essential supplies for families in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/state-funding-tv-series.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/state-funding-tv-series.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Shapiro Administration is awarding $28 million for production of the fifth and final season of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56065,4738,3892,4029,20520,20522,7015,6853,7156,14273,10513,16879,16880,5670,56066,4033,5646,56067,15217,41943,20436,1346,28032,34636,7025,7026,7163,56068,7028,11520,25590,56069,4044,73,75,74,15268,56070,56071,56072,2009,16538,503,34057,4051,56073,56074,56075],"class_list":{"0":"post-118152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-aperture","9":"tag-background","10":"tag-banner","11":"tag-black","12":"tag-blurred","13":"tag-bokeh","14":"tag-bright","15":"tag-camera","16":"tag-close","17":"tag-closeup","18":"tag-copy","19":"tag-copy-space","20":"tag-copyspace","21":"tag-digital","22":"tag-dslr","23":"tag-equipment","24":"tag-film","25":"tag-filter","26":"tag-front","27":"tag-gear","28":"tag-glass","29":"tag-hobby","30":"tag-image","31":"tag-large","32":"tag-lens","33":"tag-light","34":"tag-macro","35":"tag-optic","36":"tag-optical","37":"tag-photo","38":"tag-photographer","39":"tag-photographic","40":"tag-photography","41":"tag-pittsburgh","42":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","43":"tag-pittsburgh-news","44":"tag-professional","45":"tag-reflex","46":"tag-shutter","47":"tag-slr","48":"tag-space","49":"tag-studio","50":"tag-technology","51":"tag-text","52":"tag-white","53":"tag-wide","54":"tag-workshop","55":"tag-zoom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}