{"id":167277,"date":"2026-04-16T06:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167277\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:09:08","slug":"the-old-pittsburgh-international-airport-terminal-could-be-repurposed-as-a-film-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167277\/","title":{"rendered":"The old Pittsburgh International Airport terminal could be repurposed as a film studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new push is underway to convert the old terminal building at the Pittsburgh International Airport into a film studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-new-airport-terminal-travelers-open-for-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">old terminal was shuttered<\/a> as the airport opened its new, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-international-airport-terminal-look-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$1.7 billion landside terminal<\/a> and now the Pittsburgh Film Office is pushing to convert the building into a filming location.<\/p>\n<p>The film office&#8217;s proposal has been dubbed &#8220;Terminal P&#8221; and is <a href=\"https:\/\/terminal-p.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">complete with a new website<\/a> with several officials included in the push to turn the old facility into a location that could attract Hollywood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pack your bags. We&#8217;re shooting in Pittsburgh,&#8221; a banner on the site reads.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed redesign of the terminal would convert the space into a 440,000 square-foot production location with 60-foot ceilings, according to the Terminal P website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a skilled workforce and Pennsylvania&#8217;s competitive film tax incentives, Terminal P isn&#8217;t just a creative choice \u2014 it&#8217;s a smart financial decision,&#8221; the website reads. &#8220;Whether you&#8217;re planning your next blockbuster film, a new television series, or cutting-edge digital content, Terminal P at Pittsburgh International Airport stands ready to deliver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-04-16-000239.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-04-16-000239.png \" height=\"334\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Proposed plans have been announced to transform the old terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport into a film studio.<\/p>\n<p>                Terminal P<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is among those included who recorded statements as part of the push to convert the airport space, saying that he&#8217;s thrilled to invite filmmakers, producers and creatives to choose Pittsburgh&#8217;s brand new production facility for their next project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t just about making movies,&#8221; said Pittsburgh International Airport CEO Christina Cassotis in a recorded message. &#8220;It&#8217;s about making Pittsburgh a premier destination for the motion picture industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County Airport Authority spokesperson Bob Kerlik told KDKA&#8217;s news partners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/transportation\/2026\/04\/15\/pittsburgh-international-old-landside-terminal-p-movies-airport\/stories\/202604140069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a> that the agency is supportive of the Pittsburgh Film Office&#8217;s plans to position the site as a potential filming location as a way to generate economic impact for the region until a final decision on the old terminal building is made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new push is underway to convert the old terminal building at the Pittsburgh International Airport into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,6846,74],"class_list":["post-167277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-international-airport","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167277","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=167277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}