[vcf-midatlantic] OT: Netflix studios coming to former Army base in Monmouth NJ

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> So how will this affect InfoAge(?) in the future?
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There is no way to know for certain.
The only way that I see it affecting InfoAge is in rental of different
equipment.
Of course there is a chance for someone at NetFlix to discover the history
of InfoAge, do some filming and draw in more visitors.
For the Vintage Computer Federation most shows that we have rented
artifacts to in the past have been far away.
This would be super close, so much easier to rent artifacts.
As for VCF East, it may make it harder to get hotel rentals if there are a
lot of people using up the local hotels.
However this may incentivize more hotels to be built, which would be
helpful overall.
There are also plans to renovate or rebuild abandoned housing in the
surrounding area since the Army moved out of Fort Monmouth.
There have been other businesses that have moved into Fort Monmouth
including churches, rehabilitation centers, CommVault, etc.
This is the first really big named place to open up.
There are still acres and acres and acres of undeveloped land (total area
of Fort Monmouth is 1,126 acres).
I know because I have read the local news and drive through the center of
the campus periodically.
I invited anyone when visiting VCF to drive through and see what I mean.

Jeff Brace


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> > On Dec 22, 2022, at 9:52 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> > "New $848M Netflix Studios Monmouth At Former New Jersey Army Base Is A
> Firm Go; Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Sees “Billions In Economic Output” From 12
> Sound Stages – Update"
> >
> > "Netflix will pay $55 million for a big parcel of land in New Jersey,
> then invest about $850 million to build a state-of-the-art production
> studio, according to details of the streamer’s bid. "
> >
> > "The 289-acre site of Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth, a former army base,
> would be one of the largest fully integrated production facilities in the
> world and a very close second to Netflix’s biggest U.S. production hub in
> Albuquerque, New Mexico, which totals 300 acres."
> >
> >
> https://deadline.com/2022/12/netflix-studios-fort-monmouth-new-jersey-production-studio-1235203997/
> >
> > So uh, this is really close to VCF. 10 mile drive according to the Goog
> but much shorter as the crow flies.
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> >            - Ethan
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