SpaceX Sweeteners: How Did Louisiana Lure Elon Musk’s Rocket Launch Site to Its Coast?

SpaceX sweeteners: How did Louisiana lure Elon Musk’s rocket launch site to its coast?

Louisiana officials offered SpaceX what might be one of the largest single-project tax breaks in U.S. history to cinch a $100 billion deal to build its largest launch facility yet in coastal Vermilion Parish.  State and local governments are giving SpaceX a tax incentive package valued at an estimated $27.5 billion, according to documents obtained […]

SpaceX promises coastal restoration in Louisiana, but scope and spending remain unclear

SpaceX’s plan to build a $100 billion rocket launch complex on Louisiana’s coast could bring new investment in marsh restoration and shoreline protection, but the extent of that work — and how much the Elon Musk-led company will spend — remains largely undetermined, according to the head of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. […]

KEENAN: Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History. A Crypto Loophole in Washington Could Undercut It

At the end of August in Abbeville, SpaceX confirmed what half the state had been whispering about for months: a $100 billion Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish, with as many as 10,000 permanent jobs. State officials called it the largest capital investment in Louisiana history, and for once that is not press release inflation. It […]

Guest Column: SpaceX announcement shows Louisiana is competing again

For decades, Louisiana watched transformative investments land somewhere else.

Will SpaceX save Louisiana’s coast?

This story was first reported by Verite News, a member of the Deep South Today network, and republished with permission. SpaceX’s plan to build a $100 billion rocket launch complex on Louisiana’s coast could bring new investment in marsh restoration and shoreline protection, but the extent of that work — and how much the Elon Musk-led company will spend — remains largely undetermined, according to the head of the state’s Coastal Protection and R…