‘The Last of Us’ generated $141 million in Alberta spending and 1,490 jobs

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The success of HBO's The Last of Us extended beyond its television audience, bringing a major production operation to Alberta and generating millions of dollars in local economic activity. Filmed across towns, cities and some of the province's best-known landscapes, the first season created work for the Canadian cast and crew while bringing business to hotels, construction suppliers and catering companies. An economic assessment by Oxford Economics, released in November 2023, put the production spending at more than $141 million.

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