SpaceX will build a $100 billion Starship launch complex in Vermilion Parish

Following the historic announcement that SpaceX will invest $100 billion to build its largest Starship rocket launch pad in Vermilion Parish, state leaders are pulling back the curtain on the massive, months-long effort to land the project. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bonnett Bourgeois joins Newell to discuss how her team worked directly alongside Governor Jeff Landry and SpaceX leadership to secure the transformational deal for Pecan Island.

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