Hawaii filming of 'Lost' spent $228M locally over 4 years

Thanks to SL-Lost for the heads up.

The locally produced TV show, which airs its final episode on May 23, spent $228.2 million in Hawai’i from 2006 to 2009 and employed an average of 973 people full-time in each of those years. That’s according to state figures given to The Advertiser last week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed Dec. 24.
The state has not released the value of the tax credits claimed by “Lost” producers, but it’s likely they exceeded $32 million.

Source: honoluluadvertiser