# SpaceX Bets $100 Billion on a Louisiana Starbase — With Construction Set for 2027

After seven years of searching, the site that won out was a former Exxon tract in the marshland of Vermilion Parish. SpaceX intends to pour $100 billion into a second spaceport there, sitting west of New Orleans and roughly a 10-hour drive from the original Starbase in South Texas. Ground breaks in

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| Published | 26 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/spacex-bets-100-billion-on-a-louisiana-starbase-with-construction-set-for-2027/