Game show studio, Burbank and Albuquerque
Game Show Sets & Studio Rental
Turnkey game show sets in Burbank (Los Angeles) and Albuquerque, in a game show studio with audience seating, 250+ sets and looks that change between rounds.
- Audience seating at both studios, stadium-style in Burbank
- A giant LED video village on the Burbank floor
- No set storage fees between seasons
- Pioneered in 2007, two U.S. patents
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Or call 818-934-3775 Burbank 818-861-7317 Albuquerque
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Game show sets, taped in our studios.
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Game show sets
Game show sets ready before the audience is.
The arena
A raised circular center stage, video screens above it and views of the city.
Two levels and a scoreboard
A two-level design with giant video screens built in and a working scoreboard.
Sports and competition
A hardwood court with a scoreboard and stands, a classic boxing ring, or a sports desk with a video wall.
Neon and nightlife
Futuristic neon lights and a central dance floor.
The big room
Tiers of seats falling toward a wood performance platform, with side balconies.
What's included
Game show studio rental: the floor, the seats and the graphics, ready before the audience arrives.
- The operator who runs the virtual sets, included in every rental
- Audience seating at both studios, stadium-style and built in at Burbank
- The whole library of 250+ virtual sets, the same at both studios
- Teleprompter system, lighting, grip and audio packages already on the floor
- Green rooms, dressing rooms, makeup and production offices on site
- Optional crew of three camera operators (one on the jib) and a teleprompter operator
Productions that have trusted us
The networks, the streamers and the studios have all shot here.
Hart to Heart, Aquaman 2, Inventing Anna, Bosch, The Mummy, Greenland, Deadliest Catch and national spots for T-Mobile, Amazon and Domino's. Full credit list
Check availability
Tell us the format, the contestants and the audience size.
Tell us the format and your dates. A producer replies with availability and a quote.
- Included: the studio, 250+ ready-to-load sets, lighting, grip and audio, dressing and green rooms, and the operator who runs the virtual sets
- Two studios, in Burbank, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque shoots qualify for New Mexico’s 30% refundable film credit
- Quoted against your actual shoot, never a rack rate
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Game shows are won on momentum
Fast resets. Clean coverage. A set that looks bigger on camera than it has any right to. That’s the math of a game show, and it’s the math our stages are tuned for.
We run multi-camera workflow with video village on stage so you can review takes between rounds without ever leaving the floor. The set is virtual, a photoreal environment that appears around the floor live, in camera, so the look can shift in minutes, from a primetime tournament aesthetic to a daytime quiz-show feel, without striking and rebuilding.
Zero virtual set storage fees
This is the part of game show production no one talks about. Physical sets cost real money to store between episodes and between seasons. Many shows die on the renewal not because the audience left but because the math of the standing set stopped working.
We don’t charge to store your virtual set. Your second-season pilot can revisit the exact same look two months or two years later, with no carrying cost in between. That alone has saved more than one show.
Stadium-style audience, fully equipped
Both studios seat a live audience, and in Burbank the seating is stadium-style, built right in. With the sightlines, lighting, and audio coverage you’d expect from a network-quality broadcast. Bring your audience and your warm-up team; the seating, the floor, and the coverage are ready for them.
Sample gallery
Game show tapings, up close.
A look at game shows shot at L.A. & ABQ Castle Studios.
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Selected credits
- Fameless
- Celebrity Prank Wars
- Oh Sit!
- Stump'd
Questions
Game show set and studio rental: before the first taping.
- Where are most game shows filmed?
- Most U.S. game shows are taped in Los Angeles. Burbank and the surrounding studio district are the historic home of the format, close to the crew, audiences and networks. Our Burbank stage sits in the middle of that district with stadium-style audience seating built in, and we also run a second stage in Albuquerque.
- How much does it cost to rent a game show set?
- It depends on the configuration. Number of shoot days, audience size, camera package and how custom the look is. A big cost most productions overlook is set storage between episodes and seasons; because our sets are virtual, there are zero storage fees, which is often what keeps a show viable at renewal. Contact us with your format and schedule for a package price.
- Can I rent a game show studio in Los Angeles?
- Yes, our Burbank studio operates as a working game show studio: stadium-style audience seating (Albuquerque seats an audience as well), video village, multi-camera coverage with fast resets, and set looks that change between rounds because the environment is virtual. A second stage in Albuquerque runs the same pipeline. The virtual system operator is included in the rate; camera and teleprompter operators are an optional crew package.
- Can you build a custom game show set?
- Yes. The set look is a virtual environment, so we can design a custom primetime-tournament or daytime-quiz aesthetic and load it on the stage, with your branding, video village and multi-camera coverage, then change it in minutes between rounds or formats without striking and rebuilding.
Plan the rest of your game show
- Every talk and game show set Arenas, quiz floors and host desks in one list
- Gym and sports arena sets Courts, gyms and arenas for physical games
- Nightclub and lounge sets Neon floors for party formats
- Game show stage design guide How the podiums, the board and the audience fit together
- The Burbank game show studio Stadium-style audience seating built in
- Game show sets in Albuquerque The same set library, with audience seating
- Talk show set rental Host desks and couch sets on the same floor
- TV studio rental Series and specials in front of an audience
- Production offices in Burbank Month-to-month offices for a season
- Feature Films and Series
- Vertical Drama and Micro-Series
- The set library Every set, searchable by room and theme
- Rates and what drives the cost How a production is priced
- Tour the facility What is on site at each studio
- Credits Features, series and shows finished here
Tours run by appointment at both studios. Bring the script or the rundown and we will price the shoot against it.
