LA Center Studios

LA Center Studios (Los Angeles Center Studios) is an independent studio on a 20-acre campus in Downtown Los Angeles, just west of the 110 freeway at Fifth and Bixel streets, with six 18,000-square-foot sound stages, production offices and practical filming locations. It opened in 1999 in the former Union Oil Center, a 1958 modernist headquarters whose tower now serves as production offices and a vertical backlot. According to LA Center Studios, more than 4,000 productions have filmed on the campus, including Top Gun: Maverick, Mank, Westworld, Mad Men and The Lincoln Lawyer.

Sound stages

• Stages 1 and 2: 150 by 120 feet with 43 feet to the grid, floating wood floors, silent air, an NC rating of 25 or better, audience rating and 16-foot elephant doors.
• Stage 1 pool: an in-ground pool about 50 by 30 feet and 16 feet deep, used for The Ring Two and ER.
• Stage 4: an LED volume run by Synapse, with AOTO tiles, Brompton processing and stYpe camera tracking.
• Stages 3, 5 and 6: audience load-in for game shows, features and commercials, with credits including The Masked Singer and The Accountant 2.

Locations and support

• Standing sets, closed-off campus streets, a subterranean garage, loading dock and lobby available as filming locations.
• 72 furnished dressing rooms with private showers next to the stages, plus hair and makeup rooms.
• Basecamp parking, grip and lighting, heavy equipment, production supplies and a 350-seat theater.
• Fiber connectivity to the One Wilshire hub, campus Wi-Fi, the Flix Cafe commissary and The Refinery co-working space.

Commercials, music videos and events

LA Center Studios says its stages and campus are also used for commercials, music videos, concert rehearsals and photo shoots. The campus hosts events for up to 10,000 guests, and the studio lists LA Food & Wine, the NBA Players Association and Activision among past event clients.