Los Angeles Still Leads In Soundstage Space, But FilmLA Says Growth Is Outpaced By Toronto, UK & New York
deadline.comLos Angeles County has more square feet of soundstages than New York and Georgia combined, and more is on the way, according to the latest report from FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.L.A.’s 5.4 million square feet of stage space tops that of the United Kingdom (4.7 million square feet), Toronto and Ontario province (3.3 million square feet), British Columbia (2.8 million), New York (2.4 million) and Georgia (2 million).Even so, to meet the growing global demand for places to shoot films and TV shows, the expansion of soundstage infrastructure in the UK, Toronto and New York vastly has outpaced that of L.A.
in recent years. Since 2019, the square footage of soundstages in L.A. has only increased by 4%, compared with 43% in Ontario, 34% in the UK and 33% in New York.
According to the report, there’s been virtually no growth at all in the square footage of soundstages in Georgia and British Columbia over that time span.Read the full report here.FilmLA says it’s currently tracking 14 new studio projects and/or studio expansions underway in Greater Los Angeles, including the ongoing expansions at the Universal Studios lot and at CBS Television City, and the planned construction of new stages at the Warner Bros.
Ranch.“If all of these projects are built, the count of certified stages in the region would increase by approximately 27%, and square footage by an unknown but considerable sum,” FilmLA says.This expansion is getting a major assist from California’s Film & Television Soundstage Filming Program, which over the next 10 year establishes a new tax credit in an amount equal to 20% or 25% for qualified expenditures for the production of a qualified motion picture in a certified studio construction project.
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