Hollywood Tomorrow
Studios & Business

A Production Hub Expands Outside Los Angeles

New stage capacity and an improved incentive package are pulling series production to a market that had been a secondary option.

By Sofia Lindqvist · August 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Published by Hollywood Tomorrow

Sound stage exterior with production trucks
Sound stage exterior with production trucks

Capacity follows incentives, and both moved.\n\nA regional production hub added stage space and improved its incentive package, and series that previously shot elsewhere have begun booking multi season commitments.\n\nCrew depth is the swing factor. A market can build stages faster than it can build a department head bench, and productions ask about the bench first.\n\nTraining programs launched alongside the expansion are the long play.\n\nTwo series start principal photography there this quarter.

Share this story

Keep up with the industry

Join the morning memo for a short daily brief.