{"id":42738,"date":"2026-08-13T08:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42738"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:16:58","slug":"fallout-season-2-turns-abandoned-la-mall-into-new-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42738","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fallout\u2019 season 2 turns abandoned LA mall into New Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-f2qlc212a-1786589984095.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786575703\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The sweeping desert landscape of Las Vegas that Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) explore in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-fallout-season-2-premiere-tonight-for-free\/\">Season 2 of \u201cFallout\u201d<\/a> was not filmed in Sin City, but <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/03\/us-news\/puente-hills-malls-eerie-halls-perfect-place-for-a-backrooms-viewing-for-horror-fans\/\">an abandoned LA mall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the first season showed viewers the post-apocalyptic landscape of Los Angeles, following Lucy as she tries to track down her kidnapped father, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/24\/entertainment\/macaulay-culkin-reveals-real-reason-why-he-stepped-away-from-acting-after-home-alone\/\">Season 2 shifts the story to New Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Production designer Howard Cummings told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/abandoned-mall-transformed-las-vegas-fallout-season-two-1236671538\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that the focal point of the season was to capture Las Vegas before the nuclear bombing of 2077, calling it a \u201cretro-futuristic Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of filming in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/lifestyle\/mysterious-symbol-with-07-16-2026-date-appears-across-las-vegas\/\">real Las Vegas<\/a>, Cummings used the long-abandoned Valley Plaza Mall, which opened in 1951 and has been dormant for over a decade, and turned it into the small screen New Vegas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The sweeping desert landscape of Las Vegas that Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) explore in Season 2 of \u201cFallout\u201d was not filmed in Sin City, but an abandoned LA mall. <span class=\"credit\">Amazon via Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Production designer Howard Cummings told The Hollywood Reporter that the focal point of the season was to capture Las Vegas before the nuclear bombing of 2077, calling it a \u201cretro-futuristic Vegas.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Amazon via Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Instead of filming in the real Las Vegas, Cummings used the long-abandoned Valley Plaza Mall, which opened in 1951 and has been dormant for over a decade, and turned it into the small screen New Vegas. <span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mall\u2019s old Regal Theater building was rebranded as the Gomorrah Hotel and Casino, with the 27-foot Lucky 38 sign standing next to it, which was built by his team on set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people think this is all CG and they just did a greenscreen,\u201d Cummings said, insisting that these were all real practical sets, aside from digital Vegas backdrops.<\/p>\n<p>The prewar flashback scenes were filmed first, before the nuclear blast that turned Goggins\u2019 Howard into The Ghoul, before Cummings and his team went back and \u201ctrashed\u201d that set.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Howard Cummings and Julie Ochipinti discuss the production design for \u201cFallout\u201d Season 2, including New Vegas, Freeside, and Vaults.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - 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The brand-new cars [were] rusted and destroyed,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cummings also shot the Freeside district of New Vegas in an Old West town in Santa Clarita, California, the same location where another show he worked on was shot, HBO\u2019s \u201cWestworld.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The production designer and his team had to re-face the buildings to match them to the buildings from the game, though there was some digital work as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The mall\u2019s old Regal Theater building was rebranded as the Gomorrah Hotel and Casino, with the 27-foot Lucky 38 sign standing next to it, which was built by his team on set. <span class=\"credit\">Amazon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI added the Wrangler Casino and Silver Rush signs, but the overpass was added in post,\u201d Cummings admitted.<\/p>\n<p>If the show does head back to New Vegas for Season 3, they will have to find a new place to shoot, since a panel of LA city commissioners approved a plan to demolish the abandoned mall, with the demolition process starting in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Fallout will seemingly be the last film or TV show to shoot there, with other major productions such as \u201cMagnolia,\u201d \u201cPineapple Express,\u201d \u201cStraight Outta Compton,\u201d \u201cCaptain Marvel,\u201d \u201cSneaky Pete\u201d and \u201cThe Middle\u201d filming there throughout the years, while Randy Newman also filmed the video for his iconic 1983 song \u201cI Love L.A.\u201d there as well.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon did renew Fallout for a third season back in May 2025, though it\u2019s unclear when production will begin quite yet.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a><br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download here!<\/a><br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sweeping desert landscape of Las Vegas that Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) explore in Season 2 of \u201cFallout\u201d was not filmed in Sin City, but an abandoned LA mall. 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