Universal Studios Lot

[3] Today the Universal Studios Lot is made up of 400 acres, which includes more than 30 sound stages, the Brokaw News Center and 165 other separate structures.

[6] Shortly after the MCA–Universal Pictures merger, accountants suggested that a new tour in the studio commissary would increase profits.

On July 15, 1964, the modern Universal Studios tour was established to include a series of dressing room walk-throughs, peeks at actual production, and later, staged events.

[3] Over the next decades, numerous television shows and movies were filmed in Universal Studios Lot, notably at the Courthouse Square and Colonial Street sets.

[7] Since 2016, the NBC show American Ninja Warrior has filmed their Los Angeles city qualifiers and finals courses on the lot.

Aerial view of soundstages
The exterior of Soundstage 28 at Universal Studios Lot, commonly called the "Phantom Stage" after the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera which was filmed there