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Abandoned California mall transformed into post-apocalyptic Las Vegas set for ‘Fallout’

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Abandoned California mall transformed into post-apocalyptic Las Vegas set for ‘Fallout’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Abandoned California mall transformed into post-apocalyptic Las Vegas set for ‘Fallout’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google The sweeping desert landscape of Las Vegas that Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) explore in Season 2 of “Fallout” was not filmed in Sin City, but an abandoned LA mall.

Common ground

While the first season showed viewers the post-apocalyptic landscape of Los Angeles, following Lucy as she tries to track down her kidnapped father, Season 2 shifts the story to New Vegas.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the 27-foot Lucky 38 sign standing next to it, which was built by his team on set.”
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The detail regarding a practical 27-foot Lucky 38 sign built on set is mentioned in one specific source. Other sources confirm the Lucky 38 exists in the game/show but not the specific height or construction of the set piece.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout premiered on December 16, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video, with the remaining episodes released weekly through February 3,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_season_2
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lucky Luke is a Western comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist, Maurice De Bevere, best known by the pen name Morris, in 1946. Morris drew the series and wrote some of the early adventures w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Luke
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "The Strip" is the eighth and final episode of the second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout. It is the sixteenth overall episode of the series and was written by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strip_(Fallout)
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Claim 2: “The sweeping desert landscape of Las Vegas that Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) explore in Season 2 of “Fallout” was not filmed in Sin City, but an abandoned LA mall.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the New Vegas scenes for Fallout Season 2 were filmed at the abandoned Valley Plaza Mall in Los Angeles rather than in Las Vegas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout premiered on December 16, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video, with the remaining episodes released weekly through February 3,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_season_2
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Claim 3: “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’s “Westworld.””
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Two independent sources confirm the Freeside district was filmed at Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita and that the production designer (Cummings) previously used the same saloon location for HBO's Westworld.
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web search NEUTRAL — "Metallic Monks" Freeside is a district of New Vegas in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas. It also appears in season 2 of the Fallout TV series and Fallout Shelter.The film set for Freeside w…
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Freeside
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web search NEUTRAL — “It was the old saloon in ‘Westworld,’” says Cummings, who was also the production designer on Nolan’s sci-fi western that aired for four seasons on HBO. “Turning that into a ‘50s nightclub was really…
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-01-…
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web search NEUTRAL — If there are any new Resident Evil-related mods for Fallout 4, I'll update my list with them. YouTube: / @quin616 Resident Evil in FO4 Playlist: • Fallout 4 Modded into Resident Evil Archive 00:00 Nip…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF139fTTLF0
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Claim 4: “The mall’s old Regal Theater building was rebranded as the Gomorrah Hotel and Casino”
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The specific detail that the Regal Theater building was rebranded as the Gomorrah Hotel and Casino is mentioned in one detailed source. While other sources confirm the mall was used for the Strip, they don't specify the theater building's role.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — L.A. Live is an entertainment complex in the South Park District of downtown Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center. L.A. Live was develo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Live
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NCG Cinemas (short for Neighborhood Cinema Group) is a movie theater chain headquartered in Owosso, Michigan and are owned and operated by the Geiger family. The chain consists at present of 25 theat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCG_Cinemas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Paseo is an outdoor mall in Pasadena, California, covering three city blocks with office space, shops, restaurants, a movie theater, and 400 loft-style condominiums (called Terrace Apartment Homes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paseo_(Pasadena)
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Claim 5: “Randy Newman also filmed the video for his iconic 1983 song “I Love L.A.” there as well.”
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No evidence was found in the search results to confirm or deny that Randy Newman filmed 'I Love L.A.' at Valley Plaza Mall.
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Claim 6: “Cummings used the long-abandoned Valley Plaza Mall, which opened in 1951 and has been dormant for over a decade”
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Both a specialized article on the filming location and Wikipedia confirm Valley Plaza opened in 1951. The filming article specifically notes it has been dormant for over a decade.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of shopping malls in the United States and its territories that have at least 2,000,000 total square feet (190,000 m2) of retail space (gross leasable area). The list is based on the la…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_malls…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following page is a list of shopping malls in the U.S. state of California. The largest malls, with a gross leasable area of at least 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2), are in bold font, with a ranking nu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Cali…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Valley Plaza was a shopping center in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, one of the first in the San Fernando Valley, opened in 1951. In the mid-1950s, it was reported to be the largest shopping center on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Plaza
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Claim 7: “a panel of LA city commissioners approved a plan to demolish the abandoned mall, with the demolition process starting in October 2025.”
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While sources confirm LA city commissioners approved the demolition of the mall, the provided evidence states demolition 'began this week' (in a current context), whereas the claim specifies a start date of October 2025. This creates a contradiction in timing.
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web search NEUTRAL — The demolition, which began this week, came after a panel of Los Angeles city commissioners appointed by Mayor Karen Bass voted in August to declare much of the site a public nuisance. The vote greenl…
https://briefly.co/anchor/Los_Angeles/story/our-stomping-gro…
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web search NEUTRAL — One of the San Fernando Valley's oldest outdoor shopping malls, Valley Plaza opened in the early 1950s but has fallen on hard times in recent years, prompting complaints from neighbors.
https://hk.news.yahoo.com/articles/stomping-ground-demolitio…
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web search NEUTRAL — Valley Plaza was once a historic landmark, but now it may be demolished. The decision was reached by a L.A. City pan of commissioners, and it may pave the way for this once-treasured property to be re…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/valley-plaza-mall-history
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Claim 8: “Season 2 shifts the story to New Vegas.”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Verge and a TikTok first-look report, confirm that Season 2 shifts the setting to New Vegas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series Fallout premiered on December 16, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video, with the remaining episodes released weekly through February 3,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_season_2
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Claim 9: “Amazon did renew Fallout for a third season back in May 2025”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a Season 3 renewal in May 2025.
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Claim 10: “other major productions such as “Magnolia,” “Pineapple Express,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “Captain Marvel,” “Sneaky Pete” and “The Middle” filming there throughout the years”
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The list of specific productions (Magnolia, Pineapple Express, etc.) filming at Valley Plaza is provided by a single source. Other search results for these movies do not explicitly link them to this specific mall in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fallout will seemingly be the last film or TV show to shoot there, with other major productions such as "Magnolia," "Pineapple Express," "Straight Outta Compton," "Captain Marvel," "Sneaky Pete" and "…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/abandoned-ca…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thor teaches the Vision the value of friendship by taking him to Asgard where together they must fight an Ultron-controlled Destroyer.Marvel’s Avengers Assem...Follow along using the transcript.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq6emyQS-Lw
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web search NEUTRAL — Brie Larson and Captain Marvel are supposed to be the face of the MCU for five more movies following The Avengers: Endgame, what happens when fans turn their backs? The MCU goes on a hiatus?
https://cosmicbook.news/captain-marvel-trouble
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