Nickelodeon Studios

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Opening Day, June 1990

Nickelodeon Studios (opened June 7, 1990 – closed April 30, 2005) was an attraction at Universal Studios Florida.

1 History
2 Shows taped at Nickelodeon Studios
3 External links

[edit] History

Location of the former Nickelodeon Slime Geyser after its removal.

Plate marking the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Opening on June 7, 1990, the facility was a working studio where many Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon GAS shows were produced. It consisted of Soundstages 18 and 19, along with a central building between them that housed both Nickelodeon production offices, dressing rooms, makeup rooms, the Gak Kitchen and the Game Lab live show located on Stage 17 for guests of Universal Studios Florida. Soundstage 21, located directly behind Stages 17 and 18, was also part of the production facility in the early 1990s when a larger sound stage was needed for the taping of Nickelodeon GUTS and Global GUTS. Stage 21 was not "owned" or part of the studio contract Nickelodeon had with Universal, but was leased separately for the duration of Nickelodeon Productions on the stage. A Studio Tour was made available to guests of Universal Studios that allowed them to see the working production facility in person. Guests were also allowed to be part of a live studio audience if taping was occurring that day. Over 2,000 episodes of original programming were shot at Nickelodeon Studios while it was in operation. The studio tour closed in 2001 after staffing cuts were made. The Game Lab portion of the tour would continue to run until Nickelodeon Studios closed in 2005.

The facility closed on April 30, 2005, after Nickelodeon had gradually moved its production facilities to Burbank, California and New York, New York. . The final program filmed at Nickelodeon Studios was Nickelodeon SPLAT! on August 17, 2004.

The Slime Geyser in front of Soundstage 18 was removed in May 2005.

The trademark "Nickelodeon" sign above the facility was removed in January 2006.

A time capsule buried by the network in 1992 in front of Sound stage 18 was removed in August 2006 and was replaced with concrete. The time capsule contained items deemed important to the children of 1992 as voted upon by Nickelodeon viewers, including a new Nintendo Game Boy, an issue of Nickelodeon Magazine and various other toys. The time capsule was scheduled to be opened on April 30, 2042, fifty years after its burial. It is currently in Nickelodeon's possession and as of January 31, 2007, it has been reburied at Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando.

On November 9, 2006, Universal Orlando announced that the facility would be redesigned to become a 1,000 seat permanent venue for Blue Man Group. Tickets are on sale now, and the new venue will open on June 7, 2007. [1] During the construction phase of new theater, no cosmetic changes were made, with the exception of the addition of the new Box Office in the Pavilion. The sound stage was painted black with three giant blue heads, the main building was painted white, and the side of Stage 18 was painted black with blue, yellow, and red paint splats.