Gear rental · Casa Grande, Arizona
Camera and industrial video rentals in Casa Grande
Casa Grande is 70 minutes and 59 miles south on I-10, the last city on the delivery map and a manufacturing town where I-8 meets I-10. The west-side corridor's factories and logistics floors book recruiting, safety and facility films at a scale that needs the biggest lights on the shelf. After dark, tourism and brand work shoot around the town's own history: the 1922 stone warehouse, the Neon Sign Park and the Francisco Grande resort.
~70 mindrive time
59 miroad miles
From Florence Boulevard via I-10.
Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Shooting in Casa Grande
Factory floors by day, restored neon by night.
Casa Grande orders are big and multi-day. Industrial lighting kits with comms, a drone for the plant exterior, and the night kit for the neon. With the fourth day free and the week for five, a Casa Grande production usually rents once and keeps the gear for the run.
Industrial and manufacturing video on the west side
The factories, distribution centers and the corridor's new plants film recruiting, training and facility tours under mixed industrial light. The LS 1200D Pro and 600D through frames, Nova RGB panels to correct the ceiling, the Hollyland comms for a crew spread across a floor, a broadcast monitor for the safety lead, and long SDI runs. Site rules set the delivery; the counter plans to them.
The Neon Sign Park and downtown after dark
Fourteen restored neon signs on North Sacaton Street and the historic downtown along Florence Street are the night shot. A high-ISO body, T2.1 primes, a slider, a hazer where permitted and PavoTubes to fill the shadows the neon leaves. Casa Grande orders headed downtown leave with the night kit and extra cards.
Francisco Grande, the fairgrounds and the ruins
The Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort's mid-century tower, the Pinal County Fair and livestock shows at the fairgrounds on Eleven Mile Corner Road, and the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument northeast of town in Coolidge. Hospitality films, event coverage and tourism pieces, with a drone on the resort and a long lens at the fairgrounds.
Where productions work in Casa Grande
Plant gates, Florence Street and the Promenade.
Plant gates on Thornton Road, the downtown blocks around Florence Street and the Promenade each load in differently, and the van plans each one before shoot day.
- Downtown Casa Grande
- Villago
- Mission Royale
- McCartney Ranch
- Cottonwood Ranch
- Ghost Hollow Estates
- Thornton Road
- Promenade at Casa Grande
Locations worth building a shot around
- Casa Grande Neon Sign Park on North Sacaton Street
- The 1922 Stone Warehouse at 119 Florence Street
- Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort on the Gila Bend Highway
- Casa Grande Mountain Park and its eighteen miles of trail
- Pinal Fairgrounds and Event Center on Eleven Mile Corner Road
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, northeast of town in Coolidge
The kit Casa Grande shoots pull
The Casa Grande industrial-and-night kit
Aputure LS 1200D Pro and LS 600D with the 12x12 frame, the Nova P600C and P300C RGB panels, a Sony FX6 and an A7S III for the night, the Vespid 21, 35 and 50mm at T2.1, the Hollyland six-headset comms, a 17.3-inch broadcast monitor on a 30-foot SDI run, a PavoTube set for the neon fill, the DJI Mavic 4 Pro for the plant exterior, eight V-mount packs, a high-velocity fan and two folding tables for the crew. A week's rental pays for five days.
From these shelves
Same building: Influence Studios
Rent the gear. Book the stage. One roof.
The counter shares a nearly 10,000 sq ft building with Influence Studios: a 2,000 sq ft cyc wall, a 30 by 10 ft LED volume wall, a podcast suite and 16 standing sets across 9 studios, bookable by the hour from $49/hr. Studio time includes lighting and audio; cameras come from this shelf.
Good to know
Casa Grande questions, answered.
Yes. It is the longest run on the map, 59 miles each way, and the delivery is quoted accordingly. Casa Grande productions almost always rent for a week or more, so the seven-for-five rate and a single drop and collection make the delivery a small share of the order. Pickup in Glendale is a straight run up I-10 and I-17 if you prefer.
Power planning, color correction and communication. The 1200D Pro needs mains or a generator; Nova RGB panels match the fill to whatever the sodium and LED ceiling is doing; and the six-headset comms let a director on a mezzanine talk to an operator on the floor without shouting over machinery. Send the counter the site's rules and the kit is built to them.
The Ruins are a National Park Service monument, and the park service prohibits launching, landing or flying drones there without the superintendent's approval. Industrial sites are private and set their own rules, usually requiring the site's approval. Casa Grande Municipal Airport, north of downtown, has no tower and no controlled airspace at drone altitudes, so the town is uncontrolled sky; keep clear of its traffic.
The night kit for Casa Grande's neon, booked tonight.
Live availability for your dates. Pick up at the Glendale counter or have it delivered to set.