Production Guide
In March 2026, the Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended approval for a first-of-its-kind gaming salon at Park MGM on the Las Vegas Strip. The concept: a fully broadcast-ready table games environment where content creators, streamers, and gaming influencers can record live play for their audiences — in a regulatorily-compliant, professionally produced setting.
MGM Resorts International engaged Mr. Camera to design and install the complete production infrastructure. The result is a system that delivers broadcast-quality multi-camera coverage of live table game play, supports real-time streaming, and can be operated in its entirety by a single person from an iPad.
Casinos have historically prohibited patron recording on the gaming floor — a rule rooted in privacy, cheating prevention, and regulatory compliance. As the influencer and streaming economy has grown, gaming content creators have faced a fundamental barrier: they can't produce authentic, live table game content in the environments their audiences want to see.
MGM Resorts saw an opportunity to break new ground by creating a dedicated space where recording isn't just permitted but built into the room itself. The technical challenge was significant: design a system that delivers broadcast-quality multi-camera production, meets Nevada Gaming Control Board technical and operational requirements, integrates cleanly into the casino environment without disrupting the guest experience, and remains simple enough for a content creator to operate without a dedicated production engineer.
At the foundation of the system is a six-camera array using Sony ILME-FR7 Full-Frame Interchangeable Lens PTZ cameras — Sony's flagship remote camera platform. The FR7 offers cinema-grade image quality in a compact, ceiling-mountable form factor with full remote pan, tilt, and zoom control over IP. This was the right camera for this application for several reasons: it eliminates the need for camera operators on the floor, it produces 4K broadcast-quality output, and its interchangeable lens system gave us the flexibility to configure each position for its specific coverage role.
The six cameras were installed with a combination of Sony 16-35mm wide-angle power zoom lenses for establishing and wide table coverage, and Sony 18-105mm power zoom lenses for tight, table-level coverage of cards, chips, and player reactions. The result is full coverage flexibility — any angle of the action available at any moment from the production control surface.
At the heart of the system sits a Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio HD8 ISO — a professional broadcast switcher handling up to eight camera inputs with full ISO recording on every channel simultaneously. The ISO capability is critical for this use case: content creators get a finished live-switched program feed in real time for streaming, while also receiving the complete set of isolated camera feeds for post-production editing. One session in the salon produces a ready-to-stream live show and a fully produced edited piece from the same recording.
Making a six-camera broadcast production system accessible to a single non-engineer operator required a purpose-built control layer. Mr. Camera integrated Bitfocus Companion software with an Elgato Stream Deck physical control surface. Companion acts as the bridge between the Stream Deck's physical buttons and the ATEM switcher, enabling camera cuts, scene transitions, audio adjustments, and streaming commands to be triggered with a single button press.
The Stream Deck layout was custom-programmed for the salon workflow — each button labeled and color-coded for its specific function. Because Companion runs a web-based control interface, the full production surface is also accessible from any iPad connected to the local network. A content creator can walk into the salon, connect their iPad, and run a fully produced multi-camera stream entirely on their own. No dedicated engineer required.
Clean signal routing required Blackmagic Design BiDirect SDI/HDMI converters for translation across the system's routing paths, and a KanexPro 4K HDMI splitter for simultaneous distribution to the production monitor and additional display destinations. A Samsung 55" 4K HDR Smart TV serves as the primary production monitor, giving talent and crew a real-time reference view of the program output.
The salon's networking backbone is built on dual Ubiquiti USW-24-POE 24-port managed Power over Ethernet switches, providing reliable high-throughput connectivity for all six cameras, the switcher, and streaming infrastructure over a single cable run to each camera position. A TP-Link AX3000 dual-band gigabit router handles wireless access for iPad control and creator devices. A Furman power conditioner with digital volt metering protects all equipment from the power fluctuations common on a casino floor.
Park MGM became the first Las Vegas Strip casino to receive regulatory approval for a designated recording-enabled gaming salon — a landmark moment for both the casino industry and the content creation economy. The Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended approval in March 2026, with the Nevada Gaming Commission providing final sign-off at its March 26, 2026 meeting.
The production system Mr. Camera installed delivers broadcast-quality 4K multi-camera coverage of live table game play, real-time streaming capability, full ISO recording for post-production flexibility, and an operator experience simple enough that a content creator can run a professional production entirely on their own. The salon can be configured as a private booking for a celebrity or influencer or opened to the public — with the production system performing at broadcast standard in either configuration.
The Park MGM gaming salon is not just a studio build — it's a signal about where the entertainment and content creation economies are heading. The Las Vegas casino industry is adapting to a generation of audiences that watches gaming content as entertainment, and the infrastructure requirements for that shift are broadcast infrastructure requirements. The same camera systems, switchers, and production workflows that cover a corporate general session or a network broadcast are now being deployed on the casino floor.
Mr. Camera has been building broadcast infrastructure in Las Vegas since 1981. If you're planning a studio build, broadcast installation, or integrated AV production system for a Las Vegas property, get in touch with us here.
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