Mystery Las Vegas Development Is Revealed To Be A Soundstage For YouTube Star MrBeast's New Reality TV Show

A YouTube following with 385 million subscribers has given MrBeast — Jimmy Donaldson to his parents — a lot of leverage. So much so that Amazon MGM studios has constructed a Las Vegas soundstage to tape his upcoming “Beast Games Season 2,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal Reports.

There was some conjecture regarding the use of the airport hanger-type structure being built near the South Point Hotel and Casino. Adding literal fuel to the fire were documents approved by Clark County for a dirt lot at 2725 W. Pyle Ave., owned by Michael Gaughan, the owner of South Point’s South 80 LLC. They required a review by the Clark County Fire Prevention Bureau due to plans that include the temporary use of six diesel generators and 500-gallon fuel tanks, with a total fuel capacity of 7,562 gallons.

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The permit listed a move-in day of May 1, with the building expected to be demolished by June 30. Compounding the mystery were the nondisclosure agreements that the companies involved, including South Point and the contractor, were asked to sign.

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‘The Biggest Competition In Game Show History’

However, multiple reports provided to the Review-Journal confirmed the intended use of the structure as MrBeast’s soundstage. The first season of BeastGames was shot at the city's Allegiant Stadium in July. It featured 2,000 contestants competing for a $5 million prize and was billed as “the biggest competition in game show history.” It premiered on Amazon Prime Video, and its success led to it being renewed for two more seasons. 

The large streaming numbers did not come without controversy. A class action lawsuit was filed in September by five contestants who alleged they were subjected to unsafe conditions in an environment of misogyny and sexism and were not paid for their participation, the Review-Journal reported.

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MrBeast Earned $85 Million In 2024, But He Claims To Have No Money

MrBeast, who is 27 and hails from Greenville, North Carolina, earned $85 million in 2024, according to Forbes. With 500 million followers, MrBeast is the most followed content creator in the world, with an empire collectively known as Beast Industries, comprising closing food and media, valued at $5 billion by Bloomberg.

However, Donaldson recently admitted that he invests all his revenue back into his business and is cash-poor, despite some websites estimating him to be a billionaire. 

“I literally have almost no money,” MrBeast said in a June 2 post on X. “I’ve just been reinvesting everything into content and ‘literally’ had to borrow money from my mom to help with my wedding lol.”

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Writing A Thriller With James Patterson

His empire is about to expand into fiction, as The New York Times reported that the influencer is teaming up with best-selling novelist James Patterson to co-author a thriller, which will be released by HarperCollins in 2026. The plot is tailor-made for Donaldson — it concerns a global contest with life-threatening situations and a huge prize. What could go wrong? The bidding war between publishers to land the book was intense, The Times reported, due to both Donaldson and Patterson’s massive followings. 

“He’s such a smart operator in understanding the social media algorithms, what drives engagement, what drives activation,” Brian Murray, president and chief executive of HarperCollins, told the Times of MrBeast. “One of the challenges we have in publishing is there’s so much noise out there in the media and entertainment landscape, and trying to break through with books can be difficult.”    

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