NBC News Democratic Debate

• Set Design Clickspring Design
• Lighting Design The Lighting Design Group
• Fabrication Mystic Scenic Studios

Stage design for NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo’s Democratic primary debates in the 2020 Election cycle.

The design was first used across two nights on Wednesday, June 27 and Thursday, June 28, 2019, for the first debate of the 2020 campaign, held at the Knight Concert Hall inside the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. The debate, moderated by Jose Diaz-Balart, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd, aired on NBC, Telemundo and MSNBC.

The design was also used on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, for the fifth debate from the Oprah Winfrey Sound Stage at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. The debate was co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post and moderated by Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell, Ashley Parker and Kristen Welker. 

Ahead of the Nevada Caucuses, the stage design was used on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, for the debate co-hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and the Nevada Independent. From the Le Théâtre des Arts at Paris Las Vegas, the debate was moderated by Vanessa Hauc, Lester Holt, Hallie Jackson, Jon Ralston and Chuck Todd.

NBC’s debate stage design creates outline of race’s prize using LED panels, glass

Photos courtesy of NBC News.