Wednesday, May 17

On the set of a micro drone race, organizers explain the sport’s appeal

Megan Geuss

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On a hot day in April, I drove to a divey-looking sound stage in North Hollywood. It was camouflaged in an unnoticeable compound of warehouses off a busy boulevard.

What I found inside was a dimly-lit maze of structures, accented by the circus-glow of neon LEDs. The people who were leading me through the maze were professional Hollywood-types, people making a TV show that would compete for kids’ and families’ attention in a modern cacophony of media stimulus. They were betting on the appeal of an indoor micro-drone race.

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