Lights, camera, Lacey: TV commercial was filmed at Regional Athletic Complex
A TV commercial produced on behalf of the Under Armour sportswear company was filmed in the Lacey area, a Lacey City Council committee learned this month.
Parks and Recreation Director Jen Burbidge said a company called We Are Royale booked one of the soccer fields at the Regional Athletic Complex in mid-August for the shoot.
The city doesn’t know when the commercial will be released; however, once it has been released, it may be hard to tell where it was filmed. Burbidge said they created a lot of artificial snow for the shoot.
“It looked like a snow day even though it was the middle of summer,” she said.
The filming took about 24 hours, Burbidge said. The cost to rent the field earned the city $635.
“This is something that may not have been possible during our regular booking schedule, so staff were excited to see a different way our fields could be used,” she said.
This isn’t the first time the TV or movie business has taken an interest in the Olympia area. Planet Fitness produced a video in Olympia that was used across its social media channels in 2018.
“Body of Evidence,” which starred pop singer Madonna, was filmed in Olympia in the early 1990s, and “Heart Like a Wheel,” a 1983 movie about drag racer Shirley Muldowney, was partially filmed at Sylvester Park in downtown Olympia, Burbidge said.
Other parks department news
The holiday lighted vehicle parade and the tree-lighting ceremony at Huntamer Park, which took pace in early December last year and typically attracts 5,000 people, have been canceled because of COVID-19, Burbidge said.
However, the trees at Huntamer Park will still be decorated with holiday lights.
“We have plans to use either a shortwave transmitter or an app to record Santa Claus reading a story and create a holiday play list that will play each evening from dusk until about 8 p.m.,” she said.
Signs will be posted at the park describing how people can tune in and listen.
Meanwhile, train-themed playground equipment next to the new train depot on Pacific Avenue Southeast at Lebanon Street Southeast could open to the public by the end of the month.
The depot itself hasn’t opened yet, but it has bathrooms with exterior doors for those who play on the playground.
As with other Lacey parks, a COVID-19 protocol sign will be posted at the new playground, Burbidge said.
This story was originally published October 16, 2020 at 5:45 AM.
