Metairie, LA Live Event and Concert Drones

Live event drones in Metairie

This page is for event producers, promoters and venues planning a live event in Metairie. We fly concerts, festivals, parades, arena shows, races and brand activations, with drone feeds sent live to screens, the stream or a broadcast truck, plus fast edits for social. For homes, tourism and general aerials see our Metairie, LA drone videographer page.

Next door to New Orleans

Our crew has flown the aerial livestream at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco since 2023. For New Orleans itself, including the French Quarter and the Superdome, see New Orleans drone videography; we plan Metairie jobs alongside that work. For concerts, festivals and events we film recaps, and for larger shows we send live drone feeds to the stream or screens. See Live drone feeds for video boards and Concert and festival FPV drones across the US.

Businesses, parks and parades

Old Metairie homes, Lakeside, Fat City, Lafreniere Park and businesses along Veterans Boulevard suit brand and real estate films, filmed with the owner's approval. Louisiana law bars flying a drone over a permitted parade or parade route, including Mardi Gras parades, unless the flight is for an authorized film or TV production. Louisiana preempts local drone ordinances, but cities and parishes still control takeoff and landing on their own property, so we launch from private property with the owner's approval or get permission. Flying directly over an open crowd is only allowed when the drone and the operation meet FAA rules for flying over people, so otherwise we keep flight paths over the stage, closed areas and open lanes. Fully enclosed indoor flights are generally outside FAA airspace rules, so we fly one-take fly-throughs with the owner's approval; see indoor fly-through tours.

Stadiums, airspace and state law

Parts of eastern Metairie are within a few miles of the Caesars Superdome and Yulman Stadium, both on the FAA stadium list, so we check the 3 nautical mile event restrictions before every shoot. NAS JRB New Orleans in Belle Chasse is a federal no-drone area. Unless a flight complies with FAA rules, Louisiana law makes it a crime to record refineries, chemical plants, schools, ports, pipelines or other critical infrastructure without the owner's written consent, to fly over a jail without permission, or to record a military site without the commander's consent; flying over fenced critical infrastructure without authority is a separate crime, so we get written consent first or keep those sites out of the shot. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits next to Metairie in Kenner, under Class B airspace that covers much of the metro, and Lakefront Airport has its own tower, so most Metairie addresses need FAA authorization. We check every Metairie location on the FAA sectional, B4UFLY and NOTAMs before quoting, and file LAANC or FAA authorization for any address that needs it.

Credits

the Outside Lands aerial livestream in Golden Gate Park, Ultra Music Festival and FIFA Fan Festival Atlanta.

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FAQs

Can you fly over Mardi Gras parades?

Not over a permitted parade or parade route unless the flight is for an authorized film or TV production. Louisiana law bans those flights.

Can you fly near the Superdome on event days?

Not inside the FAA stadium flight restriction, which covers 3 nautical miles from an hour before to an hour after covered events at the Caesars Superdome and Yulman Stadium.

Can you fly near the New Orleans airport?

Only with FAA authorization. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International has a control tower and Class B airspace over much of Metairie and Kenner.

Can you send a live drone feed to screens or a stream?

Yes. We send live drone video to LED screens, the livestream or a broadcast truck, and agree the format and cue points with your production team before show day.

What insurance do you carry?

Our standard policy is $10M liability, with optional coverage up to $25M when a venue, league or network requires it. Certificates naming your venue or production are issued before the shoot.

Request a Quote

Tell us the date, location and what you need filmed. Request a Quote or call 706-284-8364.