First Take in huge set change with ESPN moving New York studios to lavish new building

ESPN is reportedly shaking up its location and heading to a new studio.

ESPN is expected to "shutter its South Street Seaport studios" to a new building roughly a mile away by the 2025 fiscal year, according to Puck News.

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The South Street Seaport studio has been up and operating some of the network's biggest shows since it opened in 2018. 

The studio location currently records its popular morning programs Get Up, First Take, Around the Horn, and NBA Countdown.

Previously, it was the home for the shows High Noon and NFL Sunday Countdown.

The location also featured a large rooftop lawn for events, concerts, and large-format activations.

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The Puck report also states that ESPN "is likely" to shut down its Los Angeles production center, too. 

Currently, the late editions of "SportsCenter" and a few NBA programs stem from Los Angeles and are recorded there.

The impacted Los Angeles studio staff will either be moving back to Bristol or remotely working.

Bristol, Connecticut, is where ESPN's central headquarters is located.

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The report deems that the moves were "inevitable casualties of broader cost-cutting efforts" as Disney seeks to handle the decline of its businesses. 

ESPN wants a bigger location in New York since the Seaport location gave them trouble with traditional office clients needing space.

The network is set to relocate New York City operations to Hudson Square as part of a new development plan that will be completed in 2024.

Disney bought the Hudson Square space in 2018 for $650million to house ABC's headquarters and will now add ESPN to buildings.