Las Vegas
"MSG Sphere"
The World's Largest
Spherical Building
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Forget everything you thought you knew about live entertainment.
Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps, has once again raised the bar with a mind-blowing $2.3 billion masterpiece that's rewriting the rules of live entertainment.
Rising majestically above the bustling streets, even outshining the iconic Lady Liberty herself, this colossal 18,000-seat arena is not your typical concert hall.
It's a true marvel that's set to redefine the very essence of live performances.
Buckle up, because we're about to take you on a journey into the future, where technology and imagination collide to create an experience like no other.
Why the Las Vegas Sphere
Will Take Over the World
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On July 4, the Mega Sphere in Las Vegas lit up for the first time, offering the world an unprecedented spectacle. The new 111-metre-high, 157-metre-wide attraction is entirely covered in LEDs. In all, there are 1.2 million of them, spread over 54,000 m2. These colossal numbers make the sphere the largest video screen in the world, but also a veritable energy guzzler, as some of the project's detractors point out. A building that raises questions in the light of today's environmental challenges, since its annual energy consumption will be equivalent to that of a city of 40,000 inhabitants. With such dimensions, the Las Vegas Sphere can now claim to be the largest spherical structure in the world.
Inside, there's an immense concert and performance hall, the epitome of American show culture. Designed to revolutionize the world of entertainment, it will offer an unprecedented immersive experience, with a huge 16k screen and motion, smell and wind simulators. E-sport, boxing and MMA competitions are also on the program. And to celebrate its arrival in the Las Vegas Skyline, the layout for the Formula 1 Grand Prix has been revisited, so that the sphere will be at the heart of the race on November 19.
A curiosity which, as you will see, will soon be invading the whole world. But before I tell you why, let me start with a video presentation!
Inside, there's an immense concert and performance hall, the epitome of American show culture. Designed to revolutionize the world of entertainment, it will offer an unprecedented immersive experience, with a huge 16k screen and motion, smell and wind simulators. E-sport, boxing and MMA competitions are also on the program. And to celebrate its arrival in the Las Vegas Skyline, the layout for the Formula 1 Grand Prix has been revisited, so that the sphere will be at the heart of the race on November 19.
A curiosity which, as you will see, will soon be invading the whole world. But before I tell you why, let me start with a video presentation!
The Largest Sphere in the World
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00:00 The Sphere
01:03 Spheres
01:46 The Sound Experience
03:14 The Opening Act
3:34 Performing At The Sphere
04:50 Financials
07:20 The External Sphere
09:30 The Public Sphere
11:40 Liquid Loops
12:27 Conclusions
01:03 Spheres
01:46 The Sound Experience
03:14 The Opening Act
3:34 Performing At The Sphere
04:50 Financials
07:20 The External Sphere
09:30 The Public Sphere
11:40 Liquid Loops
12:27 Conclusions
https://youtu.be/qAFVdFtfoCk?si=9eT5DlNFtauK0JUY
https://youtu.be/sLCeYV0SV8k?si=4JTV5wGzEKiFZBtF
Las Vegas $2.3BN
Mega Sphere
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Las Vegas MSG Mega Sphere
Las Vegas MSG Mega Sphere
$2.3BN
World's Largest LED Sphere Lights Up for 1st Time!
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World's Largest LED Sphere Lights Up for 1st Time!
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The MSG Sphere the World's Largest LED screen lit up for the 1st time in Las Vegas on 4th of July 2023. It was pretty amazing to see all the stunning visuals on the New $2.3 Billion Entertainment Venue at the Venetian Resort. U2 will officially open the MSG Sphere on September 29, 2023.
Drone Footage
By Pedro Ortiz
Licensed Part 107 Pilot
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I took this 5.1K footage using my DJI Mavic 3 of the MSG Sphere! Footage taken late August 2023. Took so much more videos, pictures, and hypertime lapses. If interested, please contact me!
How The World's Largest LED MSG Sphere
Came To Life In Vegas
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As the largest spherical structure in the world, this new megaproject is creating a lot of buzz worldwide. construction on the Las Vegas MSG Sphere is now complete and it was fully illuminated for the first time to celebrate the Fourth of July. As part of the special event, the giant ball displayed a multitude of displays including the American flag, an eyeball, a basketball and even Earth itself. The venue is scheduled to open on the 29th of September this year. Soon, the wait will be over and people from all over the world will get to experience world class entertainment at this unique venue. Join us today as we explore all the fascinating details about it.
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This Futuristic Rntertainment Venue
Is the World’s Largest Spherical Structure
By Brandon Griggs, CNN, Thu July 6, 2023
It squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious – until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space.
The MSG Sphere
opens to the public when U2
christens the entertainment venue with a series of concerts. But
anticipation is growing.
Cue the superlatives. At 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide, it’s being billed as the world’s largest spherical structure.
Its bowl-shaped theater reportedly contains the world’s highest-resolution wraparound LED screen. And its exterior is fitted with 1.2 million hockey puck-sized LEDs that can be programmed to flash dynamic imagery on a massive scale – again, reportedly the world’s largest. It was fully illuminated for the first time Tuesday night to celebrate the Fourth of July.
It’s not easy to move the needle in a city that boasts the Bellagio’s dancing fountains, a half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower, the second-tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere and a beam of light that can be seen for hundreds of miles.
But Sphere is inspiring rapturous reactions from those who have seen it. “There’s nothing like it. It’s light years ahead of everything that’s out there,” says U2’s The Edge while touring the venue in a recent Apple Music video.
“It’s absolutely stunning to look up and see what’s in front of you,” says Rich Claffey, Sphere’s chief operations officer. “I’ve been in the entertainment business for almost 40 years. I’ve never seen anything like this, and I’m not exaggerating. It is off the charts.”
The Sphere’s exterior will be illuminated every day and night with animations and other imagery, sometimes tied to the season. For example, it could transform into a giant pumpkin at Halloween and a snow globe at Christmas.
Some people are already joking on Twitter that its enormous, swirling visuals will cause traffic accidents.
The venue will host Music, Film events and some Sports
Sphere was designed by Populous, the global architecture firm behind many of the world’s top sports arenas. Construction costs, inflated by the pandemic, have climbed to $2.3 billion – more than Sphere’s glitziest Vegas neighbors, including the Bellagio and Allegiant Stadium.
The globe seats almost 18,000 people, sits one long block east of the fabled Las Vegas Strip and will be connected by a pedestrian walkway to the Venetian resort complex.
Sphere cross section render
A cross-section artists' rendering of Sphere, showing the bowl and atrium inside the structure.
Courtesy Sphere Entertainment
It’s scheduled to open September 29 with “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere,” a series of 25 concerts built around the Irish band’s landmark 1991 album “Achtung Baby” and running through mid-December. Ticket prices start at $140.
The venue also will host exclusive screenings of “Postcard From Earth,” a film by Darren Aronofsky that promises to take full advantage of Sphere’s vast screen by offering viewers an eye-popping tour of the planet.
“Most music venues are sports venues. They’re built for sports – they’re not built for music. They’re not built for art,” says U2’s Bono in the Apple Music interview. “This building was built for immersive experiences in cinema and performance … you can’t come here and see an ice hockey game.”
In November the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix’s street circuit will pass through the Sphere property, and the arena eventually hopes to host boxing, mixed martial arts and other events as well.
But Sphere’s main draw may be as a venue for live music – especially the marquee residencies for which Vegas is known.
The acts onstage will be dwarfed by the towering 16K LED screen, which wraps over and around much of the audience and can augment the concert experience with trippy animations or close-ups of the performers.
“The screen goes from ground (level) to 250 feet high, all the way around…” says Claffey, the Sphere operations officer. “It keeps you fully immersed when you’re sitting in that bowl. I used to love IMAX in New York City, but this will blow that away.”
Sphere’s producers promise next-level audio as well. Claffey says that more than 160,000 speakers spread around the bowl will deliver the same pristine sound to every seat, whether someone is in the top row or down on the floor.
The venue also is equipped with haptic seats that can vibrate to match whatever is happening onscreen – an earthquake, for example – and 4D machines that can create wind, temperature and even scent effects.
“The way I describe it to my friends and family is, it’s the entertainment venue of the future,” Claffey says.
If it all sounds a little over the top, well – this is Vegas.
It remains to be seen whether Sphere can deliver on its extravagant promises. But if it works, the live-music experience may never be quite the same.
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