The Sphere in Las Vegas first lit up its exosphere on the Fourth of July. It appears as though it is already experiencing some significant technical difficulties.
A mysterious white spot — labeled as a “crack” by some — appeared on the giant LED display on Tuesday. Photos posted online at about 1:30am local time showed the bright white dot standing out among black, blue and pink backdrops.
Another aerial photo looking down on the Sphere showed that, while minimal, the spot was visible on the upper third of the display. It did not match the rest of the colors.
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A Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter walked over to the Sphere at about 10:00am on Tuesday. He or she was able to confirm that the bright white spot exists.
The Sphere’s exosphere is made up of 1.2 million LED pucks. Each puck is spaced nine inches apart and covers a fully-programmable 580,000-square-foot display.
A small portion of the LED pucks were not working properly. They remained white while the various displays cycled on the exosphere throughout the day.
There was no visible damage. Perhaps just some technical difficulties?
A spokesperson from the Sphere said on Tuesday afternoon that there has not been any damage to the structure. It is not cracked. It is not shattered.
However, the spokesperson did not explain why the lone white spot was not working properly. Something was obviously wrong. The white spot was not supposed to be there.
There is no indication as to what may have happened. Sphere has remained silent on the matter outside of its initial statement regarding physical damagage.
Even if there was not anything wrong with the actual structure of the Sphere, those specific LED pucks were not working. Evidence is in the photos.
What was the white spot on the Sphere?!