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When The Sphere first opened in Las Vegas, nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, it was just another concert venue, albeit in a unique shape with enhanced screens and soundsystems.
What it has become, however, is one of the top concert venues not just in the country, but in the world.
The brainchild of James Dolan’s Madison Square Garden Company and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the venue cost $2.3 billion to build, and features 580,000 square feet of LED displays around the exterior.
But the interior is even more fascinating.
It seats 17,600 people and has a total capacity of 20,000. And its video and audio capabilities include a 16K resolution wraparound interior LED screen, speakers with beamforming and wave field synthesis technologies, and 4D physical effects.
BroBible’s own Brandon Wenerd and Cass Anderson attended Phish concerts at The Sphere and left absolutely mindblown.
I’m never gonna be able to go back to the status quo after Phish at the Sphere pic.twitter.com/TiaPesF1pj
— Cass Anderson (@casspa) April 21, 2024
Now, those of us on the East Coast who don’t want to go all the way to Las Vegas can get in on the fun as well.
New Mini Sphere Planned For Washington D.C. Metro Area
The Hollywood Reporter revealed Sunday that the state of Maryland had agreed to a deal with Sphere Entertainment for a second Sphere to be built at the National Harbor, just south of Washington D.C.
The new venue, which is set to be a “Mini Sphere” of sorts, is set to be a 6,000-seat venue and the project will be financed with a mix of public and private funding, including tax incentives.
“Our focus has always been on creating a global network of Spheres across forward-looking cities,” Dolan said of the new venue.
The National Harbor Sphere will be the third in existence, following Las Vegas and a second that is under construction in Abu Dhabi. Developers are hoping the new venue will open by 2030.