While it won’t host a possible future NBA team in Las Vegas, the Sphere has already made its mark as a major addition to the Strip skyline ahead of its September opening.
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The content that will be brought to the massive screen of the MSG Sphere is being developed at Burbank’s Big Dome studio with new ‘Big Sky’ camera technology.
Located just east of The Venetian Expo, the 17,500-seat performance venue will open in September with the start of a five-week run of U2.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. on Thursday announced it has settled a series of lawsuits from shareholders in connection with the rising cost of its MSG Sphere at The Venetian.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment first considered the spinoff last year. Its $2.2 billion venue in Las Vegas is due to open in September.
The company building the $2.2 billion, 17,500-seat performance venue is looking to hire up to 3,000 people.
Despite media accounts that development has slowed and concerns about neighborhood light pollution, developers of Las Vegas’ twin Sphere venue appears to be on target.
Officials confirmed the former MSG Sphere at The Venetian president who spoke at the Vegas Chamber’s Preview 2023 event in January is no longer with the company.
The MSG Sphere at The Venetian will open its doors this autumn and offer the first of up to six residency headliners as well as the first original immersive film content.
“When I said you can feel it, you may have thought it was a figure of speech,” MSG Sphere President Lucas Watson said Monday. “But there will be 10,000 haptic seats that will make you feel the experience in your bones.”
Investors will spend at least $3.2 billion, add 4,758 hotel rooms and 581,000 square feet of meeting and convention space in projects set for completion next year.
A former executive at Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena, Raul Gutierrez, has been named general manager of the MSG Sphere at The Venetian, which opens next year.
There’s no timeline for a spinoff company to be formed, and the Sphere, less than a year from completion, has a new construction cost estimate that has climbed to $2B.
Champion Painting Specialty Services Corp. has worked on the George Washington and Verrazano Narrows bridges in New York and two stadiums in Miami.
Some are wondering whether the MSG Sphere at The Venetian could be home to a National Basketball Association team. Rest assured, this venue is mostly for entertainment.
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