Vice President of Construction Nick Tomasino updates the news media on construction of the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction continues at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction continues at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Senior Vice President of Development and Construction Adam Vickers speaks on the main stage inside the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Vice President of Construction Nick Tomasino, right, speaks on the main stage inside the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. Looking on is Senior Vice President of Development and Construction Adam Vickers. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction continues inside the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction continues inside the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction continues on the fourth level inside the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas Thursday, March 12, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Construction crews on the $1.66 billion MSG Sphere at The Venetian have hit another milestone.
Representatives of The Madison Square Garden Company, which is building the performance venue, said Thursday that crews have reached Level 6 of the project at 108 feet above the ground — the 516-foot “equator.”
The equator will be the widest point of the first-of-its-kind structure.
The project is on track and on budget.
Adam Vickers, MSG senior vice president of development and construction, said there are seven levels of seating with a capacity of 17,500. In addition there are retractable seats on the ground level, bringing the total capacity to 20,000.
The Review-Journal is owned by the family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson. The Sphere is a project by Madison Square Garden and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
