The Sphere
255 Sands Ave, Las Vegas, NV
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The Sphere opened in September 2023, built by the Madison Square Garden Company at a reported construction cost exceeding $2 billion, and its nearly 366-foot spherical exterior is covered in what's billed as the largest and highest-resolution LED display on Earth, capable of transforming the entire building's outward appearance nightly. Inside, the venue's interior screen wraps around and above the audience at a scale and resolution built specifically to support both concert residencies and purpose-built immersive film experiences, backed by a haptic seating and audio system engineered to physically feel like more than just watching a large screen. U2's residency, the venue's first ongoing live show after opening, was built specifically to showcase the Sphere's audiovisual capabilities, and the venue's construction and ongoing operating costs have made it one of the most expensive single entertainment venues ever built anywhere in the world. For a Las Vegas attractions list, the Sphere is the essential "the building that's also the show" entry — a 2023, over $2 billion venue whose entire exterior functions as a giant screen, built specifically to make the structure itself as much a spectacle as whatever's playing inside.
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