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- Dec 31, 202390% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jan 2, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The MSG Sphere is the largest sphere in the world, planned to open in Las Vegas in the second half of 2023.
- Sphere in Las Vegas (formerly MSG Sphere) is 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide, billed as the world's largest spherical structure, with a 16K wraparound interior LED screen of about 160,000 sq ft and more than 160,000 speakers[1][3]
- Its opening slipped from an estimated 2021 to 2023; it opened 29 September 2023 with U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, after a soft debut with exterior visuals on Independence Day 2023[1]
- U2 announced its five fall 2023 opening dates on 24 April 2023[3]; in January 2023 Sphere's president Lucas Watson had not yet confirmed the U2 opening, pending construction progress[2]
- Cost is given as $2.3 billion (about $2.18 billion in January 2023 reporting), and capacity as about 18,600, up to 20,000 for some events[1][2][3]
- Watson said 4-6 residency headliners a year would play roughly 10-12 shows each, alongside a multisensory show developed for the venue[2]
- The venue is owned by Sphere Entertainment Co., which partnered with Las Vegas Sands from 2018; Sands contributed the 18-acre site[1]
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- [1]90%1oaklasvegas.com/msg-sphere-las-vegas1oaklasvegas.com· Posted Mar 11, 2023· Starts Dec 31, 2023 ✓· Ends Jan 2, 2024 ✓· 22% of score
Happened as dated, per 1oaklasvegas.com: "…ion Allegiant Stadium. Sphere Las Vegas opened on September 29, 2023, with U2: UV Achtung Baby Live…"
- [2]75%Sphere CEO sidesteps U2 questions but promises 4-6 superstar actsreviewjournal.com· Published Sep 29, 2023· 49% of score
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, published 29 September 2023, reports the Sphere CEO "sidesteps U2 questions" and says opening dates were "being reviewed, pending progress" on the $2.18 billion project, showing real-time uncertainty about the exact opening around the pin's second-half-2023 timeframe.
- [3]75%U2 set to open Sphere in Las Vegas on September 29usatoday.com· Published Apr 24, 2023· 26% of score
USA Today's own headline, "U2 set to open Sphere in Las Vegas on September 29," published 24 April 2023, supports the pin's underlying claim that the Sphere was slated to open in 2023, though the article itself could not be retrieved to confirm further detail.
- [4]70%Las Vegas is Building the World's Largest Sphere – The B1Myoutube.com· Published Aug 25, 2021· 3% of score
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