U2 will reportedly be the first group to perform at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. According to Billboard, Bono and the company are planning a multi-show residency as part of the grand opening of the $1.8 billion venue next year. The high-tech arena is being built by Madison Square Garden Entertainment chairman James Dolan near the Venetian off the Las Vegas Strip, and as the name suggests, is shaped like a sphere.
Fun Fact about The Sphere in Las Vegas
Did you know you can fit the entire Statue of Liberty inside of Sphere? The volume of a Sphere was used to calculate the interior square footage of the venue and maximize the size of its immersive technologies – from our 160,000 sq ft LED media plane (that’s 4x football fields!) to the 17,385 seats inside the Bowl.
MSGE sources told Billboard that the MSG Sphere at The Venetian will be “the next generation of live entertainment, offering fans a multi-sensory experience of sound and light inside the largest spherical structure ever created. For concerts, the MSG Sphere at The Venetian can hold 20,000 standing spectators or 17,500 seated guests, with 23 VIP suites.”
It will also include 160,000 square feet of video viewing space, referred to as “interior immersive display,” as well as state-of-the-art spatial audio and an exterior exosphere that morphs the building’s look via fully programmable LED technology.
The Sphere will open on October 6th with ticket sales for its first showing will be Postcard from Earth, a Sphere Experience, is the very first show created to take full advantage of the 22nd-century technology inside Sphere. It’s going to be unreal.