MSG Sphere Las Vegas

[BigJCy]

This place looks pretty unreal. This is what it looks like "normally":



They lit it up for the 1st time yesterday:

 

[Jeremy]

What’s inside it?

 

[KennyPratt42]

What’s inside it?

Concert/theatre venue

 

[BigJCy]

U2 is doing a residency there:

 

[CYphyllis]

I'm curious to see how this will be viewed a couple years down the road.

 

[BigJCy]

What’s inside it?

Some more detail about it:

 

[3TrueFans]

What’s inside it?

Cheese

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

It’s set up to be a massive failure besides the cool visual effects. U2 hasn’t sold out a single show yet. No other artists have signed up because they don’t want the visual effects to take away from their music. The 45min movie slated for it is $70 and the U2 is $500.

MSG actually spun it off into its own company they’ve lost so much money on it.

It’s cool as hell but will be a money pit for whoever tries to take it on

 

[Jeremy]

Isn't Dubai or somewhere over there planning one about 10x bigger?

 

[intrepid27]

U2 is doing a residency there:

Typical Bono. Posts a 40 second vide about a facility and his face is on 35 seconds of it.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Bigman38]

I'm curious to see how this will be viewed a couple years down the road.

As the first of many similar buildings in the US IMO. Big, flashy, and instantly grabs people's attention.

 

[Pat]

It’s set up to be a massive failure besides the cool visual effects. U2 hasn’t sold out a single show yet. No other artists have signed up because they don’t want the visual effects to take away from their music. The 45min movie slated for it is $70 and the U2 is $500.

MSG actually spun it off into its own company they’ve lost so much money on it.

It’s cool as hell but will be a money pit for whoever tries to take it on

$500 for U2 with a substitute drummer is a tough sell.

 

[AuH2O]

I'm curious to see how this will be viewed a couple years down the road.

I guess I'm in the camp that views most of the things built in Vegas as simultaneously being impressive feats yet hideous and corny.

Then again, I can't even stand it when someone builds a Mediterranean style house in the Mountains of Utah, so over-the-top architecture is not my thing at all.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

It’s set up to be a massive failure besides the cool visual effects. U2 hasn’t sold out a single show yet. No other artists have signed up because they don’t want the visual effects to take away from their music. The 45min movie slated for it is $70 and the U2 is $500.

MSG actually spun it off into its own company they’ve lost so much money on it.

It’s cool as hell but will be a money pit for whoever tries to take it on

Looking at Ticketmaster's site every show I looked at says sold out.

 

[BigJCy]

Good video:

 

[Gunnerclone]

i will look at this for a few seconds the next time I am in Vegas.

 

[cyclo120]

Been tracking this thing since I was in Vegas for the UNLV game and we walked by the construction every day. Quite a project, will definitely have a get in there some day.

 

[Cycsk]

It’s set up to be a massive failure besides the cool visual effects. U2 hasn’t sold out a single show yet. No other artists have signed up because they don’t want the visual effects to take away from their music. The 45min movie slated for it is $70 and the U2 is $500.

MSG actually spun it off into its own company they’ve lost so much money on it.

It’s cool as hell but will be a money pit for whoever tries to take it on

This venue is so cool that it upstages even the best performers!

 

[Cycsk]

U2 is doing a residency there:

Did he say that there are no speakers? What big-name band can perform without speakers? How does that even work for an electric guitar?