Thu 13 July 2023:
The Sphere, known for being the world’s largest spherical structure, with the largest LED screen on its exterior, was recently illuminated for the first time in Las Vegas, with an official “Hello, World” message.
The Las Vegas skyline has been dominated by a huge animated dome – billed as the world’s largest video screen – dwarfing surrounding high-rise hotels after going live with a 300ft eyeball looking down over the city.
World's largest LED sphere showers Las Vegas with dazzling light display
The world’s largest video screen – dwarfing surrounding high-rise hotels after going live with a 300ft eyeball looking down over the city. pic.twitter.com/oNM8ZDXeCf
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The MSG Sphere’s 580,000 sq ft fully programmable LED screen, named the Exosphere, was illuminated for pre-launch testing overnight to celebrate the Fourth of July. The show started with a welcome message, “Hello world”, followed by fireworks and stars and stripes animations, a moon in a night sky and an imposing Halloween pumpkin. Videos showed the screen overshadowing cars – tiny in comparison – on a nearby road.
Built to host concert events, the Las Vegas structure will have capacity for tens of thousands of people and is reported to have cost $2bn (£1.6bn) to construct. It has been built by Sphere Entertainment Co in partnership with the sports powerhouse Madison Square Garden Entertainment.
The exterior consists of approximately 1.2m LED “pucks”, each containing 48 individual LED diodes capable of displaying 256m different colours.
The Sphere will open officially on 29 September with U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.
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