Located on an 18-acre site on Sands Avenue between Manhattan Street and Koval Lane, MSG Sphere at The Venetian will feature an iconic spherical shape, with a fully programmable LED exterior. It will be connected to The Venetian Resort via a 1,000-foot-long pedestrian bridge. The sphere measures 875,000 square feet and is 366 feet tall, by comparison the adjacent Palazzo Resort tower is 465 feet tall.
Nick Tomasino, Vice President of The Madison Square Garden Company, the firm behind the project, said: “This is one-of-a-kind. Nobody has ever done this before. We have a venue that incorporates all of the senses. Inside, we have the largest and highest resolution LED screen on Earth at 160,000 square feet. That’s the equivalent of three football fields. The sound is a new technology, never implemented before, using beam-forming technology, which allows you to have the same experience whether sitting in the back or the front.”
Boasting a scalable capacity of 17,500 seated, or 20,000 when there is a mix of seated and standing, a dynamically adaptive acoustics system will deliver crystal clear audio to every guest with the ability to be directed to specific locations in the bowl at a near constant volume. An infrasound haptic system will convey bass so the audience can “feel” the experience and content will be delivered at 25 megabits per second.
Construction started in September 2018 and should be completed in 2021.
George Markantonis, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Venetian Resort, added: “We’re proud to partner with MSG on a project of this magnitude. As construction on continues, it is easy to envision how significantly MSG Sphere at The Venetian will transform the entertainment experience and Las Vegas as a destination.”
Source: GMB
