Artist renderings of the Las Vegas Sphere interior offer a preview of what concertgoers can expect to see inside the mind-blowing new venue.
Sphere Entertainment recently unveiled the Sphere’s ground-breaking LED Exosphere, which contains a staggering 1.2 million LED pucks, each with 48 individual LED diodes capable of displaying 256 million different colors. Included with the press materials for the Exosphere debut were new mockup images of the Sphere interior, and if you thought the outside cool, wait until you see the inside.
One image shows a packed house of 18,600 spectators immersed in an awe-inspiring underwater scene. The room looks comparable to a planetarium, but on an unprecedented scale (a large planetarium typically seats 500). Combined with the venue’s state-of-the-art beamforming audio, the spectacular interior display, which dwarfs the stage at the center of the room, opens endless possibilities for immersive concert experiences.
Another rendering shows a cross-section of the Sphere, highlighting the scale of the building and its main hall within the context of the Vegas strip. The venue’s grand interior is shown enclosed within the even more gargantuan Exosphere, which sits as the new grand jewel of the Vegas skyline.
Check out additional images of the Sphere interior below. The venue is set to open this fall and will host traditional Vegas-style residencies but on a grander scale beginning with a 25-date U2 residency running from September through December (head here for tickets). U2 is still the only band so far confirmed to play the venue, but CEO James Dolan was reportedly in talks with Madison Square Garden-favorite jam band Phish about booking a residency.
Ahead of the opening residency, U2’s Bono and The Edge recently gave Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe a tour of the still unfinished Sphere. The 26-minute segment provides fans their closest look yet at the one-of-a-kind entertainment venue. Watch the full video below.
U2’s Bono & The Edge Give Zane Lowe a Tour of Sphere at The Venetian Resort