It's very impressive and kind of mind blowing in person. I don't know what they're on about. I live 15 miles away and can see it from the skyline, when you're down by the strip it just looms there and looks insane. Some of the scenes are better than others but that's just art direction.
Personally, I think it's stunning and an amazing piece of display tech. They built a 1/10 scale studio in Burbank to design content for it. I think it can be a valid creative format in its own right.
Everybody flying into Las Vegas can see the sphere. It’s not meant to be viewed on the ground (most large objects cannot be fully appreciated at ground level)
Something with that page makes it hard to load in Chrome. It hangs the browser after only rendering several images. I can see the page properly in Firefox.
Remember that it is an arena inside of LED display. Much of the cost is for the arena. The Intuit Dome is under construction for Clippers is $2 billion budget but that includes whole complex. The UBS Arena for Islanders was $1 billion. It sounds like the pandemic made the Sphere a lot more expensive.
The business model is hosting concerts and entertainment events. Las Vegas is probably a good place for events with all the tourists. But Vegas has a bunch of arenas. The Sphere also seems dedicated venue as opposed to T-Mobile Arena that hosts hockey.
