Talk:Sphere (venue)

Similar to the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm

I'm wondering how we can point out the fact that this venue will be somewhat similar to the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm in the sense that it will be a similar shape. Any ideas? --MusicAndArtFan (talk) 19:44, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Should create a List of spherical buildings -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 14:37, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Name

"MSG Sphere at The Venetian" appears to be the official name and the more common name. A Google search brings up 7,730 results for "MSG Sphere Las Vegas" (enclosed in quotation marks) vs. 11,700 results for "MSG Sphere at The Venetian". Newslibrary also shows this to be the common name, with 228 search results vs. 34. "MSG Sphere Las Vegas" was the initial name used at the time of the project's announcement, but it has seen little usage in sources since the project broke ground in September 2018. Since then, "MSG Sphere at The Venetian" has been primarily used. The page should probably be renamed if there are no objections.  AJFU  (talk) 17:08, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

This should never have been renamed. I live here and no one ever ever ever refers to it as the sphere at the Venetian. My husband is an electrician there and he also confirmed no one refers to it as that. 2600:8801:480:1BC0:149D:6E21:2BEB:2077 (talk) 07:49, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

It assume you're referring to a more recent renaming of the article that occurred six months ago, when the title went from "MSG Sphere at The Venetian" (commonly used among sources) to just "Sphere at The Venetian Resort". Initially, I had a hard time finding usage of the latter name in reliable sources, although it did appear to be an official name according to the Sphere's website. Since the article was renamed, some sources have started using "Sphere at The Venetian Resort" more frequently.

However, the official website now simply calls it "Sphere" (examples here and here), and it looks like this has become the common name among sources ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]). Just Sphere on its own won't work (that name is already used for a different article), but what about Sphere (Las Vegas)?  AJFU  (talk) 16:51, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I Agree. Sphere (Las Vegas) is far more appropriate, given your reasoning and also that MSG is planning on building a second sphere in London, which for continuity could perhaps be renamed Sphere (London) or something similar. Overly Simplistic Username (talk) 17:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I will go ahead and rename the page next week if there are no objections.  AJFU  (talk) 15:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

New Photo?

Now that the venue is complete, does anyone have a new photo we can use of the completed venue? --IndustryPlantCooper (talk) 19:14, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Im going to request a gif for this article. Update: Ive looked through the wikipedians, who are residents in Las Vegas. Only three of them were active in 2023. Ive contacted them and hope one of them would be willing to make a video of it for wikipedia. LennBr (talk) 00:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 3 October 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 22:44, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

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Sphere at the Venetian Resort → Sphere (venue) – Based on what I am seeing, it appears as if the venue is simply going simply by "Sphere". I figure it is best to label it as a venue, but regardless, "at the Venetian Resort" does not appear to be in the name based on my research. JE98 (talk) 21:20, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nom, WP:COMMONNAME. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 21:53, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nom and WP:COMMONNAME. On its website, it uses the "Sphere" name only, and most of the media covering the venue leave off the "at the Venetian Resort" phrase. Longhornsg (talk) 02:04, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Appears to be used on the official website as well as most recent news articles. –IagoQnsi (talk) 08:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support/Comment: wouldn't be better rename the page Sphere Las Vegas to avoid confusion with the MSG Sphere London project, that will be also a venue? --Wind of freedom (talk) 14:06, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
  • "Sphere Las Vegas" is neither an official or common name (it's just "Sphere"). If the location should be included in the title, we could use Sphere (Las Vegas venue) or just Sphere (Las Vegas). However, I'm not sure that "Las Vegas" is even necessary, as the London project still seems to be called MSG Sphere London ([7]), differentiating itself from the Las Vegas location. At this time, the latter is the only venue known as "Sphere".  AJFU  (talk) 14:40, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

    If we did need a disambiguator, wouldn't we need to use the city the venue is actually in, which is technically Paradise? Or if that is too pedantic, the general metro region of "Las Vegas Valley" instead? Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 15:21, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

    Sphere (Las Vegas Valley) would probably work in such a case, although I think just "(Las Vegas)" would also be acceptable (the venue's location in Paradise and the Las Vegas Valley can be clarified in the lead section).  AJFU  (talk) 17:13, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support: Sphere is the common name and "(venue)" seems adequate enough to disambiguate. As discussed above, the location could be added into the title at a later point if necessary. As of now, this is the only venue known as Sphere.  AJFU  (talk) 14:30, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

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Relevance of Other Locations section

The Other Locations section seem to no longer be relevant. The Sphere London proposal was rejected last month. Secondly, MSG has made no effort in recent years to develop Spheres in other places. Lastly, the Sphere here in Las Vegas is not owned by MSG anymore, but by Vici properties which owns the Venetian after it was sold by Las Vegas Sands. --LasVegasGirl93 (talk) 00:19, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Vici only bought the land beneath the Sphere. MSG owns the Sphere itself through Sphere Entertainment, which was spun out from the parent company. And as recently as a few weeks ago, MSG said it still had plans for future locations (see here).  AJFU  (talk) 19:36, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

“Criticism” section

To me, much of the cultural relevance and conversation around the Sphere is criticism. People think it is a waste of money, they hate the U2 opening, they don't like how it looks, whatever, but a lot of the things said about the Sphere are negative. I think it would make a lot of sense to add a criticism section. Bristledidiot (talk) 18:18, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

There's also plenty to be said about the insane cost, light pollution, unsustainability. Unfortunately the mainstream media has seemingly uniformly reacted to the sphere like a baby reacts to a jiggling keychain, so good luck trying to find good sources. 2600:8801:7116:4400:D6D:AB35:F692:3CAD (talk) 00:33, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Article for Sphere in Abu Dhabi

Now that it has been confirmed that a second sphere would be built in Abu Dhabi, should we create an article for that one now? There is already an article for the proposed Sphere in London which was rejected and never built. With a deal in place for a Sphere in Abu Dhabi, I would be willing to work on the article for that. --NevadaExpert (talk) 14:44, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't think the London Sphere article should exist, to be honest, since the project never came to fruition. And I don't think we need one on the Abu Dhabi one until the project actually moves forward and construction begins. There's no telling what roadblocks might derail it. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 16:03, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

I can sit tight for now. It's no problem for me. It looks like they have not even finalized a location yet. --NevadaExpert (talk) 16:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

If you wanted to you could start a draft at Draft:Sphere (Abu Dhabi) and expand it from there as more information is released over the coming months. I'm not sure if there would be enough notable content yet that wouldn't just be saying "they're building one in Abu Dhabi" and then the rest of it being duplicated from the main Sphere article, but it'd probably worth starting on it if you want. RachelTensions (talk) 14:55, 22 October 2024 (UTC)