U2 to reportedly open new MSG Sphere in Las Vegas

U2 will reportedly be the primary act to carry out on the new MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada when the sector opens subsequent yr.

Bono and co. will deliver a “multi-show residency” to the $1.8billion venue, which is positioned close to The Venetian Resort on the Vegas strip (by way of Billboard). The dates are mentioned to be non-consecutive and might be unfold out over a number of months.

The residency would mark U2’s first confirmed dwell concert events since December 2019, per Setlist.FM.

As Billboard notes, the brand new MSG Sphere will boast 160,000 sq. toes of video viewing area, state-of-the-art spatial audio and an exterior exosphere that modifications the constructing’s look via programmable LED know-how.

The venue might be linked to The Venetian by way of an roughly 1,000-foot-long pedestrian bridge.

Plans for the brand new area have been first introduced in early 2018. Final December, Madison Sq. Backyard Leisure confirmed it was taking on building of the constructing, and mentioned that “vital progress” had been made.

A precise opening date shouldn’t be but identified, although it’s thought that MSG needs to open the Sphere in time to take part within the FIA Components One World Championship in Nevada in November 2023.

You may find more information on the MSG Sphere Las Vegas here and see a preview video above.

A second MSG Sphere is about to open in Stratford, London. The 21,500-capacity venue was given the go-ahead this March, regardless of objections from The O2 Area operator AEG.