How the Las Vegas Sphere Was Built 🔵 #shorts

“Build a giant steel ball in Las Vegas and you don’t have a landmark, you have the world’s biggest golf ball. So let’s build the Sphere, one step at a time. 🏗️ A steel dome about 366 ft (112 m) tall and 516 ft (157 m) wide. 💡 About 1.2 million LED “pucks” cover the outside (the Exosphere), each with 48 LEDs, turning the whole building into a screen. 🎬 Inside, a 16K wraparound screen of about 160,000 square feet. 🔊 About 167,000 speaker drivers that beam sound to each seat (beamforming), so a ball-shaped room doesn’t turn into an echo chamber. 💺 10,000 seats with built-in haptics, so you feel the boom. 💰 Total cost: about $2.3 billion. It opened in September 2023. What would YOU put on the outside of the Sphere? Tell me below 👇 Sources: – Sphere Entertainment, Exosphere (1.2 million LED pucks): https://investor.sphereentertainmentco.com/press-releases/news-details/2023/HELLO-WORLD-SPHERE-ILLUMINATES-ENTIRE-EXTERIOR-FOR-THE-FIRST-TIME/default.aspx – Sphere Entertainment / 7thSense (160,000 sq ft 16K x 16K interior screen; 580,000 sq ft exterior): https://www.sphereentertainmentco.com/sphere-and-7thsense-partner-to-power-content-on-spheres-interior-and-exterior-led-displays/ – Sphere Entertainment / HOLOPLOT (167,000 loudspeaker drivers): https://www.sphereentertainmentco.com/sphere-entertainment-unveils-the-most-advanced-concert-grade-audio-system-in-the-world-sphere-immersive-sound-powered-by-holoplot/ – Sphere Entertainment / Powersoft (10,000 haptic seats): https://www.sphereentertainmentco.com/sphere-entertainment-partners-with-powersoft-for-sphere-immersive-sound-and-haptic-seating/ – Size, opening date and cost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_(venue) All animation is our own 3D. The images on the Sphere in this video are our own, not Sphere shows. This video is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sphere Entertainment Co. Earth image: NASA (Apollo 17 “Blue Marble”, public domain). #lasvegas #sphere #engineering #science #shorts”