Las Vegas Sphere: 4 facts that show what the giant ball that opened with U2's show looks like

The Sphere will also host the premiere, on October 6, of a film by acclaimed New York director Darren Aronofsky (best known for his films). black Swan that it Whaleamong others) were specially designed for this hall, integrating technologies to create an immersive experience.

“It's a sci-fi journey into the depths of our future,” the director said. Postcard from Earth (Postcard from Earth, free translation), a film that will be shown inside the sphere for at least a year and a half.

BBC Mundo, the BBC's Spanish-language service, has collected 4 data on the size of this new entertainment space.

The outside of the ball is completely covered with an LED screen with an area of ​​54,000 square metres, the equivalent of about 8 football fields.

The huge screen contains 50 million LED lights, which will be illuminated day and night. It was lit for the first time to celebrate the Fourth of July this year, which is the Independence Day of the United States.

The indoor screen area, which viewers watch inside the ball, is 15,000 square metres.

With 173 million pixels, it is the highest resolution display in the world. It extends from the ground to a height of 76 metres.

An office in Zaragoza, Spain, led by architect Miguel Montgeville, is responsible for the design and engineering of the two displays.

This is the seating capacity of the hall, although it can accommodate up to 20,000 people if hall fans are included.

A total of 10,000 seats are equipped with haptic technology, meaning they can vibrate to make the viewer tactilely feel what is happening on the screen. They can also create wind, temperature and odor effects.

Sphere sound is designed using a technology known as Wave Field Synthesis, which uses a large number of electronically controlled speakers so that the interference of waves produces a very similar audio experience anywhere in the room.

Some participants in the inauguration also reported that the sound insulation was surprising. In other words, outside the room, little or nothing can be heard about what is happening inside.

In 2019, the total cost of the project was estimated at US$1.2 billion (R$6 billion).

However, some design changes, the crisis in the supply chain that occurred as a result of the pandemic and increased inflation in the last phase of construction, led to the investment in Sphere almost doubling, to US$2.3 billion (R$11.6 billion). ).

It is the most expensive arena in Las Vegas, even higher than Allegiant Stadium, which has four times the capacity of the Sapphire.

*In cooperation with BBC News Brazil for energy consumption data.