While the world has been significantly impacted by a pandemic, developers of the $1.66-billion MSG Sphere in Las Vegas continue to push on with resumed construction for the 875,000-sq-ft entertainment venue with a projected completion during 2023.
The MSG Sphere is an engineering marvel and will stand as the largest spherical building in the world making it an extremely complex geometrical shape that Kalzip material will need to form to.
The structure has reached the fourth of eight levels and rises 65 feet above ground level. When complete, the building will be 366 feet tall, about 276 feet shy of the nearby Palazzo tower.
Construction on the 17,500-seat arena reached its 516-ft “equator” in spring, shortly before stopping because of the pandemic. Construction has since resumed, with MSG Entertainment reporting 450 tradespeople working on-site, primarily focused on superstructure, concrete and structural steel erection.
The MSG Sphere is going up on 18 acres just east of the Strip and will be attached to the Venetian resort with a 1,000-ft-long pedestrian bridge. Billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands, owner of the Venetian and neighbouring Palazzo resorts, is a project partner and is leasing land to the arena.
