The MSG Sphere recently has become a popular topic with its finish coming up in September where the band U2 will play live for the first time in four years. The Sphere is said to be the world’s largest sphere, once it is built it will be bigger than the Statue of Liberty. According to the World Record Academy The sphere is set to be 366 feet tall and 516 feet wide. It will be covered with around 580,000 square feet of completely programmable LED panels, it will be the largest LED space in the world. The Sphere will be able to seat 17,500 people and be able to accommodate 20,000 people in standing capacity. There will also be 160,000 speakers that will play right through the floor along with 4D features like smells, and wind. The engineers and scientists behind the sphere used over 24 mathematical equations and laws to create the Sphere.

Porter Brough, a senior at Shadow Ridge High School, is fascinated with the MSG sphere. The overall build and blueprint of the Sphere amazes him. Brough can’t wait to see it in person, especially since it will just be on the Las Vegas Strip.

The band U2 will be one of the first concerts at the Sphere.

U2 is made up of lead singer Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Ivan McCormick, and Dick Evans. The band will be performing their hit album “Achtung Baby” which won a Grammy in 1993 and later sold over 18 million copies worldwide.

“My step-dad really loves U2, so does my mom and a few of my siblings,” Brough states. 

“Their songs are pretty good, my favorite is ‘Mysterious Ways’ which is actually in the album they’re playing at the Sphere.”

Brough is not the only one excited for U2 to come to Las Vegas. Sophomore Elizabeth Fisher loves their songs and thinks it would be awesome to see them at The Sphere especially with all the LED screens they are planning on putting in.