Sphere

August opens at Sphere on Saturday, August 1 at 2:00 PM with The Wizard of Oz carrying its extended Las Vegas run into the final stretch of summer on the Strip.Sphere's 160,000-square-foot wraparound display at 16K resolution, combined with live 4D effects and 167,000 programmable speakers, puts you inside the 1939 classic rather than sitting […]

Into the Millennium opens August at Sphere on Saturday the 1st — a Las Vegas summer Saturday that draws one of the most energized crowds of the entire residency run. The Backstreet Boys built Millennium into one of the best-selling albums in history through melodic hooks and vocal arrangements that five singers could actually deliver […]

Sunday, August 2 at 11:00 AM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere opens the first weekend of August with a morning show — and the infrasound haptic seat technology is still one of the most talked-about details among Las Vegas audiences returning for a second visit.Tones are emitted directly through the seating at frequencies your […]

Monday, August 3 at 2:00 PM, Sphere's afternoon show of The Wizard of Oz is a quiet-start-to-the-week option in Las Vegas before the weekend crowds return to the Strip later in August.The venue's interior display surface — 160,000 square feet, wrapping up and over the audience at 16K resolution — is unlike anything else in […]

Tuesday, August 4 at 8:00 PM, Sphere runs The Wizard of Oz in a late evening slot — the Emerald City sequences glow across a 16K wraparound screen in a darkened room, and the pyrotechnics in the Wizard's throne room arrive like controlled thunder inside Las Vegas's most technically advanced venue.The production fires real flames […]

Wednesday, August 5 at 2:00 PM is a midweek Sphere slot that works especially well if you are bringing people who have not seen The Wizard of Oz at Sphere yet and want to watch the reaction.The foam apples falling from the ceiling, the snow in the poppy fields, and the UAV-deployed flying monkeys are […]

Thursday, August 6 at 2:00 PM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere continues into the heart of August as plans for an enhanced version of the production with new scenes and additional 4D effects are already in development by the Sphere team.This version — the one playing the current Las Vegas run — was built […]

Into the Millennium returns to Sphere on Thursday, August 6 for the fourth week of the summer residency. The Backstreet Boys are one of the best-selling musical acts of all time, and their core product — tight pop harmonies delivered by five seasoned performers who have worked together for three decades — remains the reason […]

Friday, August 7 at 2:00 PM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere runs its afternoon show as this Las Vegas production approaches its one-year mark — a 4D immersive film that expanded what Sphere could be as a venue.From the tornado wind effects to the Emerald City in 16K resolution to the haptic seats during […]

The Into the Millennium residency lands on Friday, August 7 at Sphere — the second night of the fourth-week run and a show that brings the full Las Vegas weekend experience to the Venetian end of the Strip. The Backstreet Boys perform with the kind of polish that comes from having played these songs for […]

Saturday, August 8 opens at 11:00 AM at Sphere — a morning show in the heart of Las Vegas summer that puts you inside The Wizard of Oz before the afternoon heat peaks on the Strip outside the venue.Sphere's interior is its own climate, and the 4D effects — wind, actual snow, fog, fire, and […]

Into the Millennium wraps its fourth week at Sphere on Saturday, August 8. A Las Vegas August Saturday brings a specific crowd — one that's in town for the weekend and ready to be in the room when the Backstreet Boys close out another week of what has become the Strip's defining pop residency.The show […]

Sunday, August 9 at 11:00 AM, back-to-back weekend morning shows at Sphere demonstrate what the extended run of The Wizard of Oz has become: a Las Vegas fixture that people return to more than once.The production's over 2.2 million sold tickets include a notable share of repeat visitors drawn back by the 4D physical effects, […]

Monday, August 10 at 5:00 PM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere opens the week with one of live entertainment's most genuinely novel staging choices: life-size flying monkeys piloted by UAV technology above the Las Vegas audience during the Haunted Forest sequence.Each UAV flight is timed precisely to the 16K visuals and the remastered score. […]

Tuesday, August 11 at 5:00 PM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is as much about the building as the film — Sphere's interior display curves up, over, and around you so the image exists in all directions at once.The 1939 source material was chosen partly because its vivid palette and celebrated settings translate powerfully […]

Wednesday, August 12 at 5:00 PM, Sphere's evening show of The Wizard of Oz draws a late-summer Las Vegas crowd that brings real energy to a midweek slot on the Strip.Atmospheric fog rolls across the space during the Haunted Forest, wind arrays build the tornado from every direction, and infrasound haptic seats emit tones through […]