Sphere

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 […]

Thursday, August 13 opens at 11:00 AM at Sphere — a morning show in Las Vegas that puts The Wizard of Oz in front of you as a summer day gets underway, leaving the full afternoon free for the Strip afterward.Sphere's production has been running for nearly a year, and the physical effects — snow […]

Into the Millennium hits Sphere on Thursday, August 13, the midweek opener of the fifth week of the residency's Las Vegas summer stretch. The Backstreet Boys' core musical strength — five complementary voices singing meticulously arranged pop that was built to fill large spaces — is exactly what Sphere's audio system was engineered to amplify.If […]

Friday, August 14 at 2:00 PM, The Wizard of Oz at Sphere approaches its one-year mark in Las Vegas with an enhanced version already in development and the current run still pulling strong afternoon crowds to Sphere on the Strip.This version features over 1,800 AI-generated visual elements, infrasound haptic seat technology, live pyrotechnics, and a […]

Into the Millennium arrives at Sphere on Friday, August 14 for the fifth-week Friday show. The Backstreet Boys have been one of the world's best-selling acts since the late '90s, and their longevity comes down to something concrete: the harmonies work, the hooks hold, and the live performances deliver without the polish wearing thin.A Friday […]

Saturday, August 15 at 2:00 PM, Sphere runs The Wizard of Oz through its full roster of 4D effects for a late-summer Saturday crowd on the Las Vegas Strip that knows what a Sphere afternoon delivers.Wind arrives with the tornado. Snow falls over the audience in the poppy field. Butterflies cross the theatre in Oz. […]