LAS VEGAS — It’s 9 p.m. on the Strip and 100 degrees out and I’m staring at a blue ball. It pulses and turns. It becomes purple. Then pink. Sphere is an internet sensation. A Sphere Fan Club ...

The Sphere promises the latest in technological advances and audience ... but the R2D2 aesthetic with its exposed wiring creates a safe distance lest anyone start worrying about losing their jobs ...

Late last month, Sphere Entertainment Co., the company that built and manages the soon-to-open venue, announced a pending agreement to fulfill a majority of Sphere’s energy needs with solar power.

"The Sphere" venue has a seating capacity of almost 18,000, and a standing capacity of 20,000. ... Not everyone is in love with "The Sphere" aesthetic, though. One user wrote: ...

In Las Vegas, there's a gigantic new sphere of an event venue covered in 580,000 square feet of LED panels, ... In a city known for dazzling aesthetics and questionable business practices, ...

Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio, who is co-creative director along with John Mayer for Dead & Company at Sphere, explores the making of the visuals.

For three hours on Friday night, I walked around Sphere, the 18,600-seat, LED-covered, one-of-a-kind behemoth venue, wondering if I’d be anything less than amazed, impressed or pleasantly surprised.