The Sphere in Las Vegas generated revenue of $167.8 million in its first full three months of operation
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In 10 years this thing may very well be near abandoned and doing the same thing countless underfunded planetariums around the US have been doing for years to get some cash and stay operating.
I’m sure the billionaires who invested in this are very pleased. Imprisoning U2 in the ForeverBall turned out to be worth it.
They can only be freed with the united powers of the REO's Speeedwagon, the Led Zeppelin, Roger Water’s pig balloon, and the clouds that Jodi Mitchell was looking at that gave her an understanding of life, the universe, and everything.
Kind of, the central government did this in response to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan:
In December 2023, Gove used his powers to "call in" Khan's rejection of the project, overturning the Mayor's rejection and turning the final decision to DLUHC ministers.
But the project did withdraw anyway:
However, in January 2024, MSG wrote to the Planning Inspectorate officially withdrawing its plans for the project.
I suspect it has more to do with London being left by advertisers right now. A few years back the tube had all the advert slots filled, always. Today, the advert slots are usually half filled and it's been like that for years. I expected it to change after COVID lockdowns ended, but it has persisted all the way until now.
Yeah I was really disappointed when I saw that. Went to a show on their "farewell tour" last year, and they were really hyping up the fact it would be the last opportunity to see them live. Tickets were already stupid expensive. Not only was that a complete lie, but now they're playing at this ridiculous monolith? I feel slightly betrayed.
A planetarium (...) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium
What's the term for reverse planetarium that shows contents outside of the sphere instead of inside and showing ads instead of educational astronomy shows?