Stadium specialist Populous has revealed plans to build spherical music and entertainment venues for the Madison Square Garden Company, in Las Vegas and London.
The company behind New York?s Madison Square Garden (MSG) has released plans to create large-scale venues on both sides of the Atlantic.
Both designed by Populous, the distinctive venues will be branded MSG Spheres. According to the architect the arenas will "feature an iconic design, and will be equipped with game-changing technologies that push the limits of connectivity, acoustics, video, and content distribution".
Visualisations have been released for the venue in Las Vegas, with the proposed London arena set to be based on the same concept
MSG has released visuals of the first Sphere, planned for Las Vegas, which will have a capacity of 23,000, with 18,000 seats and a further 5,000 standing spaces. James L Dolan, MSG's executive chairman and CEO, also confirmed the plans reported by Dezeen last month, that the company intends to build a spherical arena in London.
MSG's Las Vegas venue will have a capacity of 23,000
Named the MSG Sphere London, the venue will be based on the same concept as the arena in Las Vegas.
Still in the "early stages" of design, the arena is planned to be built on a site, recently purchased by MSG, near the Olympic Park in Stratford. Further details, including the seating capacity, will be announced by the architect later this year.
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