We’re taking you inside The Sphere, one of the most talked-about attractions in Las Vegas. We’re sharing our firsthand experience attending Illenium’s Odyssey show and what makes this next-generation venue unlike any other, from its massive 360° LED screen and immersive visuals to spatial audio and interactive effects that make you feel like you’re inside the performance. You’ll also get practical tips on tickets, seating, and what to expect when visiting, making this episode a must-listen for anyone planning to see a show at the Sphere.

Hotels in Las Vegas we recommend:

• The Venetian – The Sphere is connected to this hotel
• We love The Flamingo for a good location on the strip at a great price with amenities, a good free pool and flamingos
• Cesars Palace is beautiful, LIV is so fun, and has a beautiful free pool

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The Sphere First Timers Guide – Episode Transcript

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And get ready to embark on a new adventure with us around the globe.

Hey squaddies, welcome to this week’s Just the Tip.

Today I Kim, I’m taking you to one of the hottest attractions in Las Vegas and that is The Sphere.

The Sphere attracts people from all walks of life for concerts of all different genres, from EDM to pop to classic rock.

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There are immersive films that are shown at the Sphere and they have really special event experiences here.

It’s one of the newest venues that is, and has been for a couple years now, drawing major attention to Las Vegas.

The Sphere is this massive next generation entertainment venue.

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It’s essentially part concert hall, part immersive experience Dome.

And technically it is part of the Venetian Resort there in Las Vegas on the Strip.

But it’s not just a venue.

The way the Sphere is designed as a big globe sphere, when you’re inside, you aren’t just watching something on a screen, you are a part of it.

1:37

It is coming at you from all angles and the sphere is huge, so you have this massive screen in front of you and all sides of you.

It’s like IMAX on steroids.

It’s really, really cool.

It’s definitely an experience unlike any other and it’s really cool.

1:54

So inside there’s this wrap around LED screen, one of the highest resolutions in the world.

And so like I said, these visuals completely surround you.

You can look up all the way up, boom, all the way down to the floor, all the way around the sides of you.

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It’s really, really cool.

And it’s more than just the visuals.

It has spatial audio, so it can make the sound feel like it’s coming from different directions.

Like if someone’s whispering in your right side shoulder, it’ll come from that direction.

It’s really cool.

It also has other elements it can put out depending on what it’s showing, so it can simulate wind, vibration sense, temperature changes to match whatever is going on on the screen.

2:33

It’s pretty cool.

The exterior is even cool.

If you can’t go inside the sphere for a show, then just at least catch a glimpse of it when you’re in Las Vegas.

It looks like this giant eyeball.

And sometimes on the LED display on the outside of the sphere, they do put the video up to make it look like a giant eyeball.

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They’ll have themed visuals, emojis, very viral things that you’ll end up seeing on social media, and of course advertisements for whatever has a residency there at that time.

I went to the Sphere for the very first time in March 2026 for Elenium’s second night of Odyssey.

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Odyssey is their residency that they were doing here at this fair from March until April in 2026.

It was absolutely amazing.

It was a show, not just any old show.

This was a show that was built around Elenium’s new album called Odyssey, and it was one of the very first EDM shows ever to be designed specifically for the sphere, which is pretty cool.

3:31

And I I’ve heard as they were recording this music, they recorded it knowing it would be played at the sphere.

So they kind of took that into some of the melodies and, and the whole show experience.

That whole show experience for Eleniums Odyssey was just about an hour long.

I wish it was a lot longer.

3:47

They did have openers as well, but I couldn’t get enough of the spirit was really cool.

And this is where, if you’ve been to any show, it is Earth going to the sphere to see that same artist or that same film here at the sphere, for example, The Wizard of Oz was doing a residency here.

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We’ve all seen The Wizard of Oz on the big screen and your home screens.

But to see it in the sphere with all of those added elements to it completely being submersed in it, really, really cool.

At the Millennium show, you can expect that same thing, those full 360° visuals.

The entire venue becomes the screen.

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They had custom animations that were built specifically for this experience.

The seats were vibrating when the bass drops from the music, you can really feel the music, not just hear it.

And then that has that spatial audio.

So it’s really, really cool.

And what’s also cool, unlike a regular show, is that you’re not just staring up at the DJ.

4:40

In fact, from where I was sitting, at least I was staring down at the DJ.

But the DJ booth is not really the main focus.

It’s not a stage focus, unlike most venues.

The focus is actually the 360 degree LED wrapped screens that you feel like you’re part of.

4:55

There’s just so much to look at and it adds so much to the experience.

The cost to go to the Sphere can range tickets around $100, at least on the starting end, and of course they go up several 100 depending on the show and when you get them.

My biggest tip is to book ahead.

5:12

If you know you’re going to be going on a Vegas trip, book that as soon as you can because of course the prices will go up and things will sell out.

When I went to the Selenium show, though, it’s a very, very popular show and there were still seats available in our area and we were in a pretty prime area.

5:27

I think where we sat was absolutely perfect.

We sat in section 306, row nine, seats 9 and 10.

We were basically in the middle, middle of the way up, middle of the way across the seatings in both directions and I thought it was perfect.

5:44

We could look all the way up and still see the screen.

We could look all the way down and see the DJ and the floor below.

We could see on either side of us like it was the perfect seat.

If you’re looking for a good spot and you have your chance to pick any section, go for section three O 6.

It’s really good.

5:59

Now, if you are going to a show and you want to dance, I know Backstreet Boys have been doing a residency here and everyone dresses in white and of course you’re going to be dancing to those tunes.

The floor is great.

I would love to go back to the Sphere and actually have a ticket for the floor to be down there dancing.

6:14

Now, of course you’re going to be looking completely straight up the entire time, so there’s that drawback.

But if you want to experience the dancing part of things, I think the floor would be so fun.

The benefit there is yes, yes, you can still dance and yes, you, you know, have your designated area.

The seats, they’re very steep.

6:33

It’s a sphere, so they go pretty vertical up.

I felt like there’s a little bit of room to dance around in your area, but you kind of got to be a little careful because there’s not a lot of room there.

And I did see someone fall a few rows forward at the sphere here.

I don’t know what they have been up to prior to coming to the sphere, but he definitely flipped a few rows and then crawled back over.

6:55

So, so be careful because yeah, I saw a lot of people sitting down in the show, which is surprising for an EDM show.

But I think it was probably because of maybe you want to like actually just take in all the visuals on the screen or it’s just like, I want to sit down because it’s a little sketchy standing on the ledge there.

7:10

This sphere does have a rule for your back. 6 by 6 by two.

We did have purses that were a little bit bigger than this and we got in without an issue.

Not saying to test your luck, just sharing my experience there.

When you leave.

This is very, very important when you deep.

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Remember the sphere is connected to the Venetian Hotel.

So before you leave this sphere, go upstairs to cross the pedestrian bridge that goes straight into the Venetian Hotel.

If it’s cold, you won’t have to be out in the cold.

If it’s hot, you won’t have to deal with the heat.

But if you leave the sphere building, you will not be able to go back in to get up to that pedestrian crossway.

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So make sure you do that, because if you do end up on the street, there’s not something very close that you can cross the street and get to.

Even though the Venetian is right there, you can’t cross those streets.

So you end up walking and walking and walking and walking and walking.

And I hear Ubers are really expensive.

So if you can go into the Venetian, chill out for a little bit, then make your way somewhere else, you’ll save a lot of time and probably money from the ride.

8:10

I would absolutely love to go back to the Sphere.

It was a really cool experience.

I would like to see even another EDM show there or another genre or even a film be really, really cool.

And I think there’s some good news coming now.

The Las Vegas sphere cannot be duplicated, but there is a sphere under construction in Washington, DC.

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It will be quite a bit smaller with about half the seats, but it is in construction right now and will be a cool sphere presence on the East Coast.

Squaty, thank you so much for tuning into this week’s Just a Tip about the Las Vegas sphere.

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