{"id":2241203,"date":"2026-01-19T19:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2241203"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:42:03","slug":"a-second-us-sphere-could-come-to-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-second-us-sphere-could-come-to-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"A second US Sphere could come to Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The second US sphere would be built in an area known as National Harbor in Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland. Located along the Potomac River, National Harbor currently features a convention center, multiple hotels, restaurants, and shops. While Abu Dhabi plans to build a sphere as large as the one in Las Vegas, the National Harbor venue would be one of the first <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/627566\/mini-sphere-entertainment-vegas-immersive-venue\">mini-Sphere venues announced last March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Its capacity would be limited to 6,000 seats instead of over 17,000. But the smaller Sphere would still be hard to miss with an exterior LED exosphere for showcasing the \u201cartistic and branded content\u201d that helped make the original sphere a unique part of the Las Vegas skyline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The inside of the mini-Sphere will feature a high-resolution 16,000 by 16,000 pixel wrap-around screen, the company\u2019s immersive sound technology, haptic seating, and \u201c4D environmental effects.\u201d For the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/645815\/google-used-ai-to-enhance-the-wizard-of-oz-for-the-las-vegas-spheres-giant-screen\">AI-enhanced version of <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em><\/a> currently playing in Las Vegas, audiences experience effects like wind, fog, smells, and apples falling from the ceiling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The mini-Sphere will potentially also be cheaper to build than the $2.3 billion original, but its construction is contingent on the \u201creceipt of certain governmental incentives and approvals from Prince George\u2019s County and the State of Maryland.\u201d Sphere Entertainment says the project \u201cwould utilize a combination of public and private funding, including approximately $200 million in state, local, and private incentives,\u201d but would potentially generate millions of dollars in revenue for the country and state while supporting over 4,700 jobs once it opens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second US sphere would be built in an area known as National Harbor in Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland. Located along the Potomac River, National Harbor currently features a convention center, multiple hotels, restaurants, and shops. While Abu Dhabi plans to build a sphere as large as the one in Las Vegas, the National Harbor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2241204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[21738,24751],"class_list":["post-2241203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-news","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/A-second-US-Sphere-could-come-to-Maryland.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2241205,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241203\/revisions\/2241205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}