{"id":2247342,"date":"2026-01-23T17:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247342"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:37:38","slug":"vegas-style-sphere-planned-for-maryland-entertainment-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vegas-style-sphere-planned-for-maryland-entertainment-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas-Style Sphere Planned for Maryland Entertainment Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Already home to a major casino and convention center, Maryland\u2019s National Harbor may soon offer another Las Vegas-style attraction\u2014a \u201cmini\u201d version of that city\u2019s famed Sphere venue.<\/p>\n

According to project owner Sphere Entertainment Co., the proposed 6,000-seat facility at the riverfront mixed-use complex outside Washington, D.C., is the first of a planned global network of smaller-scale versions of the original $2-billion, 875,000-sq-ft Las Vegas Sphere, which opened in 2023.<\/p>\n

In addition to its signature \u201cExosphere,\u201d a full wrap-around exterior LED display that showcases both artistic and branded content, the venue would also feature a 16K x 16K interior display plane\u2014the world\u2019s highest-resolution LED screen, according to the company. Advanced sound, haptic seating and 4D environmental effect technologies would combine to create a wide range of immersive experiences. The Maryland Sphere will also have the capability to host indoor sports and other major events.<\/p>\n

No contractor has been named for the estimated $1-billion project, which will be located on an 8-acre site at National Harbor. AECOM served as general contractor for the original Las Vegas Sphere before MSG Entertainment assumed the role of construction manager<\/a> in December 2020. <\/p>\n

Negotiations are underway for the state of Maryland, Prince George\u2019s County and National Harbor developer Peterson Cos. to provide more than $200 million in incentives for the project, which could open as early as 2030.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.enr.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Already home to a major casino and convention center, Maryland\u2019s National Harbor may soon offer another Las Vegas-style attraction\u2014a \u201cmini\u201d version of that city\u2019s famed Sphere venue. According to project owner Sphere Entertainment Co., the proposed 6,000-seat facility at the riverfront mixed-use complex outside Washington, D.C., is the first of a planned global network of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2247343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[349726,24124,350363],"class_list":["post-2247342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-construction","tag-las-vegas","tag-washington-d-c"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vegas-Style-Sphere-Planned-for-Maryland-Entertainment-Complex.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247342","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=2247342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247344,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247342\/revisions\/2247344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}