Sphere Coming To Maryland

More Spheres are on the way. James Dolan's insanely expensive, absurdly flashy Las Vegas venue has been operating since 2023, and Dolan's Sphere Entertainment Company has plans to open more Spheres elsewhere in the world. As previously reported, an Abu Dhabi Sphere is expected to open in 2029, while London mayor Sadiq Khan rejected a proposal to build another one in the city's Olympic Park. Now, it looks like the beautiful state of Maryland is about to get a smaller Sphere of its own.Maryland Matters reports that the Prince George’s County Council has given the final approval to help publicly fund the construction of a smaller Sphere entertainment complex in National Harbor, right across the river from Washington, DC. On Tuesday, the eight-member Council voted unanimously to approve a deal that'll commit up to $215 million of county taxpayer money to the construction of a $1.4 billion Sphere complex. Under that plan, Sphere Entertainment will gradually pay the county back for its investment.While the Las Vegas Sphere seats 17,600 concertgoers, the proposed National Harbor Sphere will only have 6,000 seats. When they presented the proposal, reps for the Sphere Entertainment Co. said...