Is "The Sphere" the new Arena?
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Anonymous
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This seems ridiculous. And not completely privately funded.
https://wtop.com/maryland/2026/01/mini-sphere-planned-for-national-harbor-in-maryland/ |
Anonymous
| It's not a new arena |
Anonymous
| It's absolutely hideous. Just... why... |
Anonymous
Not literally, nut figuratively. It seems like no one finds this interesting, cool, or necessary. And sounds like a stupid taxpayer funded catch |
Anonymous
| It’s going to be too small to attract many big national performers. And an eyesore. |
Anonymous
| Horrible idea. Tacky. And the light pollution is going to be insane. |
Anonymous
| Waaaaaah, I hate entertainment and unique attractions, waaaaaaaaaah. |
Anonymous
+1 Like the National Harbor in general. |
Anonymous
"Attractions?" Really you need to get out more if you call that an attraction! Its sad! |
Anonymous
| You will be able to enjoy Sphere’s digital light show from the Old Town Alexandria waterfront. |
Anonymous
That’s the part that seems so strange to me. What type of event is this mini-Sphere for? Who’s performing at a venue that small?? |
Anonymous
| I will admit that I have never wanted to go to Las Vegas, but was interested in seeing how they did Wizard of Oz in the Sphere. I’m not sure it would translate to a mini one though. But I guess I don’t have as viscerally negative a response to this thing as most of you. |
Anonymous
| Thank God I’ll be retiring as this is done. This build will f’ up my secret access roads. |
Anonymous
| Also why are the leaders so backwards. There is no transportation to this area. Light Pollution, traffic pollution, actual trash, smh. |
Anonymous
| The numbers they are throwing out for job creation are nonsensical. There is no way that a 6,000 seat venue will create 4,750 jobs. That is 8/10ths a job per seat, which is an impossibly high number. I think Alexandria should try to sue Maryland over this project if they decide to move forward with it. |