Is "The Sphere" the new Arena?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it duplicate what MGM already does?

Yes. Another poster mentioned that upthread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You will be able to enjoy Sphere’s digital light show from the Old Town Alexandria waterfront.

You mean from south of the WWB? That's not exactly Old Town, nor a benefit.

No one goes to National Harbor. No public transportation, the parking is absurd, the riffraff is increasing.

At least when they were talking about building an arena in PY, there's a metro stop right there. And that was still a bad idea. Moore must be getting kickbacks, because this makes no economical sense. And no one wants it, but like 3 people.

Hmmm...really? Are you sure? Because every time I've been there, there are people everywhere and no where to park. Maybe, you don't go or the people you know (if you really know that many people) don't go. Or maybe the types of ppl that go there are no one to you. The place would have shut down long ago if "no one" went there. Even "riffraff" spend money and need a place to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it duplicate what MGM already does?

Yes. Another poster mentioned that upthread.

Yeah, it's just a planetarium. We already have those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what it is?

Lord, no. Do your own research or read one of the 30 articles about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it duplicate what MGM already does?

Have you ever heard of competition? Why should the owners of the Sphere care about MGM? Performers will just pick the Sphere if they have the choice.

Also, the people claiming no one will go are funny. DC people have so much disposable income and are also obsessed about doing stuff like this then bragging about it to others and posting to social media. My coworkers were already talking about how excited they are about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it duplicate what MGM already does?

Have you ever heard of competition? Why should the owners of the Sphere care about MGM? Performers will just pick the Sphere if they have the choice.

Also, the people claiming no one will go are funny. DC people have so much disposable income and are also obsessed about doing stuff like this then bragging about it to others and posting to social media. My coworkers were already talking about how excited they are about this.

IMHO, I think it will be handled differently. Declining audiences at the Vegas Sphere will mean the production will be moved to the DC Sphere. The owners of the DC Sphere could stage smaller artists in the DC Sphere to see if they have the audience to support the bigger stage in Vegas.

There has to be a fair amount of work in converting and/or producing video productions for the spherical screen. It makes sense to amortize that cost over multiple venues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it duplicate what MGM already does?

Have you ever heard of competition? Why should the owners of the Sphere care about MGM? Performers will just pick the Sphere if they have the choice.

Also, the people claiming no one will go are funny. DC people have so much disposable income and are also obsessed about doing stuff like this then bragging about it to others and posting to social media. My coworkers were already talking about how excited they are about this.

IMHO, I think it will be handled differently. Declining audiences at the Vegas Sphere will mean the production will be moved to the DC Sphere. The owners of the DC Sphere could stage smaller artists in the DC Sphere to see if they have the audience to support the bigger stage in Vegas.

There has to be a fair amount of work in converting and/or producing video productions for the spherical screen. It makes sense to amortize that cost over multiple venues.

One of the owners or investors was on CNBC money channel today talking about the new Sphere being built in Maryland. He said they were aiming to built several around the world. The third one is going into Dubai.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG County exec is claiming the revenues collected from the Sphere would "far exceed"the revenues from Fedex Field and Six Flags combined. Really?

Not that difficult to understand. It would be a year-round indoor venue, lots of people willing to travel significant distances to see shows at the Sphere and spend money on hotels and food, and the audiences tend to be higher income. Someone mentioned tickets for $100, but when I was in Vegas, that was just the price for an "experience" with no performance; for the shows with an artist, the prices were at least $300. More upscale than Fedex and Six Flags in every way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG County exec is claiming the revenues collected from the Sphere would "far exceed"the revenues from Fedex Field and Six Flags combined. Really?

Not that difficult to understand. It would be a year-round indoor venue, lots of people willing to travel significant distances to see shows at the Sphere and spend money on hotels and food, and the audiences tend to be higher income. Someone mentioned tickets for $100, but when I was in Vegas, that was just the price for an "experience" with no performance; for the shows with an artist, the prices were at least $300. More upscale than Fedex and Six Flags in every way.

You can see The Wizard of Oz at 5pm for $104. Yeah, we've already seen it. I am sure artists are more expensive.

[Anonymous]

why is it so small? what sort of artists are going to play a 6000 venue? i cant wrap my mind around it. why so small???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why is it so small? what sort of artists are going to play a 6000 venue? i cant wrap my mind around it. why so small???

The Theater at MGM only holds 3,000. So, there appears to be opportunities for middling sized venues.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand how we can dump all this money into a sphere when Maryland is an economic disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why is it so small? what sort of artists are going to play a 6000 venue? i cant wrap my mind around it. why so small???

The Theater at MGM only holds 3,000. So, there appears to be opportunities for middling sized venues.

so lame. i want the real sized sphere with the actual good acts.

to me, it just seems like it will service the political national conventions, maybe a few trade and association fairs.

but what kind of draw are "middling" acts going to get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why is it so small? what sort of artists are going to play a 6000 venue? i cant wrap my mind around it. why so small???

The Theater at MGM only holds 3,000. So, there appears to be opportunities for middling sized venues.

so lame. i want the real sized sphere with the actual good acts.

to me, it just seems like it will service the political national conventions, maybe a few trade and association fairs.

but what kind of draw are "middling" acts going to get?

Britney Spears is around that audience size per show. So, artists that are in the second half of their careers. We aren't hip enough around here for current artists.

[Anonymous]

lame.