MSG Sphere project reaches new milestone
Construction crews on the $1.66 billion MSG Sphere at The Venetian have hit another milestone.
Representatives of The Madison Square Garden Company, which is building the performance venue, said Thursday that crews have reached Level 6 of the project at 108 feet above the ground — the 516-foot “equator.”
The equator will be the widest point of the first-of-its-kind structure.
The project is on track and on budget.
Adam Vickers, MSG senior vice president of development and construction, said there are seven levels of seating with a capacity of 17,500. In addition there are retractable seats on the ground level, bringing the total capacity to 20,000.
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