It’s easy to think of the MSG Sphere at The Venetian as a sports arena.
After last week’s 366-foot topping-out ceremony at the project site east of The Venetian Expo, I received emails and phone calls asking whether this new 17,500-seat venue could become the home for a NBA franchise.
It won’t.
Because of the spherical shape of the structure – its widest point is 516 feet – it would appear from the outside to have seating encircling a center point, like T-Mobile Arena or the Thomas &Mack Center. Instead, seating is on one side of the building, wrapping maybe two-thirds of the way around it, with seats pointed toward a stage.
