The massive entertainment venue MSG Sphere at The Venetian announced Monday it will hire 3,000 Southern Nevadans ahead of its opening in the second half of 2023.

In an address at the Vegas Chamber’s Preview 2023 networking event at the Las Vegas Convention Center, MSG Sphere at The Venetian President Lucas Watson said job fairs would begin in April to fill positions such as hospitality and operations workers, food and beverage professionals, bartenders, ushers and security officers.

“We’ll need all the typical things you would need to run an entertainment venue that hosts 18,600 people,” Watson said in an interview following his presentation.

Watson stressed that the Sphere represents an entirely new entertainment medium.