--- title: Sphere: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 description: Find out why Sphere is one of the best inventions of 2023 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T05:10:39.814Z og:title: Sphere: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 og:description: Find out why Sphere made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc5e30d345af117/698a417d86f68e07ad6f2e32/best-inventions-2023-msg-sphere.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sphere: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sphere: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 twitter:description: Find out why Sphere made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc5e30d345af117/698a417d86f68e07ad6f2e32/best-inventions-2023-msg-sphere.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # Otherworldly Entertainment Sphere by [Alison Van Houten](/author/alison-van-houten/) ## Alison Van Houten  NEVADA, USA - JULY 9: The Sphere is seen at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on July 9, 2023\. The Sphere is a spherical music and entertainment arena in Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip and east of the Venetian resort. The project was announced by the Madison Square Garden Company in 2018, and construction was underway the following year. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) NEVADA, USA - JULY 9: The Sphere is seen at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on July 9, 2023\. The Sphere is a spherical music and entertainment arena in Paradise, Nevada, near the Las Vegas Strip and east of the Venetian resort. The project was announced by the Madison Square Garden Company in 2018, and construction was underway the following year. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images When the $2.3 billion Sphere first lit up on July 4, “it was like something out of a sci-fi movie,” says David Dibble, CEO of MSG Ventures, which developed the Las Vegas entertainment venue’s tech. “People got out of their cars and were just staring up.” Its 366-ft.-tall exterior is earth’s biggest LED screen—a lattice of 1,230,000 pucks that can make it look like a ball or planet or … anything. Inside it boasts a 160,000-sq.-ft. curved screen and an advanced concert-grade audio system, both now put to use for a residency by U2\. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/"},"headline":"Otherworldly Entertainment","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:10:39.814Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc5e30d345af117/698a417d86f68e07ad6f2e32/best-inventions-2023-msg-sphere.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Van Houten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alison-van-houten/"}],"creator":"Alison Van Houten","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc5e30d345af117/698a417d86f68e07ad6f2e32/best-inventions-2023-msg-sphere.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324099/sphere/","name":"Otherworldly Entertainment"}}]}] ```