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James Dolan Inks Contract Extensions With His MSG Companies and Sphere Entertainment
James Dolan isn’t going anywhere. The sports and music mogul has signed three-year contract extensions with the companies he and his family control: MSG Sports, MSG Entertainment, and Sphere Entertainment. All three companies disclosed the new deals over the past few weeks, with Sphere filing the extension just before the July 4 holiday. MSG Sports […]
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Mets Owner Steve Cohen Takes Sizable Stake in Sphere Entertainment
Steve Cohen continues to explore opportunities in the entertainment space. Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire and owner of the New York Mets on Tuesday revealed that his firm, Point72 Capital, has taken a 5.5 percent stake in Sphere Entertainment Co., the company that owns and operates The Sphere in Las Vegas. According to a securities […]
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Sphere Las Vegas Has Big Plans for Independence Day: Debut of ‘XO Audio’ and ‘XO Stream’
The main attraction at Sphere in Las Vegas is usually what happens inside the cutting edge venue, but on the Fourth of July there will be plenty to see and hear on the outside. Sphere Entertainment Co. revealed plans for Independence Day to mark the one-year anniversary of the first illumination on the venue’s exterior […]
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Former Warner Bros. COO Carolyn Blackwood Tapped as Head of Sphere Studios
Sphere Studios, the production house of Sphere Entertainment that is focused on creating original programming and experiences for the Sphere in Las Vegas, has tapped a Hollywood veteran to lead its efforts. Carolyn Blackwood, who was most recently COO of the Warner Bros. film studio, will become the head of the Burbank-based Sphere Studios. In […]
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Sphere Entertainment Ups Jennifer Koester to President and COO
Sphere Entertainment has promoted one of its top executives, naming Jennifer Koester president and COO. Koester had been leading Sphere’s business operations, but in her new role will oversee all of its operations. That includes Sphere Studios, the Burbank-based production studio that is developing experiences for the Sphere, like its first original film, Darren Aronofsky’s […]
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Las Vegas Sphere Names Ned McNeilage Chief Creative Officer
Sphere Entertainment, which runs the giant spherical venue in Las Vegas that opened last year, has hired Ned McNeilage as its chief creative officer. McNeilage will help shape the creative and brand strategy for Sphere, a venue with the world’s largest interior and exterior wraparound LED displays. Before joining Sphere, McNeilage served as chief creative […]
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Bono Dedicates U2 Song “All I Want Is You” to First Lady Jill Biden During Final Sphere Performance
U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas’ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle. The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its […]
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Sphere Entertainment Posts Revenue of $314M in First Full Quarter with Venue Open
The Sphere is finally bringing in serious cash. Sphere Entertainment Corp., the parent company of the already-infamous Las Vegas attraction, as well as the MSG Networks RSN business, reported its first full quarterly earnings report Monday with the venue open, its fiscal 2024 Q2. The company reported earnings of $314.2 million, with Sphere $167.8 million) […]
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U2 Rocks “Atomic City” in History-Making Grammys Performance From Las Vegas Sphere
U2 hit the 2024 Grammys stage Sunday night for what producers called a history-making performance. The Irish rock group performed “Atomic City” from the Sphere in Las Vegas, marking the first-ever broadcast performance from the new venue. Introducing the band, Grammys host Trevor Noah noted it was the first time that TV cameras had been […]
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U2 to Broadcast Performance From the Las Vegas Sphere at 2024 Grammys
U2 is set to perform at the Grammys in a new, innovative way. The band is set to give the first-ever broadcast performance from the Las Vegas Sphere venue and will offer a special award presentation during the telecast, it was announced Friday. U2 recently had a record-setting performance, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, last […]
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Alexander Payne to Receive Advanced Imaging Society’s Harold Lloyd Award
The Advanced Imaging Society announced a pair of special honors that will be presented at its 14th Lumiere Awards. Alexander Payne will receive the society’s Harold Lloyd Award for achievement in filmmaking, while director Darren Aronofsky and Sphere Entertainment will receive Earthday.org’s Voices For the Earth Award for Postcard from Earth, the first movie made […]
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Crypto.com Arena Testing Reusable Cup Program for Depeche Mode Concerts
The next beer that you buy at Crypto.com Arena might come in a cup that you had guzzled from before. In a move to curtail the environmental impact of single-use plastics, executives announced Wednesday a reusable cup pilot program for the downtown Los Angeles arena that will begin with Depeche Mode concerts promoted by Live […]
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