I expect my review to be contrarian to many future ones but as of this writing, there are only three submitted. I visited the Sphere to attend the second night of the U2 UV concert experience, with seats in the lower front of section 304 a couple of rows back from the lower divider overlooking the stage. U2, of course put on a fantastic show. My review feedback is about the venue. I had a number of issues with the venue as an audience member who wanted to have an engaged experience with the performance as I have at previous U2 shows. I’ve tried to provide an objective review of the venue and hope this is helpful to you if you consider spending, but will likely be large amounts of money, regardless of what event you attend at the Sphere. First, the theater is cavernous , not intimate at all, and section 304 is so high above the stage that you have to look straight down at the performers. Second, the seats are very narrow, and not banked enough to avoid view obstruction. If anyone stands up in front of you, or even shifts their position in the seat and waves their arms, they will block your view of the stage because of the steep downward looking angle to the stage. Third, the visuals while undeniably breathtakingly and impressive were overwhelming. It was like watching a small group of people performing in front of a massive IMAX screen. While U2 can pull off this kind of performance, I don’t see how many other performers could and it makes me wonder if the Sphere will be a popular future destination for concerts. Fourth, the venue promotional material promised unparalleled, crystal clear sound quality. This is not what I experienced. I found the sound frequently muddy, and it was hard to hear the lyrics clearly. I have experienced better concert sounds a traditional values of a speaker banks. Fifth, while getting into the venue was organized and efficient, getting out was an entirely different experience. It took almost 30 minutes for all 17,000 of us to shuffle out packed like sardines with no crowd control and it felt very unsafe. Stairwells, escalators, and the walkway were so packed that in the event of an emergency it would be a dangerously congested situation. Sixth, and finally the cost of drinks is exorbitant even by venue standards. Domestic beers are almost $20 dollars for a pint. Food was comparatively reasonable with entrées at $14. In summary, the Sphere is breathtaking but in my opinion, overwhelming as a performance venue and with several design flaws that detract from the audience experience. They advertise that there is not a bad seat in the house but it feels like only sections 100 and 200 would provide a good overall experience since they're not as high and you can see the performers better (except for the 200 section seats that have view obstructions).

Best graphics ever & the music U2 were amazing. The access to the venue is best taken via The Venetian Hotel. We walked outside, Past The palazzo and then forced to walk into the oncoming traffic to get to the end of the queue which filled the pavement entering the venue.

The tickets say the show we attended is at seven. So after standing in line to get in for forty five minutes we got in and went to the section 304 for seating. Wrong, the attendant said the show starts at eight, even though the ticket says seven. Why does Sphere lie about the time? So we stood for an additional fifty minutes because there very little place to sit. I guess they want to give plenty of time to drink 18$ beer. Wonder how much of that goes to save the rainforest.?. While the picture quality is very good it's nothing new. If you have been to flight in disneyworld you have experienced it

I saw U2 here on 10/5. I was General Admission (GA). This review is for the venue only; U2 is always amazing and the capabilities of the Sphere are awesome and are probably only going to get better. Heading to the concert, security was blocking the entrance to the Venetian Pedestrian Bridge. Turns out the Pedestrian Bridge doesn't 'open till 6pm on show days. If you are earlier than that, you must walk out to the strip, pass the Palazzo, hang a right at Sands and walk to the Sphere. GA is instructed to show up at 530pm, so this included all of GA. I cannot recommend GA at this facility. You have to crane your head back just to see the band; if you want to see the wall/ceiling graphics you have to bend your neck and whole upper body back; you will be constantly looking up and over both shoulders, too. After 2 hours of this I was really uncomfortable; I didn't even want to look up at the graphics for the last few songs because my neck/shoulders/upper back were so sore. The GA floor is small and is packed tight. Everyone bending backward to see the graphics meant that everyone was getting headbutted by the person in front of them a lot. We all stopped apologizing pretty quickly. Exiting the Sphere was a real challenge. The Pedestrian Bridge was CLOSED as the concert was exiting - no explanation given as to why. They were forcing everyone onto Sands Ave, making us about 18,000 strong trying to use a single sidewalk westbound. There was no crowd control to keep people out of the street, and no traffic officers to regulate the intersection at Koval & Sands or the exit of the Palazzo parking garage onto Sands. Things got out of hand pretty quickly; people were walking in the street, mobs of people were running the 'walk' signs and blocking the cars in the intersection, horns were blaring. I sincerely hope that the exit process improves for these concerts going forward. To end on a positive note, the staff at the Sphere were some of the friendliest concert staff I have ever encountered; every single staff member was incredibly nice and helpful. I would return to see show here, because the graphics really are amazing, but I would 100% buy a seat next time.

I went to see Postcard From Earth. The visual effects are stunning. The presentation starts out looking like an IMAX movie and a few minutes into it, there is a "reveal" where the entire dome screen becomes active, covering your entire field of vision. It is unsurpassed as a technical achievement. You cannot see individual pixels, and the image resolution is incredible. What I didn't like: A few things. Crowd control is exceptionally poorly done. First of all, if you have tickets for a 9:30 show, there is zero point in showing up early. You'll be told to wait in one place, then another place, then herded like cattle into a maze, and you'll wait there, then you'll get to the door and you wait there, then they let you in but then you have to wait at the bottom of an escalator. It is one giant mess. The presentation does not start until an hour after the time on the ticket. So if you go, show up late and spare yourself a headache. Before the show there's some hideously expensive drinks to enjoy while you talk to animatronic robots. The venue itself is gorgeous. I sat in a low row of Sec 306 and the view was perfect from there. As for the presentation, it essentially has an environmentalist theme. I agree with the premise, but holy hell is it ever preachy, heavy handed, and the cinematic device they use is very cringeworthy, with loud, pointless narration throughout the whole thing. Bring earplugs because it gets needlessly loud. The last point to bring up is the cost. You're paying $250 for what essentially is an extremely high-end IMAX presentation that lasts less than an hour.

No U-2 show going on the nights we had open, so went and saw the movie showing inside called Postcard From Earth. The clarity of the video and the crispness of the sound was off the charts great. The show is simply an IMAX show on steroids. So the 1st recommendation, buy the least expensive seats. The viewing is amazing from any seat in the house, the 1st row to the last. They do not sell the side 2 sections on both sides, so no need to worry about location. The only negative I have, and it's quite a significant negative, is the prices on the average are at least 50% overpriced. The average ticket price I saw was $129, our tickets were $105 each. By the time Ticketmaster finished gouging us with fees, the cost for my wife and I was just south of $300. What we experienced was even by Las Vegas prices, at least $100 beyond logic. So would I recommend the show? Yes Would I do it again? A definite NO The reason for the yes, in spite of the prices is like this. If you saw Top Gun Maverick, would you recommend it to someone else? I would guess yes. If you had to pay $75 to watch the movie, would you still recommend it. Maybe yes, maybe no. It's worth seeing, it's just so overpriced by the time you pay the bottom line on your tickets. Do not miss seeing it at night from a bit of a distance. The outside light show is brilliant.

Watched U2 and was simply blown away by the sound and visuals. One complaint is that it took too long to buy a beer from the cooler. The autoscanner was cool, but you had to answer too many cues, and it made the checkout so slow! There was only one checkout by 107 - definitely need more. Maybe 3 would do. It took a while for people to get into the venue. The lineup stretched for blocks. This resulted in a lot of people wanting to buy a beverage at the same time, without a lot of time to spare before the show began. Well done on the size of the women's bathroom. No lineup. Would come back to see another band. One final input would be to have the staff let people know that there are other entrances open when they see a long line stretching for 4 or 5 blocks.

Overall OK, but not worth the cost. I've seen better Imax "like" events. Premium seats were $249 for 50 minute event................$5 a minute. Entry was chaotic and not well managed. Although we purchased tickets for the 4:30 p.m. showing, that's when the gates open, actual event started at 5:30 p.m.

We haven’t even gone in yet. Tickets are for 9:30 show. But gate doesn’t open until 9:30. Nearest restroom is in the Venetian over a quarter-mile walk down a long corridor. No place to get food or beverages and nowhere to sit and weight. Poorly designed entry. Hopefully the show is worth it.

We saw "Postcard from Earth". We were told to be there at 9:30. We were packed into the hallways entering from the Sands Convention Center. Crowd control was poor. When we arrived, we were told the film would actually start at 10:30 and we had an hour to spend in the atrium with their AI powered androids and very expensive drinks. We really enjoyed interacting with the androids. The film started late, almost 11pm. It was breathtaking! Better that anything I had ever seen, easily surpassing IMAX. We had $169 seats for this 50 minute film. We sat in section 207, 18th row. I'd recommend sitting in cheaper seats as you will better appreciate the 360 degree nature of the film. Exiting was bad. We wanted to go out the way we came but were ushered out onto a busy street with narrow sidewalks.