Jim Dolan floats ‘mini-Sphere’ rollout plan

Sphere Entertainment executive chairman and CEO James Dolan has revealed the company is developing a smaller version of its iconic Sphere venue to potentially roll out to other markets.

It was confirmed last autumn that the world’s second Sphere will be built in Abu Dhabi in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, and is expected to be similar in scale to the 20,000-cap Las Vegas original.

But speaking during the company’s fiscal Q2 2025 earnings call, Dolan teased that future expansion could also involve 5,000-cap mini-Spheres.

“As far as expansion goes beyond Abu Dhabi, we’re currently working on the architecture for a smaller Sphere, which we think will be deployable to more markets somewhere in the 5,000-seat range,” said Dolan.…

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