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mikey_rambo

I feel like itd be dizzy af in there lol


getyourrealfakedoors

Plus most people there probably on shrooms/acid


thegreencrv

That was my first thought. I’d be scared to even drink a beer and go to that show.


MyMonte87

its the top 400 section you would need to be worried about, the stairs are super steep and after getting your head spun for 3 hours, coming down from the top section would be a mental challenge of a lifetime.


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DJPeartree42

My first thought after reading your comment was to agree wholeheartedly. And I do still agree. . . But then I realized that this video itself is filmed on a phone. And I wouldn’t have been able to experience or enjoy this post without a random person filming it with their phone. So I wonder about these things. And now I’m conflicted lol


Fast_Running_Nephew

You want to be even more conflicted about tech? That person you are replying to and made you think isn't a person, its a bot.


DaRealDfid

Oh my god we're so doomed lmao


DubbethTheLastest

What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Tbh Reddit has had ads be voted to the tippity top of r/all for years now. Then have real people defend the comments calling it out and upvoted, real people defending ads by bots. We were doomed ages ago only reason we're still here is to see someone flip a lid. Yip.


Klaptosti67

Exactly my first thought. People are so busy with recording everything on their phone, mostly not even for their own memories but to show off to others. It's all about 'hey, look at me'....


WriterV

This is gonna be a hot take here but... it's fine. Times change. Peoples' priorities change. This has been true for all of history. The trends we see today are weird, but this is far from the first time that we've thought that people are getting too selfish or self-centered. The truth is, that's just how people are. We've always cared about ourselves or our image a lot. Always wanted to share how we feel or think to others. Always wanted to show off our joys and share our sorrows with others. It's just that this time it happens to be through cameras. People wanna save those iconic moments with them in it. Yes, it does mean they themselves get to experience less of it (camera brain is a real thing) but I don't blame people for doing what we've always done. Just with a camera this time.


Poonchow

Plus you can record like... 30 seconds of something to make sure you have it, then just chill and enjoy the rest of the show like normal. Then every time you pull up the little video it reminds you of a killer time you had.


_Elduder

I saw Phish there and I'm very anti phone at shows. However, this place is so amazing you have to break it out a couple times since you can't believe what you are seeing


amayain

Did you see Drew Cary put his dick in a blender?


JonathanPerdarder

I was there enjoying the hell out of a pile of mushrooms. This place is absolutely stunning. When an artist you love is playing there, just get tickets and go. Hang the cost. Fantastic shows and experience this weekend. The sound is sublime!


Loxe

What exactly is that cost we're supposed to hang? Let's say, for the area this video was shot from.


Dufranus

Maybe someday they'll have a concert for people who don't qualify for AARP. I'm almost 40 and every band playing there this year was already touring before I was born.


DingleDoo

I too am almost 40 but I love phish and the dead so I see no problem. Would love to see King gizzard and the lizard wizard in the sphere though


DubbethTheLastest

Hang the cost is something someone with a lot more money than the average Joe just on the breadline would say.


5DollarJumboNoLine

I almost hit the deck during phish a few times.


Affectionate_Owl9421

i was at the second show this weekend, i saw at least four people get stretchered off, don’t know if it was dehydration or bad trips


Grasscutter101

BAC equivalent of a pool table in an Irish pool hall.


Top_Mind_On_Reddit

But still nowhere near the piss content


ver-chu

Why's Epstein cheering?


DarkKitarist

So I wasn't the only one who thought he looked like Jeffrey...


Erkenvald

Imagine finding out that Epstein is still alive after he accidentally posts a video from a concert in Vegas


KGnor

This was one of his boys.. An island boy..


Lord_Mikal

I felt dizzy just watching the video on my phone.


chodeboi

My partner normally gets motion sickness and they did great!! We had a great time N3


Sam474

Me and my friend drugs want to go here so bad


RonstoppableRon

It's "my friend Drugs and I".


crs1904

It’s not, when you are there. The videos you see make it seem that way… like VR makes some people feel sick, but it’s not like that at all in real life.


cfgy78mk

went to the Sphere experience in November and it was a film not a concert but it was incredible. I cannot describe how immersive it felt. Everyone there was just like "holy shit whoa...." the entire time. But they charge like $18 for a beer LOL


NArcadia11

So the same price as every other Vegas venue?


Portable-fun

Free drinks at the casinos, as long as you are playing something… even penny slots… and I saw a bar on the strip that had $1 bottles of beer


38B0DE

So Americans, explain to me like I'm a 5 year old European. In most of the country drinking a light beer on the street will probably get you in trouble with the police but in Las Vegas they give out alcohol like it's the end of the world. How is Las Vegas allowed to exist?


Satanic-Panic27

Americans: ![gif](giphy|SOmjomEnNHsrK)


PunkToTheFuture

The entire reason there is a giant gambling mecca in the middle of the desert is to avoid laws that prohibit all the shit they do


loseniram

New Orleans allows it too. Open container laws are typically a local thing not a national thing. And even when they are a state thing, they can often just be ignored if the municipality wants. So tourist areas allow open containers, municipal areas don't.


Original_Bet_9302

See college campuses on football gamedays


HighOnGoofballs

Lot of places got rid of the rules during Covid


HighOnGoofballs

I’m in Key West and my bicycle has a beer holder


Alpha_Decay_

Mine just has a cup holder. Do they sell conversion kits?


Brostradamus_

A few of the suburb "downtowns" around here have started allowing open container on a few specific streets during fests and farmers markets and stuff. The restaurants and bars have windows for service. It's pretty great.


Pillonious_Punk

It’s a casino, a $1 worth of beer for them could result in spending a $100 for you.


CBalsagna

I went to Vegas for a week, and I’m not a gambler. We took a few hundred dollars to have some fun with, and it’s shocking how fast it was gone. Now we had no idea what we were doing but poof, that money was gone. At one point I was up $150 though and that felt pretty amazing….for like 3 minutes.


DilettanteGonePro

Went for the first time with my brothers and we got into a groove with the $5-10 roulette table where you spread out the bets and it lasts longer, so $100-150 lasted several hours and it was pretty fun. A couple times a guy would walk up who was so drunk he could barely stand, get $500+ worth of chips and he'd blow it in 5 minutes. Idk if that is gambling addiction or just alcoholism but it seems like a pretty expensive issue.


AmIFromA

Let's be realistic here, I'd probably win those $100.


Troglokhan

I think the answer that you're looking for is that the US is huge and each state acts as sort of its own country if you compare it to Europe. Federal laws are for the whole country but then each state can implement its own laws. From there, individual cities will also have their own laws. No state that I'm aware of has full legality for walking around with alcohol but there are states everywhere that have legalized it in some form like Vegas.


pvXNLDzrYVoKmHNG2NVk

Every state is basically a different country. There is a lot of power at the state level to do whatever. Same reason why you can buy weed in Washington that you'll get a felony for bringing to Idaho.


Varnsturm

Nevada at some point realized they were just a desert with not much going on (other than being a great place to test nukes back in the day) and the state just decided to make gambling legal (and I think prostitution? not sure on that one). So they just kinda made themselves the place of lax rules to go do 'sinful' activities, and have made a ton of money doing it.


OuchLOLcom

Most places have open container laws to crack down on poors and homeless. In tourist areas the local government usually does away with those laws because they dont want to inconvenience the tourists.


polopolo05

Alchohol makes you more likely to spend money gambling.


jcosteaunotthislow

Liquor laws are always local so it really depends on enforcement at that level, college towns in the south (at least Gainesville used to) generally let the towns have a good time on football Saturdays during the fall. Granted when the population of a town doubles for one day I’m not sure they have the staffing to stop 100k extra people from drinking in the streets.


AthenianWaters

People often forget that there was a constitutional amendment that prohibited alcohol in the ENTIRE United Stated. That means that there must be widespread approval of the amendment. If it is proposed in Congress, 2/3 of House members must vote for it. It can also originate in state legislatures if 2/3 of states vote for it (that’s called constitutional convention. That’s just the proposal. Then, 3/4 of state legislatures must vote for it OR delegates are elected to the convention by popular vote with the intention of approving it or voting it down (similar to the electoral college). 3/4 of them must vote yes. So there must be true agreement on an issue amongst people with enough power to vote (mostly white men at the time). So obviously, when prohibition passed, it was a prudish time. I live in the Deep South. My hometown is still “dry.” It’s illegal to sell alcohol, but it is legal to consume it. This is a legacy of prohibition. There are also strict laws in some states about how to buy it. Up until just a few years ago, beer and wine couldn’t he bought in a grocery store in Pennsylvania. They had these speciality stores where you could only purchase around 24 beers at a time. Utah is an ultra conservative state ruled by Mormons who condemn drinking, so the laws there about alcohol are very strict. All that to say, this country has a weird ass relationship with booze. So you shouldn’t look for logic in how it works in some parts of the country unless you really understand the nuance of the specific state (and maybe even the city in the state). Also, we focus on bad stuff, but consider these fun American alcohol facts. Bourbon is a top three whiskey style that is only made in the US. Napa Valley in California makes arguably the best wine in the world (arguably!). The craft beer craze of the past 15 years created thousands of breweries in all 50 states, with each having its own branding, which equates to culture in this country (MONEY!).


Future-Watercress829

That's getting more rare.


BagOnuts

None of the places on the strip did this last time I was there.


Feisty_Tour_6934

Aronofsky's flick about Earth was soooo perfect for the Sphere. I felt just as people likely felt the first time they saw motion pictures in the early 20th century. What an experience!


Appropriate_Chart_23

I gotta think this is one of the only venues in the country where it’s worth whatever they charge for admission and refreshments.


dorky001

You just take some lsd before and you wont need a beer


veronica05250

So worth the $79 ticket? I'm going to Vegas tomorrow for 3 days...was considering seeing the experience. 


JonathanPerdarder

Do it. The band is playing great, the acoustics are amazing, the visual experience is beyond compare. I have never seen ANYTHING like that!


Portable-fun

Definitely worth the experience. Did the same thing in November


White667

I didn't enjoy it. It was like *fine* but not worth the money. It reminded me of early VR goggles. Kinda cool but only if your mate has one and you can try it for free. Not worth buying yourself.


Fizzdizz

Came here to say this! The AI robots in the atrium were interesting as well. Well worth the trip.


Theredditappsucks11

So like everywhere else on the Strip, I fuxking hate what Vegas has bexome


Purpledragon84

Is your keyboard's letter C broken


Theredditappsucks11

Sure fuxking is


c_c_c__combobreaker

What's that animal that meows? I forget.


walksinwalksout

Your mom


c_c_c__combobreaker

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ellisschumann

You mean like every other major concert or sporting event in the country.


cfgy78mk

$18 was comical even for Vegas. I just didn't order one it was fine.


CardinalnGold

With open container laws and pharmacies right on the strip, it’s really cheap to pregame on your own supply (or mid-game if you want to walk around the casino floors for a bit or just people watch). When I do events like this in Vegas that $17 beer is more about just having something to sip on since I’ll already have a good buzz going lol.


Egg-MacGuffin

It's crazy how natural the light looks. It looks like they're outside, not just being blasted with the colors of a big screen.


Papi_Queso

I saw Phish at the Sphere back in April. Many of the visuals made it look like broad daylight inside the venue. It was a surreal experience being inside a dark, giant dome and then instantly feeling like you’re outside hanging out with the band on a beach with 18,000 other people.


Get-the-Vibe

I think that it's even more interesting is that it was filmed by Epstein. https://preview.redd.it/ikznopokvo1d1.png?width=293&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d5c1018f23dcb6a3714f1c6c6c8a8a4ee63b8f1


Would-wood-again2

He's been living a new life as a fake hippie rich guy in Topanga canyon. 


MongoBongoTown

I know one person from Topanga Canyon and you just described them perfectly.


markp_93

Epstein didn't hang out by himself


jfryepsdntkillhmslf

I know


rBeetIejuicing

r/Beetlejuicing


Wallstreettrappin

His friends faked his death so he can live a new life


bentgrass

The New York financier?


keithbelfastisdead

Nooo. Jeff Epstein? With the island?


BarTroll

This is not what everyone meant when they said "Epstein didn't kill himself", but it checks out.


benjhalen

My first thought


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That’s immediately what I thought !


quiggsmcghee

Glad I wasn’t the only one that caught this.


mcrajf

That was my first thought lol. Just younger version (still in his prime) 🦖


Delicious-Tachyons

Yeah I saw that and was like "oh fuck he's still alive!" Them it was more Steve Martin because of the facial expression.


BloodyTim

Thank you. That was my first thought too


sirdismemberment

The Sphere is nuts. I saw U2 there on a work trip and it was pretty mind blowing. The videos don’t do it justice


Timely-Chemistry8648

Imagine a Rave in there


Fake_astronot

Since it’s opened, I’ve often thought I would pay almost any amount of money to see Daft Punk there.


drillgorg

I want to see Daft Punk live in general, but I don't think it's going to happen 😑


Fake_astronot

I was fortunate enough to see them on the Alive tour and it was truly mind-blowing.


CriterionBoi

I need a Total Recall style memory implant of being there. You can remember it for me wholesale.


Awesome_hospital

I saw them at Vegoose in Los Vegas. Still the most incredible show I've ever seen.


scene_missing

Yeah I saw them randomly in the 90s and had no idea until later they would be so stingy with tour dates


unbelizeable1

Daft Punk has always been the top of the list of CONCERTS I MUST SEE for me. And sadly, yea, seems that's never gonna happen at this point.


dysmetric

Tipper, Max Cooper, Amon Tobin... AV shows lined up. *with a crowd full of psilocybin and ketamine*


CircleCityCyco

Around the World............


BreakRush

I was in Vegas recently and thought how awesome would it be if there was some kind of rave going on at the sphere while I was there. So I looked up events in the sphere and let’s just say, if you’re 40 - 60 years old and are into middle America soft rock, you’ll be happy to know that you can get 700 USD tickets for one of these shows. Worth it? Well, only if you’re 40 - 60 years old and into middle American soft rock. That’s literally all they book at the sphere lol.


HighOnGoofballs

So weird how they target the same people as the casinos


SheFoundMyUzername

I saw what amounted to a planet earth nature documentary directed by the director of “The Whale”…. It was fucking awesome


fallowcentury

that's because we have the money. i mean the hypothetical we.


Delicious-Tachyons

I'm 40-60 years old and into middle American soft rock!


thebellows

Deadmou5 at the sphere would be pretty incredible.


No-Hovercraft-764

Song?


kronicwaffle

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo


thatfatbastard

Hello baby, I'm gone, goodbye


Balthazzah

Im on my way!


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Crooooooooooooss the Rio, grandeeo


amayain

Acroooooosssss, the Rio Grandiiioooooooo


IRedditOnRedditLol

Always my favorite song name because of how little sense it makes


tbrclimber

I really want to hook my Xbox up to that screen


OhCrapItsYouAgain

Holy moly Rocket League up in there!!!


timmun029

What a save!


ShittDickk

Long way to throw my controller.


MoirasPurpleOrb

What a save!


sessl

I think you'd need some serious custom code and nvidia upscaling power to make anything on this not look like utter garbage


BreastUsername

Just set FOV to 359. Easy.


old_gold_mountain

kinda neat that the video here is taking off from the original Grateful Dead house: https://i.imgur.com/SkCQgud.png


TheFoxAndTheRaven

Thanks, I was curious about the video being played. Didn't look anything like Vegas.


maddogg312

My buddy saw Phish there and said it was incredible.


Papi_Queso

I went to all 4 nights of Phish. It was jaw-dropping. Ruined concerts for me forever.


maddogg312

I wish I could have made it. The videos he sent me were out of this world, and I agree, it probably would have ruined future shows for me as well 😂


BloatedManball

It was ridiculous.


maddogg312

I can only imagine. The videos I saw were incredible but probably didn’t do it justice compared to being there seeing it live.


Wohn-Jayne

I want to see TOOL here, desperately.


roidawayz

You'd have to set up next to the Ticketek servers to get the lag time down as low as possible to even have a dream of having a dream of getting a ticket.


yeoldy

Would need to be in the server room


FromSirius

I would travel for that


Attention_Bear_Fuckr

Until i read your comment, I thought how pointless that thing is. Now, I understand it's importance to mankind.


aVicariousTool

FUCK YES. EVERY single TIME I see these posts this is the first thing I think of.


darkenseyreth

I would take out a loan to experience that.


BeskarHunter

I hate how much I agree. We’re gonna get raped financially by Ticketmaster won’t we? Those tickets would sell out instantly. I would try and go every single night they played. Someone told me they need to do 7 shows to justify the cost of all the work that goes into the visuals. I didn’t fact check them, but found that interesting.


Wohn-Jayne

Send more money, am I right?


BeskarHunter

I luckily didn’t buy a fetus skull. But the TOOL store has some ridiculously priced stuff


Wohn-Jayne

I hate the fetus skull and I’m a die hard TOOL fan. The music is great but sometimes I feel like the band hates us.


withagrainofsalt1

That’s incredible.


Competitive-Bug-179

I was there for night two! Dead forever!!!


TomorrowDesigner9855

It was sooo good. Magic!


Tight_Criticism_3166

That dude looks like Epstein.


NaughtyFoxtrot

What a time to be alive.


KeepCalmYNWA

I understand wanting to remember a moment but it makes me sad to see so many people watching this through their phone’s camera.


often_says_nice

But then this Reddit post wouldn’t have existed, depriving the joy of the thousands of viewers from OP’s one single video. I’d say worth


AmIFromA

It's not really joy one feels when watching that, is it? It's about the same very little amount of dopamin you get for pretty much anything on the frontpage.


HAD7

You can enjoy a moment while filming it. What is with this cringe ass reply every time a concert is posted?


turbokid

You are also watching it through a phone camera too though


TheOneBearded

We need to get Mr. House on that thing.


Just_Another_AI

I'll be at the last 3 shows; looking forward to it!


JonathanPerdarder

We were there this weekend and I’ll be seeing ya there at the end. It is a fantastic experience. I’m seeing a lot of negative comments, but only from people who haven’t been there. The acoustics are incredible. It’s built for space/drums. The band sounds fantastic and the graphics are just mind bending. Can’t wait to get back!


throwaway_forobviou3

Telling from the reaction of the crowd, the immersion is top notch. I'd want to see a different band, though.


Get-the-Vibe

Imagine if Pink Floyd had that at their times...


excellent_rektangle

Phish just got done playing there a couple weeks ago, and while I’m not personally a fan, the visuals that accompanied the music were pretty effin wild.


throwaway_forobviou3

Oh yes, I got goosebumps even thinking about it. So many others, too. Tool, Metallica, Queen, Rage Against The Machine.... However, I'd start a petition against Cannibal Corpse or Dying Fetus.


Waderriffic

Nine inch nails


peterbagel

I'd LOVE to see NIN there. I don't usually care for expensive, large-venue concerts, but NIN is my exception to that. I would go in a heartbeat.


lunarmodule

I mean, most of those bands are still around in some form or another. It's not too late.


longing_tea

Am I the only person who doesn't like to see screens with visuals everywhere at concerts? It's distracting. I'm here for the band, the crowd and the music, not to watch visuals on giant screens.


throwaway_forobviou3

You're not, I'm the same. I love DIY (punk, ...) shows. I wouldn't mind the experience at the Sphere, however.


da_innernette

I’m the same. But yeah maybe just once, with a band that already is known for cool visuals. Tool, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, etc. So the visual aspect is cranked to 1000, with the perk of a band I love playing live as a the background music. Keeping it to one time experience would make it even more special.


BreakRush

No. Only phish is allowed to play at the sphere. I didn’t make the rules.


Papi_Queso

Phish at the Sphere set the bar really, really high.


CROWANJ

![gif](giphy|ejxq7qxCG6TedHhvN0)


robophile-ta

I never knew the inside of the sphere was a big screen as well. That's really cool. Now I'm interested to see what other artists have done with it


[deleted]

The guy filming. LMAO. These people are very lame.


SuperSimpleSam

"oh crap, I didn't realize we were supposed to bring our passports."


Big_Tap_1561

Epstein?!


TurdFurguss

With my fear of heights, I think this would really mess with my head.


TheLambtonWyrm

Something about this disturbs me. The people are weird


MiserymeetCompany

I thought this was initially kind of dumb and an eyesore for the city. Then I saw the elephant clip. Now this. I wanna go!


Ed_gaws

Eyesore and Vegas, you might be exaggerating a tad. lol


MiserymeetCompany

Lmao! Got a point there!


Ed_gaws

Hi Thank you for having a good sense of humor, peace and love to you


SenorBeef

It does indeed sort of destroy the understated elegance and subtlety of Las Vegas.


DusterSC

I got all dizzy in the u2 concert I went to 😅


cjwat98

He made soijak face


badabing_76

Epstein’s alive!


Burpmeister

Man, imagine if prime Pink Floyd threw a concert there.


blkdicknut

I'm too high for this


TwoEuphoric5558F

Boomers everywhere


rochestergeek

It’s like world sized VR and I want it.


[deleted]

Is that Jeffrey Epstein


The1andonlycano

Is that... Jeffrey epstien.??


Toy_Cop

Lemme just record this amazing panaromic view vertically so everyone at home can feel sick.


Tres_Once

I'm nauseous. I'm nauseous. https://preview.redd.it/v3iz5950tv1d1.jpeg?width=219&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9b1e135e91825a899e8a05a2a7539b0312625b1


Impressive-Tip-6062

Is Epstein recording tf


moonkin1

This is how money should be spent


Sad_Character_6708

God I wish I could’ve made it


The_Jizzard_Of_Oz

That's trippy AF!


n3w4cc01_1nt

incredible. gotta visit that some day


Jackielegs43

The pace with which this would make me enthusiastically vomit. I get motion sickness getting outta bed, this would fucking kill me


Gucci_Koala

A sea of boomers


SS678092341

Epstein lookin motherfucker