The biggest pumpkin in the world is this year in Las Vegas, United States, where the city’s new attraction, The Sphere, is on stage to wish you a Happy Halloween.
While pranksters, horror fans and other lovers of October 31 prepare their disguises and their most frightful tricks, we set out in search of the largest pumpkin in the world. And it didn’t take long to look, actually, since it’s located in Las Vegas, the city of all sins. Could it be otherwise, in this 2023 edition of Halloween?
A giant pumpkin spread over 54,000 m² of LED screens
Las Vegas’ newest major attraction, The Sphere, opened at the end of September with a groundbreaking concert by the band U2, is worth a look both inside and out.
For Halloween, the sphere invites the public to get to know a giant pumpkin, sometimes cute, sometimes evil, which perfectly matches the shape of the gigantic 54,000 m² LED screen, which stretches 111 meters high and 157 meters wide. wide of the monument. In total, the globe is covered with 1.2 million small LED pucks.
To give you a slightly more perceptible comparison, the ball screen built by the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) covers an area equivalent to eight football fields.
The Sphere, a monumental complex, which cost a lot of money
This gigantic complex is also very impressive from the inside. With an auditorium of nearly 19,000 seats and a 16K screen of 15,000 m², The Sphere already offers audiences exceptional shows. In addition to the planned U2 concerts, an immersive experience is also offered to visitors, several times a week, to take you around the world, and also make you dizzy.
The gigantic dome will have cost more than 2.3 billion dollars, becoming the most expensive entertainment point in Las Vegas, after the already very imposing Allegiant Stadium (1.9 billion dollars), which notably hosts the Raiders, a franchise of NFL.
It’s time to wish you a Happy Halloweenand don’t be too good, this evening, it’s allowed!
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