Las Vegas just unveiled its new $2.3 billion spherical entertainment venue

Las Vegas has unveiled Sphere, a $2.3 billion entertainment venue that has a giant LED screen that displays a range of animations such as the moon and planets, fireworks and eyeballs. Construction began in 2018, and it fully lit up on July 4 with a fireworks show. Sphere is said to be the largest LED screen on Earth, at about 580,000 square feet, and has about 1.2 million puck lights. Each light has 48 diodes, a type of semiconductor device, each of which can display up to 256 million colors, according to Sphere Entertainment.

tips

unveil：揭示；公开（veil 面罩）

sphere：球体，这里是个产品名称

venue：场所；会场；发生地点

firework：烟花

lit：light 的过去式

puck：淘气小孩；冰球

semiconductor：半导体

diode：二极管