LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Sphere lights up Las Vegas day and night and is looking to make the music outside the billion-dollar concert hall even louder. Some neighbors say it’s already way too loud.
At a meeting of the Town of Paradise Advisory Board on Tuesday night, neighbors told board members that music from outside the Sphere was rattling their windows, shaking their floors and preventing them from sleeping.
“I have to sit here and say, can I trust you now? Can I trust that you’re not going to turn the music up too loud and then have people complain to turn it off, because that shouldn’t be happening,” a board member asked a Sphere representative.
“The windows don’t rattle as loudly as we expect… we just ask that it be a little loud, but not uncontrollably loud,” the Sphere representative explained.
The Paradise Town Advisory Board and Sphere officials tried to reach an agreement on volume levels. Katlyn Cunningham, vice chair of the board, said the Sphere needed to set a maximum volume limit for music played outside the venue.
On July 4 of this year, one year after the opening of the Exosphere and all its creative and unforgettable exhibitions, music was synchronized to the exhibition for the first time. Some neighbors were not happy about this.
The Park Towers Homeowners Association and several of its residents told their stories at the public meeting, saying the music never stops and arguing they were “ambushed” when the music was turned on on July 4.
“We can hear the music… rattling on our windows on the other side of the building. … It’s not soft music,” says Mike Watson, who lives in Park Towers.
The Sphere said they exceeded the noise limit on July 4 and apologized to neighbors at the meeting.
Paradise Town Council has approved the noise exemption proposal for Sphere Stadium with conditions. Residents within 240 metres must be notified of the event 14 days in advance and the increased noise level can only be projected from 9am to midnight (excluding New Year’s Day).
Ultimately, final approval rests with the Clark County Commissioners, who will meet on September 4. The Sphere is seeking a one-year noise exemption.
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