2024-05-15T16:17:26-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150396930/the-sunset-strip-may-get-a-mini-las-vegas-sphere-ish-display Josh Niland 2023-11-09T17:45:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a152eaa61bfc351ef6f1464c4ebc2e49.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new spherical LED billboard display appears ready to grace Los Angeles&rsquo; Sunset Boulevard as planners are preparing to review a developer proposal for "The Sphere on Sunset" entertainment venue in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7781/west-hollywood" target="_blank">West Hollywood</a>.</p> <p><em><a href="https://la.urbanize.city/post/striking-broadcast-studio-digital-signage-pitched-8410-sunset-west-hollywood" target="_blank">Urbanize LA</a></em> was first to report on the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2274818/msg-sphere-las-vegas" target="_blank">Las Vegas Sphere</a>-like structure before it goes up for review in front of the West Hollywood Planning Commission's Design Review Subcommittee today (November 9).&nbsp;</p> <p>The project would culminate at 8410 Sunset Boulevard. Its <a href="https://cms6ftp.visioninternet.com/weho/packets/drsc/4AA2.pdf" target="_blank">brief</a> calls for the demolition of an existing caf&eacute; at the site, an outdoor video display, and construction of a 49-foot wide sphere and a 2,460-square-foot building to be used partially for podcast production. A new 2,400-square-foot pedestrian plaza and 1,350-square-foot roof terrace/viewing platform will be enacted as well. Los Angeles&rsquo; <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/33350234/saee-studio" target="_blank">SAEE Studio</a> is listed as the architect.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3d02ffe0f1ca66946bc013e3c490e4c3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3d02ffe0f1ca66946bc013e3c490e4c3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy SAEE Studio</figcaption></figure><p>The project hopes to follow in the 516-foot-wide footsteps of the wildly successful Las Vegas Sphere, which has drawn...</p>