{"id":736377,"date":"2024-01-02T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avinteractive.com\/?p=736377"},"modified":"2024-01-03T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T17:05:14","slug":"white-spot-appears-on-worlds-biggest-led-screen-at-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avinteractive.com\/news\/displays\/white-spot-appears-on-worlds-biggest-led-screen-at-sphere-02-01-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"White spot appears on world&#8217;s biggest LED screen at Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A white spot has appeared on the world&#8217;s largest LED screen &#8211; the 55,700 sq metre Exosphere outdoor display at the Sphere.<\/p>\n<p>The malfunction was reported by the<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LasVegasLocally\/status\/1739580430020706696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Las Vegas Locally X (formerly Twitter) account<\/a><\/span> at 1.30am local time on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>The account, which appears not to be familiar with the workings of LED, said: &#8220;<span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">A mysterious crack has appeared on the surface of the Sphere.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The account also posted several photos of the white spot, crediting them to photographer Amber Michelle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A mysterious crack has appeared on the surface of the Sphere. (???? Amber Michelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDWKArSAXh\">pic.twitter.com\/mDWKArSAXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Las Vegas Locally ???? (@LasVegasLocally) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LasVegasLocally\/status\/1739580430020706696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The malfunction was also confirmed by a reporter for<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/tourism\/is-sphere-damaged-some-led-pucks-on-popular-attraction-not-working-properly-2971572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspape<\/a><\/span>r at about 10am on Boxing Day. A report in the newspaper said a small number of the Exosphere&#8217;s 1.2 million LED pucks stayed white when the rest changed colour. Even in the daylight and with some pucks not working, the Sphere was popular with onlookers, the newspaper added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Sphere told the Review-Journal that there was no damage to the Exosphere, in response to the social media report of a crack.<\/p>\n<p>The white spotting comes just under six months after<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avinteractive.com\/territories-news\/us-canada\/worlds-largest-led-screen-makes-4-july-debut-05-07-2023\/\"> the Exosphere began operations, with a 4 July celebration featuring the Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sphere posted a Happy Holidays video online on Christmas Day, showing the Exosphere covered in festive red and white gift wrapping before revealing holiday greetings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wrapping up the year with friends and family ???????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4DVGDM7qGY\">pic.twitter.com\/4DVGDM7qGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sphere (@SphereVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SphereVegas\/status\/1739363151118795174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The white spotting was captured on social media at 1am on Boxing Day, just under six months after the 55,700 sq metre Exosphere began operations on the 4 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34428,"featured_media":736380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[174,3850,4012],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White spot appears on world&#039;s biggest LED screen at Sphere<\/title>\n<meta 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