I need to give you the lowdown on this fantastic structure.

‘The shiny, new Las Vegas Sphere is more than just a 17,600-seat amphitheater-style venue. The entertainment experience venue now dotting the Strip has already picked up a handful of superlatives, too. Since its opening it’s become the world’s largest spherical structure at 516 feet wide and 366 feet tall. Meanwhile, the seating bowl’s 160,000-square-foot spherical LED “immersive surface” lights up at full 16K resolution, making it the highest-resolution LED screen on Earth. To add another wrinkle, the world’s largest beamforming audio system—think headphone-style sound without the headphones—tucks behind the immersive surface for a fully customized experience. And experience is the key. The Sphere’s three world firsts for shape, sight, and sound craft a fresh entertainment experience, one that has taken at least 60 patents to produce (though leaders have filed other patents throughout the course of the project, and expect to surpass the 100-patent mark).” -Popular Mechanics)

Sunday morning around 11 a.m. Lisa asked me if I would be interested in seeing The Wizard Of Oz at the Sphere. Of course I said yes! In no time Lisa determined that there was a matinee at 2 o’clock. She was able to find seat #13 and #14 row 27 and one seat #13 in row 26; tickets for Lisa, Tracy and me.

Lisa and Tracy had been to the Sphere once before and knew that parking was definitely a problem. Expect to park blocks away and take the monorail to get close; walking for quite some distance to the entrance of the Sphere would follow. We decided (in fact it was a no-brainer!)to take a Lyft ride.
We arrived at the Sphere with enough time to take the elevator to the top floor to see the view from there.

Entering the performance space, the seating is quite steep as are the stairs, so I was very careful to hold the railing.

The adaptation of the movie “The Wizard Of Oz” to fit the Sphere cost over $1.8 billion and it is totally amazing. You feel like you are right in the movie — you feel that close. The sound is unbelievably perfect. The seats are programmed to the show and shook with the tornado storm!

The Amphitheatre dome is so engulfing it is hard to describe. You feel like you are suspended in space and the horizon is so close you’re tempted to reach out and touch it.
It was windy many times and rain drops fell as well as confetti leaves. One scene when it snowed tiny flakes landed on my cheek. Not to be forgotten there was thunder and lightening in one storm where the whole seat was shaking!

When you have a chance to see your favorite entertainer here, I recommend you get the tickets and go. You will be just as thrilled as I was.
Enjoy our photos below.




Ttyl

Playing Bridge at Wellings

The flight from Calgary to Las Vegas was early and only two hours and 26 minutes.  Of course when we did arrive, there was no gate available for us to park. So we sat on the tarmac with nothing to do but wait and finally we were parked at a gate. Then the hustle bustle through the busy airport to the escalator that takes you down to the rapid trains. Take the Red Line to terminal 3 where our luggage is waiting. And waiting also were Tracy and Lisa. Soon Tracy had my luggage and my golf clubs loaded into the SUV. In no time we were out of the airport and to their home.

The weather here has been beautiful. I sit by the pool with my coffee early each morning with the temperature already about 60°F and no wind!

Lisa was out running errands on Wednesday and when she came home she had purchased seven large Honeycrisp apples. She promptly went to the pantry and brought out the sugar, flour, oatmeal and cinnamon.  Grammo, she said, “ Your job for tomorrow is to make an Apple Crisp.” In the morning I found an apple crisp recipe – Easy Apple Crisp by Chef Dennis. In no time I had the crisp in the oven and here is the result.

Hey it is even great for breakfasts!

Thursday night we had a small celebration of Tracy’s Birthday. We went to Biscuit’s and Bourbon on Water Street here in Henderson.  

It’s a cute little cafe just started up by locals.  The food was good and we were home early.

Happy Birthday Tracy

Yesterday afternoon Lisa and I got to work on preparing a chuck roast for the oven.  The braising of the roast and browning the carrots and onions took about one hour. Then add the broth and seasonings, put it into into the oven and wait 3-4 hours for the desired result. We made gravy to go with the baby baked potatoes and heated some green peas. Then we sat down to a delicious dinner.

 Just in time for the first pitch of the Dodgers/Yankee’s game of the World Series.Needless to say I was on pins and needles with every pitch for nine innings.

After the top of the 10th inning and now the Yankees were ahead 3 to 2.  The Dodgers had one (Taylor) and two (Edman) on base with singles.  Then they walked  Mookie Betts to bring up Freddie Freeman.  I said to Tracy that we need a walk-off win now.  With two outs he said it was do or die for Freddie…..

AND Freddie Freeman made MLB History by hitting a GRAND SLAM HOME RUN. This is the first time EVER for a grand slam homer in the World Series.  Did you hear: EVER, EVER, EVER.

Way to go Freddie

Game 2 tonight.  Go Dodgers.