While the technological marvels of the Sphere have dazzled tourists and locals, UNLV Professor Glenn Nowak sees the building that opens its doors Friday from a different perspective.

The Sphere is years in the making with a hefty price tag of $2.3 Billion. CEO James Dolan would surely like to start making that money back.

The Sphere is years in the making with a hefty price tag of $2.3 Billion. CEO James Dolan would surely like to start making that money back.

The Sphere will open it's doors to the public for the first time on Friday, Sept 29 with U2's first of 25 performances at the venue.

Sphere has captured the attention of many, including Alex Hu from Canada who was strolling along the Las Vegas Strip on Monday.

Rock Band U2, Exclusive Film To Kick Off Sphere’s Calendar of Events

The National First Ladies’ Library and Museum will host the world premiere of a new set of musical compositions inspired by the First Ladies of the United States on Sunday, October 15, at 2:00 p.m. with its partners at the Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas Street in Canton, Ohio.

UNLV is getting $5 million from the federal government as part of an effort to keep things a little bit cooler in one of the nation’s hottest cities.

UNLV plans to plant about 3,000 trees in Southern Nevada over the next five years with a $5 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service.

The UNLV-led Las Vegas Urban Forest Center received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help counteract the growing impacts of extreme heat.

The funding is going toward the university's Las Vegas Urban Forest Center and its project, which is scheduled to start in January next year.

It’s 9 p.m. on the Strip and 100 degrees out and I’m staring at a blue ball. It pulses and turns. It becomes purple. Then pink.