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Relevance of the Sphere at The Venetian Resort/Las Vegas Sphere
The editing page currently says to exclude the Las Vegas Sphere from this list, as it is an extension of the actual concert building. The Vegas Sphere itself is made of a lattice-style structure covered in screens that fully surrounds the internal concert venue. Why does that fact exclude it, but still allow for the Montreal Biosphere to be included? That structure is a lattice structure with glass coverings that fully surrounds a standing building on the inside. Is it because the lattice structure of the Biosphere does not connect to the building on the inside, or is it for some other reason?
I'm pretty confused about its inclusion despite the Vegas Sphere's exclusion, and would appreciate some better clarification that what is provided on the main page's editing page. Omega LVIII (talk) 22:05, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Very good point. When the Montreal Biosphere was added to the list, the sphere was considered a building. Like how a glasshouse would be considered a building. There is indeed a building inside the sphere, but there are buildings with buildings inside themselves, so that fact itself doesn't exclude it. However, if the sphere itself is not considered a building, then it should also be excluded. The Wikipedia article itself states "the fire burned away the building's transparent acrylic bubble, but the hard steel truss structure remained", referring to the sphere as a building, but I understand this using self-reference within Wikipedia which isn't what you're meant to do. But after the sphere was burnt up and leaving the steel structure, it's no longer a building, since it has similarities to the Eiffel Tower, which isn't a building. Furthermore, as far as I can tell, you can be inside the sphere without being inside the internal buildings. Each point might not be great in itself, but together they hopefully make sense.
The Las Vegas Sphere, and similar buildings, are similar to the Montreal Biosphere in that they have an internal building, with an external sphere. But as far as I've understood, the biosphere is meant to host and enclose something. The exosphere of the Las Vegas Sphere is not meant to host or enclose something in itself, it serves as the purpose of creating a spherical exterior of the actual building.
