Las Vegas Sphere owners see millions of investment dollars and years of planning to build a London Sphere go down the drain

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In September, thousands of spectators swarmed into the Las Vegas Sphere to watch U2 christen the $2.3 billion spectacle with a breathtaking performance supported by 1.2 million LED lights. 

Long-standing hopes from its U.S. owners that it would soon get to launch a similar experience across the Atlantic have now been extinguished, as it watched millions of dollars of investment and years of planning in London go down the drain.