3D print the Sphere
A free, printable model of Sphere and the roads, parking areas and nearby buildings around it near the Las Vegas Strip, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Sphere
Sphere is an arena for music and entertainment in Paradise, Nevada, just east of the Las Vegas Strip. It also goes by Sphere at the Venetian Resort and Las Vegas Sphere. Populous designed it, and the Madison Square Garden Company announced the project in 2018 as the MSG Sphere. The building is 112 m (366 ft) high and 157 m (516 ft) wide at its broadest point. It cost $2.3 billion, more than any other entertainment venue in the Las Vegas Valley has.
A groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 27, 2018, and excavation was underway in March 2019. The structure reached its widest point, the 157 m (516 ft) diameter at the sixth level, in March 2020. The roof took shape from March 2021, when crews began installing 32 trusses, and they topped off the dome on June 18, 2021. An exosphere of LED light panels, built around the dome and 30 percent taller than it, was topped off on May 24, 2022. The exterior screen first lit up on July 4, 2023, and altogether the outside carries 580,000 sq ft (54,000 m²) of LED displays.
The venue opened its doors on September 29, 2023, with a residency by the band U2. Inside, it seats 17,600 people, with a total capacity of 20,000, and it is marketed for its 16K wraparound interior LED screen, beamforming speakers and 4D physical effects. Sphere Entertainment, a spin-off of the Madison Square Garden Company, owns it.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 31 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 38 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 49 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- One smooth curve
- The dome is a single smooth surface with no fine detail, so layer steps are the main thing you will see. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm and a slower outer wall keep the curve smooth.
- Round platform ring
- The dome sits on a thin round platform ring. A larger print size keeps that ring distinct from the surrounding ground.
- One piece with the ground
- The Sphere is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Sphere takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Sphere is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Sphere STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Sphere grows with the print: about 31 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
