Green light for controversial Sphere music venue

By Jim Dunton and Dave Rogers2022-03-23T09:13:00

Planners give go-ahead for Populous-designed attraction in east London

Controversial plans to for a 21,500-capacity spherical music venue at Stratford, in east London, have been approved.

The Sphere will be entertainment giant Madison Square Garden Company’s first venue outside the United States and was last night backed by members of the London Legacy Development Corporation’s planning decisions committee by six votes to four.

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