Oooooh, Ahhhhhh
Meows out of the throats of a
Nation of wild domesticated cats
Regarding the Sphere in Las Vegas
In a city where affordable housing
Is as much of an elusive fantasy as
Winning a million $ jackpot for a nickel
Or a million $’s for that matter
Still, every individual building
Is there to attract for a draw
Like a fresh field for hungry led sheep
The trouble with Vegas is that it is
A fantasy land of opulence
Excess, debauchery, and distraction
Where poor people are struggling
To make rich people richer
Do not get me wrong, the technology
Of lighting of the Sphere is impressive
Likewise, its indoor display as shown
From the maiden U2 concert is cool
It just does not deserve the kind
Of hyperbolic exaggerated fawning
That has many clamoring to see it
The sphere is alleged to cost
$ 2.3 billion dollars to build
I say allegedly because
In layman’s terms
That seems a “tad” high
To justify hype and ticket sales
I am neither an engineer
Nor Banker or bean counter
It is 366 feet tall, 516 feet wide
Holds 18,000 people
However, by comparison
The New York new WTC
is 1776 feet tall 200 feet wide
And can hold 130,000 people
It cost $3.6 billion to build
Yet, regardless of a true cost
It is out there repeatedly that
The lighted Las Vegas Sphere
Cost 2/3 as much as the WTC1
Accepting it like all the other big lies
Floating around regardless of proof
Logic, implausibility, or questions
“Just an observation,
Maybe I need
Different glasses.”
– Angelo Devlin
“Nobody questions things in this country anymore.
Nobody questions it—everybody is too fat and happy. Everybody’s got a cell phone that’ll make pancakes and rub their balls now— Way too fucking prosperous for our own good. Way too fucking prosperous,
Americans have been bought off and silenced by toys and gizmos. And no one learns to question things.”
– George Carlin
Looking at the world through a windshield. 
True. The lack of curiosity is the acceptance of bullshit. Everyone’s and one’s own. People want truth to be “smooth” – whatever fits the mood. Good questioning!!
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The cost, I guess, is arbitrary. It seems like it gets dangerous when it is accepted on a personal scale, like on houses or even cell phones. There is just (in my opinion) that, in a new cell phone, has to retail for either side of a thousand dollars. The average weight is under 200 grams or about 7 ounces (wish I understood that without converting it). With mass production and machines doing most of the work, it can not possibly cost that much to make, putting it in the stratosphere of jewelry mark-up for a commodity.
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