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Stratford sphere venue plans officially withdrawn by US firm

Madison Square Garden Entertainment says it will not bring the Las Vegas-style venue to London.

In a letter to the Planning Inspectorate, MSG said it was "extremely disappointing" that Londoners would "not benefit from the Sphere's groundbreaking technology and the thousands of well-paying jobs it would have created". A spokesperson for Sphere Entertainment, a sister firm to MSG, added that it was committed to working with "forward-thinking cities around the world" that were "serious" about bringing the project to their communities. MSG had planned to build its illuminated sphere venue in Stratford on a 4.7-acre (1.9 hectare) site that has sat empty since it was last used as a temporary coach park during the 2012 London Olympics.

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