{"id":287489,"date":"2023-08-30T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=287489"},"modified":"2023-08-30T20:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:56:37","slug":"venetian-to-debut-u2-museum-ahead-of-bands-las-vegas-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/venetian-to-debut-u2-museum-ahead-of-bands-las-vegas-residency\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian to Debut U2 Museum Ahead of Band&#8217;s Las Vegas Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pop-up exhibit described as \u201cthe ultimate hub\u201d for U2 fans will open at The Venetian a day before the famed Irish rock band opens the MSG Sphere, the $2.3 billion concert venue located behind the casino resort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-287491\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-287491 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/U2_Zoo-Station-Fan-Portal-858x558.jpg\" alt=\"U2, Zoo Station exhibit, Venetian\" width=\"858\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/U2_Zoo-Station-Fan-Portal-858x558.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/U2_Zoo-Station-Fan-Portal-430x279.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/U2_Zoo-Station-Fan-Portal.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-287491\"class=\"text-description\">A rendering of the entrance to Zoo Station, a new U2 exhibit debuting inside the Venetian a day before the band&#8217;s Las Vegas residency. (Image: U2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cZoo Station: A U2:UV Experience,\u201d opening Thursday, September 28, will cram 12,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space, spanning two floors, with artifacts from the band\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>Zoo Station will serve as a centralized hub\/destination for people to celebrate, congregate, shop, view exclusive U2 content, and immerse themselves in the band\u2019s history,\u201d<\/strong> according to a press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The exhibition will include a gallery of U2 photographer Anton Corbijn\u2019s best work with the band, a bar called Fly, and Zoo TV Cinema, an intimate theater curated by U2 guitarist The Edge, including daily screenings of rare band footage.<\/p>\n<h2>Immersive Experience<\/h2>\n<p>The exhibit will also recreate Zoologischer Garten, the train station near Hansa Studios in Berlin where U2 recorded most of its 1991 album, \u201cAchtung Baby.\u201d The recreation will include the entrance to the station, which inspired the album\u2019s opening track, \u201cZoo Station,\u201d and a life-size subway car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlike the band\u2019s residency, which runs most weekends from September 29 through December 6, Zoo Station will be free to enter. The only exception is the theater, for which tickets must be purchased in advance at <a href=\"https:\/\/u2.vibee.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/u2.vibee.com\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will be adjacent to the LOVE sculpture in The Venetian&#8217;s Waterfall Atrium and open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pop-up exhibit described as \u201cthe ultimate hub\u201d for U2 fans will open at The Venetian a day before the famed Irish rock band opens the MSG Sphere, the $2.3 billion concert venue located behind the casino resort. \u201cZoo Station: A U2:UV Experience,\u201d opening Thursday, September 28, will cram 12,000 square feet of interactive exhibit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":287491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,81886],"tags":[87777,84671,23,82012,81969,82132,83667,81968,81970,87776],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - 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