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Someone was seen climbing the Las Vegas Sphere
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April 17, 2026
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0:27Now PlayingFootage that onlooker Kelly Halldorson recorded from her room in the Venetian North Tower shows a person scaling the upper part of the Sphere landmark in Las Vegas, with a helicopter flying nearby.
As of Friday, there was no official confirmation on who the person was or what they were doing at the Sphere. On social media, some speculated that the climber was Alex Honnold, who recently free soloed the Taipei 101 building in January, which Netflix streamed live.
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