Maryland is getting a Sphere — and wasting millions in public subsidies

Maryland is getting a Sphere — and wasting millions in public subsidies

The deal announced recently to bring a smaller version of Las Vegas’s Sphere to Maryland’s National Harbor in 2030 includes almost $185 million of tax breaks, government-backed loans and incentive programs from the state and Prince George’s County. But the Las Vegas location, which is about three times bigger, was built without any government subsidies and pays property taxes. Sphere Entertainment Co., a publicly traded company whose stock has g…