Stratford residents fear planned MSG Sphere concert hall will ruin their sleep with light pollution

East London residents are being warned that light pollution from a controversial huge new concert venue – the MSG Sphere – will be “like a sun on Earth”. The message comes from neighbours of a Las Vegas version, more than 5,000 miles away.

Plans for the new concert hall in Stratford took a step closer to realisation last week when the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) approved plans for the advertising display covered with more than one million light emitting diodes that will show videos and adverts from dawn until late.

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