
A man who scaled the top of theLas Vegas Sphere on Wednesday morning has been placed under police custody, authorities said. The Las Vegas Metropolitan police received a call about the climber around 10 a.m and immediately rushed to the spot.
“We are responding to reports of an individual scaling a building near the 200 block of Sands Avenue. Please avoid the area due to emergency vehicles responding,” the police department said in a statement.
The man could be seen on the top of the more than 300-foot-tall entertainment structure, which opened at the end of September 2023.
According to sources, the 24-year-old Maison DesChamps, who is a well-known pro-life campaigner and goes by the moniker Pro-Life Spider-Man,live-streamed his ascent. Soon after the incident, his account was removed.
He was also charged with conspiracy to destroy real or personal propertyafter his arrest on Wednesday.
“We are grateful to the local authorities for their support in this matter,” a spokesperson for Sphere Entertainment Co. said in a statement.
Earlier, Des Champs posted a photo reading ‘abortion is murder’ on his Instagram and tagged the NFL’s official account.
It may be mentioned here that Las Vegas is set to host Super Bowl LVIII in just a few days.
Des Champs has previously made such climbs. HescaledOklahoma City’s Devon Tower in June 2022 and Chicago’s Accenture Tower in October. In both cases, Des Champs was taken into custody.
(With inputs from agencies)