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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;13, 2024 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Statement </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>The
  Securities Act of 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">84-3755666</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>identification no.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Two Pennsylvania Plaza </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10121 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of each plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark C. Cresitello </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Two Pennsylvania Plaza </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10121 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(725) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">258-0001</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert W. Downes, Esq. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>125 Broad Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
  York, New York 10004 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">558-4000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act:&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;is</FONT> filed by Sphere Entertainment Co., a Delaware corporation (the
  &#147;Registrant&#148;), to register an additional 3,100,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock,&#148;), issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 2020 Employee Stock
  Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Board of Directors of the Registrant approved the Plan on September&nbsp;30, 2024, and on December&nbsp;9, 2024, the Plan was approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders at the Registrant&#146;s annual
  meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction E to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,&nbsp;the</FONT> contents of the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;registering</FONT> 3,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock issuable under the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;SEC&#148;) on April&nbsp;16, 2020 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-237718),&nbsp;the</FONT> Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;registering</FONT> an
  additional 1,038,714 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;9, 2021 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-257817),</FONT> the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;registering</FONT> an additional 1,500,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;6, 2022
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-268682),</FONT> and the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;registering</FONT> an additional 4,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common
  Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;8, 2023 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-275946),</FONT> including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,&nbsp;are hereby incorporated
  by reference herein, except as amended hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
  documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules): </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000179525023000017/sphrex45-descriptionofcapi.htm">Description of Capital Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended June&nbsp;30, 2023 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;22, 2023); </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000179525024000026/sphr-20240630.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the
  year ended June&nbsp;30, 2024 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;14, 2024;</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001795250/000179525024000042/sphr-20240930.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A>
  for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;12, 2024; and</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524174325/d833813d8k.htm">July&nbsp;2,
   2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524175110/d746242d8k.htm">July&nbsp;
  3, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524207072/d888524d8k.htm">August&nbsp;
  26, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524211062/d590358d8k.htm">August&nbsp;
  30, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524234122/d103145d8k.htm">October&nbsp;
  8, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524236751/d879763d8k.htm">October&nbsp;
  11, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524254266/d872375d8k.htm">November&nbsp;
  12, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524266120/d899421d8k.htm">November&nbsp;
  26, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312524274286/d877810d8k.htm">December&nbsp;10, 2024</A>.</TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents&nbsp;(other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules). </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">EXHIBITS.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312520117263/d914637dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.) (incorporated
   by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;filed</FONT> on April&nbsp;23, 2020).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523112865/d486485dex31.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden
   Entertainment Corp.), dated April&nbsp;20, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;24, 2023).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312520117263/d914637dex32.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Amended&nbsp;By-Laws&nbsp;
  of</FONT> Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.), dated April&nbsp;20, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;
  8-K&nbsp;filed</FONT> on April&nbsp;24, 2023).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312520117263/d914637dex41.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;
  3, 2020, by and among Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly MSG Entertainment Spinco, Inc.) and The Charles F. Dolan Children Trusts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K
  </FONT> filed on April&nbsp;23, 2020). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.5</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312520117263/d914637dex42.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;
  3, 2020, by and among Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly MSG Entertainment Spinco, Inc.) and The Dolan Family Affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed
   on April&nbsp;23, 2020). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.6</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000179525021000015/msgeexhibit440630202110k.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;
  13, 2010, by and among MSG Networks Inc. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company) and the Charles F. Dolan Children Trusts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2021 filed on August&nbsp;23, 2021). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.7</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000179525021000015/msgeexhibit450630202110k.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;
  13, 2010, by and among MSG Networks Inc. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company) and the Dolan Family Affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for
   the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2021 filed on August&nbsp;23, 2021).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.8</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000179525024000033/sphr-20241024.htm#i794f99d3f88d468983addf3a738b1977_241">2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by reference
   to Annex B to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on October&nbsp;24, 2024). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d910410dex5.htm">Opinion of Mark C. Cresitello. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d910410dex231.htm">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d910410dex5.htm">Consent of Mark C. Cresitello (contained in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d910410dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table</A>.</TD></TR>
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   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><A NAME="sig"></A>SIGNATURES </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 13<SUP
  STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of December, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO.</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mark C. Cresitello</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Mark C. Cresitello</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
  persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Laura Franco, Mark C. Cresitello and Gregory Brunner to file one or more amendments, including Post-Effective Amendments, to this
  Registration Statement, which Amendments may make such changes as any of them deems appropriate, and each person whose signature appears below, individually and in each capacity stated below, hereby appoints Laura Franco, Mark C. Cresitello and
  Gregory Brunner as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></FONT> to execute his or her name and on his or her behalf to file any such Amendments to this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
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  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James L. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer) and Director</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">James L. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gregory Brunner</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Gregory Brunner</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Charles F. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Charles F. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Charles P. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Charles P. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kristin A. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Kristin A. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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   <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Marianne Dolan Weber</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Marianne Dolan Weber</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul J. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Paul J. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Quentin F. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Quentin F. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ryan T. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Ryan T. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas C. Dolan</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Thomas C. Dolan</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joseph J. Lhota</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Joseph J. Lhota</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joel M. Litvin</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Joel M. Litvin</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brian G. Sweeney</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Brian G. Sweeney</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John L. Sykes</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">John L. Sykes</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Vincent Tese</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Vincent Tese</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Isiah L. Thomas III</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">December&nbsp;13, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Isiah L. Thomas III</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2024
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  Registration Statement
  Under
  The
  Securities Act of 1933
  SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  84-3755666
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
  identification no.)
  Two Pennsylvania Plaza
  New York, New York 10121
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended
  (Full title of each plan)
  Mark C. Cresitello
  Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
  Two Pennsylvania Plaza
  New York, New York 10121
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (725)
  258-0001
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With a copy to:
  Robert W. Downes, Esq.
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  125 Broad Street
  New
  York, New York 10004
  (212)
  558-4000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act: ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 is
  filed by Sphere Entertainment Co., a Delaware corporation (the
  "Registrant"), to register an additional 3,100,000 shares of the Registrant's Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock,"), issuable under the Registrant's 2020 Employee Stock
  Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The Board of Directors of the Registrant approved the Plan on September 30, 2024, and on December 9, 2024, the Plan was approved by the Registrant's stockholders at the Registrant's annual
  meeting.
  In accordance with General Instruction E to
  Form S-8, the
  contents of the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 registering
  3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable under the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "SEC") on April 16, 2020
  (File No. 333-237718), the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 registering
  an
  additional 1,038,714 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on July 9, 2021
  (File No. 333-257817),
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 registering
  an additional 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on December 6, 2022
  (File No. 333-268682),
  and the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 registering
  an additional 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common
  Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on December 8, 2023
  (File No. 333-275946),
  including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are hereby incorporated
  by reference herein, except as amended hereby.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
  The following
  documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
  (a)
  Description of Capital Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended June 30, 2023 filed with the SEC on August 22, 2023);
  (b)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the
  year ended June 30, 2024 filed with the SEC on August 14, 2024;
  (c)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2024; and
  (d)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the SEC on
  July 2,
   2024
  ,
  July 
  3, 2024
  ,
  August 
  26, 2024
  ,
  August 
  30, 2024
  ,
  October 
  8, 2024
  ,
  October 
  11, 2024
  ,
  November 
  12, 2024
  ,
  November 
  26, 2024
  and
  December 10, 2024
  .
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules).
  1
  ITEM 8.
  EXHIBITS.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Exhibit
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.) (incorporated
   by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
  Form 8-K filed
  on April 23, 2020).
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden
   Entertainment Corp.), dated April 20, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on April 24, 2023).
  4.3
  Amended By-Laws 
  of
  Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.), dated April 20, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on
  Form 
  8-K filed
  on April 24, 2023).
  4.4
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 
  3, 2020, by and among Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly MSG Entertainment Spinco, Inc.) and The Charles F. Dolan Children Trusts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on April 23, 2020).
  4.5
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 
  3, 2020, by and among Sphere Entertainment Co. (formerly MSG Entertainment Spinco, Inc.) and The Dolan Family Affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed
   on April 23, 2020).
  4.6
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 
  13, 2010, by and among MSG Networks Inc. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company) and the Charles F. Dolan Children Trusts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 filed on August 23, 2021).
  4.7
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 
  13, 2010, by and among MSG Networks Inc. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company) and the Dolan Family Affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for
   the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 filed on August 23, 2021).
  4.8
  2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by reference
   to Annex B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on October 24, 2024).
  5
  Opinion of Mark C. Cresitello.
  23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of Mark C. Cresitello (contained in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
  24
  Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page).
  107
  Filing Fee Table
  .
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 13
  th
  day of December, 2024.
  SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO.
  By:
  /s/ Mark C. Cresitello
  Name:
  Mark C. Cresitello
  Title:
  Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
  persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Laura Franco, Mark C. Cresitello and Gregory Brunner to file one or more amendments, including Post-Effective Amendments, to this
  Registration Statement, which Amendments may make such changes as any of them deems appropriate, and each person whose signature appears below, individually and in each capacity stated below, hereby appoints Laura Franco, Mark C. Cresitello and
  Gregory Brunner as
  Attorney-in-Fact
  to execute his or her name and on his or her behalf to file any such Amendments to this Registration Statement.
  Name
  Title
  Date
  /s/ James L. Dolan
  Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
  December 13, 2024
  James L. Dolan
  /s/ Gregory Brunner
  Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  December 13, 2024
  Gregory Brunner
  /s/ Charles F. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Charles F. Dolan
  /s/ Charles P. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Charles P. Dolan
  /s/ Kristin A. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Kristin A. Dolan
  3
  Name
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Marianne Dolan Weber
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Marianne Dolan Weber
  /s/ Paul J. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Paul J. Dolan
  /s/ Quentin F. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Quentin F. Dolan
  /s/ Ryan T. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Ryan T. Dolan
  /s/ Thomas C. Dolan
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Thomas C. Dolan
  /s/ Joseph J. Lhota
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Joseph J. Lhota
  /s/ Joel M. Litvin
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Joel M. Litvin
  /s/ Brian G. Sweeney
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Brian G. Sweeney
  /s/ John L. Sykes
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  John L. Sykes
  /s/ Vincent Tese
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Vincent Tese
  /s/ Isiah L. Thomas III
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Isiah L. Thomas III
  /s/ Carl E. Vogel
  Director
  December 13, 2024
  Carl E. Vogel
  4