{"id":386320,"date":"2026-07-04T20:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386320\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:18:12","slug":"immersive-art-experience-opens-in-downtown-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386320\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersive art experience opens in downtown San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new venue is elevating FIFA World Cup watch parties and uplifting downtown San Jose economically.<\/p>\n

The Domes, located at 171 Post St. near San Pedro Square, will showcase the U.S. men\u2019s national soccer team watch party<\/a> and other sporting events<\/a>. In addition, the immersive entertainment venue with space for 300 people, can host concerts, dance parties, art installations and corporate events.<\/p>\n

The location opened Wednesday and brings 360-degree video experiences within a 60-foot geodesic dome with 8K wraparound projection and spatial sound. Two additional domes, which are slated to be completed by the fall, are planned at the same location to create a dome park.<\/p>\n

\"\"Chris Lawes, founder and CEO of The Domes, wants to make the world a better place through immersive art. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.<\/p>\n

Chris Lawes, founder and CEO of The Domes, said it\u2019s a place for people to come together and be uplifted and inspired. He started the company in San Jose 11 years ago. This is his first city dome, although he\u2019s created about 50 specialized domes worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s meant to be something that the entire city can use for everything \u2014 sports, art, community engagement and education,\u201d he told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cWe\u2019re going to connect the whole world with communal sports and art and bring the world together to make it a smaller place where there\u2019s more love and harmony in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The Domes offers 360-degree video experiences with 8K wraparound projection and spatial sound. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.<\/p>\n

Lawes said San Jose is the ideal location for The Domes as the cradle of technological innovation, entrepreneurship and multiculturalism. He\u2019s excited to launch it in San Jose simultaneously with the U.S. men\u2019s soccer team playing in the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very exciting to be here at this moment,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be watching the games later on today and rooting for Team USA and having all the local fans here in town to cheer along with us here at The Domes. We want this to be owned and loved by this city and this community, and utilized by the local residents, and the local businesses and nonprofits as a place to amplify great messages and to put great content out into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

District 3 Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, who represents downtown, said redevelopment and activation of the site is exactly the kind of creative approach needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the sort of event infrastructure that we\u2019re going to need to invest more of in our community,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is so fitting that this venue is opening in the midst of our most sports-oriented event-heavy year in our city\u2019s history, right in the heart of an incredible series of FIFA World Cup games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbir Kaur Bhatia, CEO and president of the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce and Innovation, said the venue will provide enriched experiences for local and international visitors alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will give more people reasons to feel excited and have pride in being a part of Silicon Valley,\u201d Bhatia said.<\/p>\n

\"In-line<\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Matt Mahan said there\u2019s no better time to open The Domes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c(The World Cup is) a great thing for our small businesses, our restaurants, bars, hotels,\u201d he told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cWe are investing in a downtown experience that is fun, safe, diverse, combines sports, entertainment, cultural experiences and this 360-degree viewing experience. It\u2019s another reason to come downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact Lorraine Gabbert at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new venue is elevating FIFA World Cup watch parties and uplifting downtown San Jose economically. The Domes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[712,4421,88,90,89,5393],"class_list":["post-386320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-centerpiece","tag-matt-mahan","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}