Man Scales Las Vegas' Massive Sphere Venue In Anti-Abortion Stunt
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Rock climber Maison Des Champs, who scaled the Aria on the Las Vegas Strip in 2021 in protest of COVID mask mandates, was detained by police.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who bills himself as “The Official Pro-Life Spider-Man” scaled the exterior of the massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas on Wednesday to raise funds for a pregnant woman, according to a post on his social media site. He was arrested.
Las Vegas police said they began receiving calls about a person climbing the 366-foot-tall (112-meter-tall) spherical structure near the Strip after 10 a.m.
The police department confirmed in an email about an hour later that 24-year-old Maison Des Champs had been detained.
His arrest came just days before Las Vegas hosts its first-ever Super Bowl, which is expected to bring more than 330,000 visitors this week.
Des Champs is a local rock climber who has scaled skyscrapers before in Las Vegas and beyond. He posted a short cellphone video Wednesday morning on his Instagram account. The video shows him against a blue but cloudy sky with a GoPro camera strapped to his head.
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