Pop icon Harry Styles could soon bring his boa-clad act to the Las Vegas Strip — with an extended residency at James Dolan’s Sphere, The Post has learned.
The “Watermelon Sugar” singer and former One Direction member is in final negotiations to do as many as 35 shows at the state-of-the-art music mecca that could begin as early as the second half of the year, sources with knowledge of the talks said.
Booking the Grammy winner would be a major coup for The Sphere, after U2 opened the $2.3 billion arena in 2023 with its own 40-show residency.
“For the Sphere to continue to be on everyone’s radar they need to book some real “live” artists like Styles,” one source told The Post.
“Almost everything at the Sphere has been geared for the 60-and-over crowd — The Eagles and The Dead, and even U2.”
Dolan, who also owns Madison Square Garden and the Knicks and Rangers, had been close to nabbing Beyoncé before those talks fell through, The Post exclusively reported last year.
However, the sports and media mogul has a strong track record with Styles.
The British superstar performed 15 sold-out shows at the Garden in 2022 — leading Dolan to raise a banner in the rafters honoring the singer.
Another factor pointing to a likely reunion is that the singer is managed by Jeffrey Azoff, whose father, Irving, has a long relationship with Dolan. Irving Azoff’s acts include U2, as well as the Eagles and Dead & Co., which have all had residencies at the Sphere.
Financial details for a possible deal with Styles were not available.
“We do not comment on any artists performing at Sphere except for those who have been announced,” a Sphere spokeswoman said.
Full Stop Management, which represents Styles, also declined to comment.
The Sphere paid U2 $10 million to produce their residency and Live Nation gave the band a guaranteed $4 million a show regardless of how many tickets were sold in the 17,500 seat arena.
U2 walked away with an estimated $170 million over the seven-month residency, The Post previously reported.
The venue typically makes less money from concerts than its daily run of movies, which include “Postcards from Earth” and “V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film.”
Country star Kenny Chesney will be the next big act to take the Sphere stage, doing 18 shows in May and June.
He’ll be followed by The Backstreet Boys for an 18-show run that ends on Aug. 17, according to the Sphere website.
Styles doesn’t have any upcoming tours scheduled. His “Love On Tour,” between 2022 and 2023, reportedly grossed $617 million.
He has remained largely out of the limelight following the tragic death last October of One Direction bandmate Liam Payne, who fell from the balcony of a third-story hotel room in Argentina.
Styles and his girlfriend reportedly did take in a U2 concert at the Sphere last November and he ran the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 3.
Revenue at the arena was up 1% compared to last year, the company reported this week.
However, shares of Sphere Entertainment, which also includes MSG cable television network that broadcasts Knicks and Rangers games, are down 20% over the last 12 months.
The number of MSG Networks subscribers fell 11.5% in the quarter, Sphere reported.
The drop in subscribers came as Knicks and Rangers games were blacked out for six weeks by cable operator Optimum because of a contract dispute with MSGN.
Nicholas Hautman contributed reporting
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