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What happens in Vegas doesn\u2019t always stay in Vegas. After 18 years, the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards is leaving town for good. This week, the ACM announced the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, as the permanent new home for its annual awards show, beginning with its 58th iteration on May 11, 2023.<\/p>\n

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The red, err, blue carpet is pictured at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, held March 7, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The Academy of Country Music Awards is leaving Las Vegas for good starting next year. (Image: AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the past 18 years, the ACMs have been staged at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, MGM Grand Garden Arena, T-Mobile Arena, and Allegiant Stadium straying only twice from Vegas \u2014 in 2015 to mark the 50th ACM Awards at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and in 2020 to temporarily relocate to Nashville while Vegas initially shut down for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

“We can\u2019t wait to take the show to a new level for fans with an exciting new venue and integrated partnership with the Dallas Cowboys,\u201d<\/strong> ACM CEO Damon Whiteside said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Eyes on the Cowboys<\/h2>\n

According to a report in the Frisco Enterprise,<\/em> the move is not a rebuff of Las Vegas but a sign of how powerful the Dallas Cowboys are as a brand tie-in opportunity. The Ford Center at The Star opened in 2015 as the football team\u2019s state-of-the-art, 12,000-seat practice facility.<\/p>\n

“They are a nationally recognized brand, an internationally recognized brand, the most valuable sports franchise in the world, and so it creates \u2026 that halo effect,\u201d said Josh Dill of Visit Frisco, the city\u2019s marketing arm. “People go, \u2018I want to be around something that is successful.\u2019 And the Cowboys have great relationships with the Academy of Country Music, and that\u2019s really where it started.”<\/p>\n

Amazon Prime Video will live-stream the event on May 11, 2023, as it did last year, helping the ACMs make history as the first awards show to move from being a staple of network broadcasting for decades to a purely streaming platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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