The 2026 ACM Awards are returning to their longtime home. After three consecutive years in Frisco, Texas, the Academy of Country Music’s centerpiece event will be held May 17 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The show streams live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.

The Academy of Country Music, originally a California-based organization, first staged its awards show in Las Vegas in the early 2000s after years in Los Angeles. Since then, Las Vegas venues like the MGM Grand Garden Arena and, most recently in 2022, Allegiant Stadium, have been the primary host of the ACMs throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The ACMs celebrated their 50th show in 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before returning to Vegas the following year.

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