MGM Grand Garden Arena
The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose arena within the MGM Grand resort, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The venue opened on December 31, 1993, with a concert by Barbra Streisand,[2][3][4] and subsequent concerts by Luther Vandross, Anita Mui and Janet Jackson.
Address
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard
Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
15,020 - permanent seating
17,000 - with bleachers[1]
October 7, 1991
December 31, 1993
1997, 2000
$28.4 million
Taylor International Corporation
Awards shows[edit]
Grammy Awards[edit]
The arena hosted the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, marking the first time the Grammy Awards were held in Las Vegas.[13]
Academy of Country Music Awards[edit]
The venue was a consistent site for the Academy of Country Music Awards and has served as host twelve times since 2006, including 2018's event which was the first following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, which occurred roughly 1 mile away.[14] The ceremony moved to Allegiant Stadium in 2022.
Other events[edit]
Phish Halloween[edit]
Improvisational jam band Phish has hosted several significant halloween concerts at the venue. On October 31, 2014, they performed Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House with original instrumental music to accompany the album as their "musical costume" for the second set of their Halloween night show at the venue. Following that performance, the band has made their interpretation of "Martian Monster" a regular part of their concert repertoire and have performed it at over 25 subsequent concerts. On October 31, 2016, the band covered David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in its entirety as their musical costume for the evening. On October 31, 2018, the band performed a set of all-new original material that they promoted as a "cover" of í rokk by "Kasvot Växt", a fictional 1980s Scandinavian progressive rock band they had created. On October 31, 2021, they performed the album Get More Down by another fictional band of their creation, "Sci-Fi Soldier."
MGM Grand Garden Arena interior
MGM Grand Garden Arena interior
