Las Vegas Festival Grounds
| Full name | Las Vegas Festival Grounds at MGM Resorts |
|---|---|
| Former names | MGM Resorts Festival Grounds (2015) |
| Address | 2594 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89109-4319 |
| Location | Winchester |
| Owner | |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Capacity | 85,000 |
| Acreage | 37 acres (15 ha) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 2014 |
| Opened | May 9, 2015 |
| Construction cost | $20 million |
| General contractor | Martin-Harris Construction |
| Main contractors | Aggregate Industries |
| Website | |
| Venue Website | |
The Las Vegas Festival Grounds (formerly MGM Resorts Festival Grounds) is an open-air venue located on the north-end of the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The venues north of the Circus Circus Las Vegas.
It is the third open air venue to open in Las Vegas, behind the Las Vegas Village (on the south-end of the strip) and the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center (in Downtown Las Vegas).
From 1941 to 1960 the El Rancho Vegas once occupied the land.
The venue was developed by MGM Resorts International, Cirque du Soleil, and Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Companies, primarily to serve as the site of the biannual music festival Rock in Rio USA, which held its inaugural edition in 2015. MGM has positioned the grounds as a site for festivals, concerts, and sporting events (such as boxing, mixed martial arts, and soccer) as a compliment to its other venues in the area.
The site was initially referred to as the City of Rock, named after its equivalent in Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian version of the Rock in Rio festival. In October 2015, the MGM Resorts branding was dropped and the site was renamed to simply Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The renaming was part of an effort to downplay MGM's role in the venue to improve its marketability for third-party events, and to brand the site as being part of Las Vegas's "community".
The 2015 Rock in Rio USA was held at the venue. Taylor Swift kicked off the North American leg of The 1989 World Tour here on May 15, 2015, as part of Rock in Rio USA festival. In April 2016, the Las Vegas Festival Grounds hosted the ACM Party For a Cause Festival on the weekend preceding the Academy of Country Music Awards.
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