There is a lot of excitement surrounding this Sunday's 50th ACM Awards from AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas. A lot of that enthusiasm begins with that big ole stadium.

Sunday's event will be the first awards show to be broadcast from a football stadium. Of course this is the same venue where the Dallas Cowboys occasionally win a game or two.

And this place is massive! To give you an idea, it takes about 30 minutes for a tech person to get to the top just to start work.

Stadiums aren't designed for theatrical-type shows so they had to create their own special rigging for things like curtains, lights, video and sound. Two full-sized stages were even constructed.

All of that means big money for the production costs. One of the producers estimates it will cost up to four times more than when they do the show in Vegas.

But when you have something of this magnitude, you get a little more bang for your buck with the network. CBS is giving the show an extra half hour. So the show will air from 7pm to 10:30pm.

 

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