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By The Numbers: The Week Vegas Goes Country

May 10, 2012/by Sarah Skates

2012 was the first year of the ACM Experience.

A breakdown of The Week Vegas Goes Country.

ACM Awards
• 2 hosts
• 2 venues MGM Grand Garden Arena and Mandalay Bay Events Center
• 3 hours
• 24 performances
• 26 acts
• 36 special guests
• 100+ musicians and background singers
• 1,320 Tweets per minute during the show
• 676,000 social media comments during the telecast

The Week Vegas Goes Country
• 5 days
• 50 volunteers
• 61 hours of live music
• 80 staffers
• 84 artists
• 107 media outlets
• 150 separate performances
• 214 members of the media
• 700+ production personnel
• 6,121 credentials issued
• 20,000 attendees at the ACM Experience
• 45,500 attendees per night at the ACM Concerts on Fremont Street Experience, the most ever
• 108 million media impressions about the ACM Experience

Facts released by the ACM, according to market research firms including Precision Opinion, Trendrr, and BlueFin.

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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