Rock in Rio USA is a full-scale music festival, save for one genre: country. But country fans will be heartened to know that their favorites won’t be ignored at the MGM Resorts Festival Grounds. Built for Rock in Rio, the 50-acre parcel will live on and host future events, including a three-day music spectacle as a component of the return of the Academy of Country Music Awards show from April 1-3, 2016, with Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Dierks Bentley set to headline.

MGM Resorts VP of Entertainment Chris Baldizan says those three performances will be full concerts, and that more names will be added to the lineup. Expanding on what has already been booked, Baldizan and his fellow MGM Resorts officials have said they hope the Route 91 Harvest Festival grows enough to move from the smaller MGM Resorts Village across from Mandalay Bay and Luxor into the Festival Grounds. The comparison has been that the Village is akin to a Triple-A baseball field for a Major League franchise, using the grounds to develop events that are ready for the big time—the largest festival space on the Strip.