Which Las Vegas venue hosted the 2016 Billboard Music Awards?

The 2016 Billboard Music Awards were hosted at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The ceremony took place on May 22, 2016, and was broadcast live on ABC with Ludacris and Ciara serving as co-hosts. It was especially notable because it was the first nationally televised event to originate from the newly opened T-Mobile Arena.

T-Mobile Arena opened in 2016 on the Las Vegas Strip and became a major venue for concerts, sporting events and large entertainment productions. The Billboard ceremony is sometimes confused with other Las Vegas award-show locations, especially the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which hosted or was scheduled to host several other Billboard ceremonies.

The 2016 event also featured major career honors: Britney Spears received the Billboard Millennium Award, while Celine Dion received the Billboard Icon Award. The Weeknd led the night’s nominations with 20 and finished as the ceremony’s top winner with eight awards, adding wider context to the venue question.