Butch Spyridon: The CMT Awards 'worked hard to try to stay here.' Here's why it left.
November 04, 2022 at 12:31 PM EDT
The CMT Awards are moving to Austin in 2023, marking the first time the show is being held outside of Nashville. "To their credit, they worked hard to try to stay here," said Butch Spyridon, CEO of the Nashville Convention and Visitor's Corp.