Luke Bryan is excited to get on stage at Resorts World on Friday for his first-ever headlining-run of shows in Las Vegas, which begin Friday (February 11th) The concerts will take place at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas, a 5,000-capacity, world-class theatre that opened last November. Carrie Underwood and Katy Perry have already played shows there, and Luke has many more to come. Click here for more information on his residency, as well as dates on his Raised Up Right Tour.

He says the stage is about the size of his stadium show stages, if not bigger, and they were able to build the set for his residency to accommodate the stage and use all the bells and whistles.

“The stage is the size of a stadium show stage. I mean, it may even be bigger, and when we do amphitheaters, sometimes they get really small, and we have to cut back all of our tricks and bells and whistles,” he explains. The thing about here in Vegas is we’re able to build a set that is tailored to how big the stage is, and every part of our stage has function and is mobile and moves. When Katy Perry did her first weekend here, I texted her how did it go? And she was like, it’s a big stage, get ready. So, we were able to kinda really add even more stuff to kind of make it feel big, but also make it feel intimate for the crowd.”

His pre-show routine won’t be much different than his customary rundown before he steps on stage. “You know, I’ve been really blessed to have done a lot of high-profile things from, Lord, doing the anthem at the Super Bowl and stadium shows and stuff like that,” says Luke. “I think the main thing for me is after all these years, I have a pretty cool routine that works and get a good night’s sleep, got all this family and friends coming in, you know get back in the dressing room, huddle up with the band, have a little pre-show toast and get out here and have fun. I mean, that’s what we’re supposed to be doing. I need to be on stage having fun.”

Since Luke, a sports fanatic, will be in Las Vegas during the Super Bowl matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams, he already has a party planned for family and friends who will be in town. “We’re gonna have a fun set up here in the hotel and have a big Super Bowl Party here at Resorts World and with all our friends. It’ll be weird, ‘cause I’ve never done the Super Bowl on West Coast time, so I guess it starts at like 3:30p, so and then right when the Super Bowl’s done, I have to fly through the night to Hawaii to do American Idol. So, (I’ve) got to kind of have a tame Super Bowl.”

Luke is currently making his way UP the country charts with his latest single, “Up.”