Can I have an mvc3 area within an mvc2 app? - asp.net-mvc-3

Can I have an MVC3 area within an MVC2 app?
I already have an MVC2 app running and it has a lot of views, controllers, models, controls, etc. now, I need to add a new functionality that fits the requierments to be an MVC Area, but I want to make it using MVC3, and migrate all the app is not a posibility (for now).
So, I want to know if this aproach (MVC3 area inside MVC2 app) is possible, and if so, what I need to do it.

You need to get your code running on mvc3 first. I don't believe you can cross pollinate like you want. Hopefully your MVC2 code ports ok :)

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