Construction of the new Amway Stadium officially began today with a ceremonial groundbreaking near the corner of Pearl Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue.
The 8,500-seat stadium is expected to cost $175 million. It will be funded through public and private money, including $33 million from Amway for naming rights and an increase in the Kent County hotel tax.
"Another chapter opens for the west side of Grand Rapids, where the west side has been defining and redefining itself, and is now adding a new definition to the west side of Grand Rapids as the home of West Michigan soccer," said Dick DeVos, Grand Action 2.0 Co-Chair. [Fox 17]
The Hermantown baseball team held their first game at the newly renovated Fichtner Field on Wednesday.
Quite the celebration as they came away with a four to nothing shutout victory against Duluth Denfeld.
The Hawks were led by River Freeman, who went all seven innings on the mound and only gave up a hit.
Jacob Evanson went two for three with three runs batted in offensively.
Hermantown (1-0) will next host Proctor on April 22nd.
Duluth Denfeld (0-4) is hosting Chisago Lakes on Friday. [Fox21]
Kansas-based architect Populous and Italy’s Maffeis Engineering have unveiled the design for a 18,500-seat stadium for football, Serie A rugby and concerts in Venice.
The stadium’s curved design is inspired by the surrounding topography and has been presented to the Municipality of Venice for approval.
A crescent shaped podium will house parking areas, while the seating bowl develops in a semi-continuous section on the south, east and north sides, improving sightlines. [Global Construction Review]
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