Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, population of 1,321,557. It is the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, second largest city in Michigan (after Detroit), and the largest city in West Michigan. Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed the "Furniture City". The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, and contribute heavily to the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others.
Grand Rapids was the hometown of Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States. He, along with his wife, former First Lady Betty Ford, are buried on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.
Arenas and venues[]
- DeVos Place Convention Center
- Four Star Theatre
- Fowling Warehouse
- Grand Center
- Patterson Ice Center
- Stadium Arena
- Van Andel Arena
- Vander Mill Cider
- West Catholic High School
Events[]
- WWF House Show - January 31, 1985.
- WWF House Show - July 24, 1986.
- WWF House Show - November 20, 1988.
- WWF House Show - February 6, 1989.
- WWF House Show - May 22, 1989.
- WWF House Show - July 23, 1989.
- WWF House Show - September 18, 1989.
- WWF House Show - October 19, 1989.
- WWF House Show - November 19, 1989.
- WWF House Show - February 22, 1990.
- WWF House Show - April 25, 1990.
- WWF House Show - June 24, 1990.
- WWF House Show - September 14, 1990.
- Nitro - November 4, 1996.
- Nitro (May 22, 2000)
- Raw (August 27, 2001)
- Raw (July 22, 2002)
- Smackdown (October 31, 2002)
- Velocity (November 2, 2002)
- Raw (August 18, 2003)
- Smackdown (March 25, 2004)
- Raw (October 8, 2007)
- ECW (May 13, 2008)
- Main Event - December 16, 2014.
- Smackdown - December 16, 2014.
- Main Event - July 12, 2016.
- Smackdown - July 14, 2016.
- Raw - May 22, 2017.
- Main Event - May 24, 2017.
- Smackdown - October 10, 2017.
- 205 Live - October 10, 2017.
- Raw - June 18, 2018.
- Main Event - June 20, 2018.
- Raw - February 11, 2019.
- Main Event - February 13, 2019.
- IPW Grave Danger II - October 23, 2021.
- IPW - December 4, 2021.
- IPW Heart & Soul - February 12, 2022.
- IPW - April 23, 2022.
- IPW - June 4, 2022.
- IPW - September 3, 2022.
- IPW - October 29, 2022.
- IPW - December 10, 2022.
- IPW - January 5, 2023.
- RAW - February 27, 2023.
- Main Event - March 2, 2023.
- IPW - March 12, 2023.
- Warrior Wrestling 29 - March 25, 2023.
- IPW - April 30, 2023.
- IPW - June 11, 2023.
- IPW Whiteout - July 29, 2023.
- IPW Redemption - September 2, 2023.
- AEW Collision - September 23, 2023.
- ROH - September 28, 2023.
- IPW High Stakes - November 26, 2023.
- IPW Rumble - January 21, 2024.
- IPW Defiance - April 21, 2024.
- IPW Powerplay - October 6, 2024.