(Grand Rapids, MI) – Amway Stadium will be the name of the soon-to-be-built soccer stadium in downtown Grand Rapids. The company paid 33-million-dollars to name the 175-million-dollar stadium that will seat 85-hundred fans and be built along US-131 near the YMCA. Officials expect it to attract around 160-thousand people every year and have a 408-million-dollar impact on the economy in its first 30 years of existence.
“I think it is massive,” said Lewis Robinson, club executive director of Grand Rapids-based youth program Midwest United FC. “You learn so much in this game and all games from going to watch on a Friday or Saturday night. I know I have a bunch of players that will be future professionals. So to hear the buzz from them there will be a world where in five or 10 years they can play professionally here in Grand Rapids for their hometown — now, that’s a dream for anyone.”
Amway Stadium will be operated by the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority.
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