One of the live entertainment industry’s biggest professional events, the 39th Annual Event & Arena Marketing Conference, was held recently in Las Vegas, and the SMG staff at Van Andel Arena® in Grand Rapids, Michigan, did not come home empty handed as their “Thank You Cards for

Before Michigan State University and the University of Georgia played a recent exhibition basketball game at the SMG-managed Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a check for $339,448.90 was presented to representatives from the American Red Cross. The game became a sudden and la

SMG, the venue management company that manages Van Andel Arena, DeVos Place®, and DeVos Performance Hall, is moving forward with staff realignment that is aimed to increase efficiency of their business functions. Coming off a banner year for Van Andel Arena, the company looked at how