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Van Andel Arena

arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Place Event Venue Q1539206
Van Andel Arena
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Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
event venue
Inception
October 8, 1996[9]
Official website
www.vanandelarena.com[13]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 42.962°, -85.672°[10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Michigan[2]
More facts +7
Architect
Rossetti Architects[4]
Date of official opening
October 8, 1996[15]
Main building contractor
Hunt Construction Group[6]
Maximum capacity
+13184[14]
Occupant
Grand Rapids Griffins, Grand Rapids Gold[7][8]
Operator
SMG[5]
Sport
ice hockey, basketball[11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Van Andel Arena ja ヴァン・アンデル・アリーナ ko 반 앤델 아레나 zh 馮安度競技場
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/063r1t
GNIS Feature ID
2570635
GeoNames ID
7254991
MusicBrainz place ID
5879f700-984b-43bd-a13a-de6e1056c2d8
OpenStreetMap way ID
162919162
Songkick venue ID
576
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
188 m 2026-09-26 S/BLDG · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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Located in time zoneP421
America/Detroit 2026-09-26 S/BLDG · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Occupant 2
Grand Rapids Gold, Grand Rapids Griffins
Sport 2
basketball, ice hockey
← Home venue 2
Grand Rapids Gold, Grand Rapids Griffins
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Michigan
← Recorded at studio or venue 1
Carnival of Sins Live
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Summary

Van Andel Arena is an event venue[1].

Related Entities

Michigan United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → October 8, 1996
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 162919162
    Instance of → event venue
    Country → United States
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap way ID: 162919162, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/162919162 in United States"
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