On Fri, 30 Jun 1995, Glen Keeney wrote: > I believe Western Mich hosting West Regionals is for 1997. The 1996 West > Regnl is at MSU, East Lansing. I don't know anything about the Grand Rapids > Arena, but they have had pro hockey teams in Grand Rapids. Western Michigan > is located in Kalamazoo, so the Grand Rapids arena is not their home rink. > However, their home rink has relatively small capacity (don't remember > exactly but in the 3000-4000 range. > The arena in Grand rapids has not been built yet but I do beleive they've started. The capacity of the arena is around 10,000. Besides possibly hosting the 1997 West Regional the arena will be home to a new IHL team starting in the fall of 1996. As far as air service goes, in order to get there you probably need to go through Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, and I think Pittsburg (UsAir). Outside of the Detroit area it's the second largest city in Michigan and offers quite a bit of stuff to do. Brad Carlson Univ of Michigan '94 '96