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Aquinas Women’s Softball will play their home opener of the season this weekend at a new field — Alro Steel Championship Softball Field at the Meijer Sports Complex in Rockford, Michigan. The completed softball field, alongside two flexible-use fields, are the latest milestones that advance the $13.5 million expansion project one step closer to its planned […]
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The West Michigan Sports Commission says youth and amateur sports tourism generated $90.8 million in estimated economic impact for the region in 2024 through 112 events, the highest year in the organization’s history for visitor spending. “The WMSC’s primary mission is to be an economic generator for West Michigan through sports tourism and this past […]
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The West Michigan Sports Commission hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a project that has been years in the making, with the improvement and expansion of the Meijer Sports Complex expected to be completed in October 2025. The WMSC introduced the “Winning Streak” capital campaign two years ago and are $500,000 from their goal of the […]
Continue ReadingThe West Michigan Sports Commission has received a $1 million lead gift by Meijer toward the overall goal for fundraising to expand the Meijer Sports Complex. The ‘A Winning Streak for West Michigan’ expansion campaign has a current fundraising total to $5.8 million, or 53 percent of its $11 million goal. Based on funding to […]
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