We have a Keith Urban Ticket Hunt Giveaway Winner!

Mitch Maslowski found the Keith Urban tickets! The SMG Staff at Van Andel Arena would like to thank everyone who participated in the Keith Urban Ticket Hunt Giveaway! Keith Urban performs with Jake Owen at Van Andel Arena July 22, 2011! Check out if Mitch had a difficult time finding the tickets from the clues at Van Andel Arena's Facebook fan page. Tickets to the Keith Urban concert may be purchased at http://bit.ly/mPIEBH.

The Keith Urban Ticket Hunt Giveaway

Keith Urban Performs At Van Andel Arena This Friday

SMG Grand Rapids will be holding a ticket hunt giveaway for Keith Urban tickets beginning at noon on Tuesday, July 19. A pair of tickets will be hidden somewhere downtown at an undisclosed location for a lucky winner to find and enjoy. Search parties need not look inside any downtown building as the tickets will be placed somewhere outside. The search area is defined by borders at the river going east to Division Ave. and Oakes St. going north to Michigan Ave.

Be sure to check the Van Andel Arena Facebook fan page tomorrow morning for clues about where the tickets will be hiding (Facebook.com). We encourage everyone to brave the heat and get out on their lunch hour to look for the tickets!

Winner(s) will be announced via the Van Andel Arena Facebook fan page and vanandelarena.com. No stone should go unturned, no lion should be tamed, no stage should go ignored and no seat should go unfilled. SMG Grand Rapids wishes all those Keith Urban fans the best of luck!

Keith Urban will perform along with Jake Owen, at Van Andel Arena this Friday, July 22. Tickets are still available through ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, the Van Andel Arena box office, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Reba Reveals ALL THE WOMEN I AM Tour Dates

Reba Reveals ALL THE WOMEN I AM Tour Dates

Reba will embark on the ALL THE WOMEN I AM tour this fall throughout the US and Canada. The upcoming, 31-city venture features a stop in Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena on November 10 at 7:30pm with special guests The Band Perry, Steel Magnolia and Edens Edge slated to open select US dates. In conjunction with the tour’s launch, the touring industry’s leading trade outlets have named Reba the #1 female Country touring artist, selling a combined total of over 9 million tickets.

Presales for select shows will begin on Saturday, July 9 at 10am CST. Only RebaNet fan club members will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase up to four tickets maximum of the best seats available via Reba.com. RebaNet membership is free and in addition to presale privileges, benefits include Meet & Greet opportunities, Unique Bonus Content, Fan Forum Accessibility, Downloadable Complimentary Images (wallpapers, buddy icons, Twitter backgrounds) and more! Tickets for the Van Andel Arena performance go on sale Friday, July 15 at noon and may be purchased at the Van Andel Arena box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets range from $27.50 to $72.

According to Pollstar, who has been tracking tour revenue and attendance figures since 1981, Reba ranks as the #1 touring female Country artist of all-time. She has sold well in excess of 9 million tickets (including shared bills) since monitoring began three decades ago and has logged more than $274 million dollars in gross revenue. Also of note, 2010 marked Reba’s highest-grossing tour on the road, proving fans still can’t get enough of the superstar! Additionally, Billboard's Boxscore ranks Reba as the #1 touring female Country artist of the past 20 years, tracking tour revenue and attendance figures since 1991. She has played 600 shows for more than 6.7 million fans, with her tours bringing in more than $218 million dollars in gross revenue.

One of the most successful female recording artists in history, Reba has sold over 56 million albums worldwide and her previous 13 studio albums have all achieved Gold or Platinum-plus status. As a leading lady in the genre, she was recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for her contributions. She has won 15 American Music Awards; 13 Academy of Country Music Awards; 9 People’s Choice Awards; 6 Country Music Association Awards and 2 GRAMMY Awards throughout her extraordinary career. She is one of only four entertainers in history to be honored with a National Artistic Achievement Award by the U.S. Congress. Reba’s reign of 35 #1 hits spans four decades, prompting Billboard, Country Aircheck and Mediabase to all recognize her as the biggest female hit-maker in Country music history. The multimedia superstar recently earned her 64th Top 10 hit with “Turn On The Radio” and her 35th #1 with the lead single from her new album, ALL THE WOMEN I AM.

Reba’s unprecedented run of sales successes extended the superstar’s lead as the female artist with the most RIAA sales certifications and #1 albums in Country music history. The superstar surpassed the two-million-fan mark on Facebook, propelling her into an elite group of Country artists to achieve the popularity milestone. Also an acclaimed film, TV and Broadway actress, Reba signed with The Valory Music Co. in November 2008. For up-to-date information regarding the ALL THE WOMEN I AM tour and public on-sales (as early as Friday, July 15), visit Reba.com.

Britney Spears Hitting Van Andel Arena One More Time

Britney Spears is coming back to Van Andel Arena on August 17, 2011 at 7:30pm. The special guests for the Femme Fatale Tour performance in Grand Rapids are Destinee & Paris as well as DJ Pauly D.

The ticket prices are $29.50, $49.50, $89.50, $149.50 and $350. There is also a Ladies’ Night Out 4-Pack for Only $88, plus margarita drink specials! Britney Spears performs tonight at Van Andel Arena! Tickets will be available at the Van Andel Arena box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, livenation.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Spears recently teamed up with Bravo, VEVO and MTV to launch a multi-platform premiere of her latest single, “I Wanna Go” last week. The Femme Fatale tour and “I Wanna Go” video come on the heels of her platinum-selling 7th studio album, Femme Fatale (Jive Records). “I Wanna Go” is the third single of the album, following a string of recent No. 1 smash hits including “Hold It Against Me” and “Till The World Ends”.

Widely recognized as a pop icon and one of entertainment’s top performers since her memorable teen pop debut in 1999, Spears is the only woman to have six albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and is one of only seven artists to have a Hot 100 No. 1 hit within three separate decades. Her albums have collectively sold over 100 million copies worldwide.

Another Griffins Alum Adds Name To Stanley Cup

For the fourth straight year and the sixth time in the last seven seasons, a former Grand Rapids Griffins player will have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.

Center Chris Kelly, who began his career with the Griffins in 2001-02, earned the honor thanks to the Boston Bruins' 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 on Wednesday. After joining the Bruins in a Feb. 15 trade from Ottawa, Kelly was one of their more consistent playoff perfromers, posting 13 points (5-8--13) while appearing in all 25 games. He finished sixth on the team in scoring and he ranked among the NHL's postseason leaders in points (T20th), plus-minus (+11, T3rd) and shooting percentage (17.9, 19th).

Kelly recorded six points (3-3--6) in 31 games during the Griffins' final season as the Ottawa Senators' top affiliate. He eventually played parts of seven NHL seasons with Ottawa, racking up 176 points (75-101--176) in 463 games and making his first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2007.

The names of 13 Griffins alumni already adorn the most famous trophy in sports. Las June, Thomas Kopecky became the first former Griffin to win his second Stanley Cup, as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. Mark Eaton became lucky alumnus no. 13 with Pittsburgh in 2009; Detroit's Valtteri Filppula, Darren Helm, Jiri Hudler, Kopecky, Niklas Kronwall, Brett Lebda, Darren McCarty, Derek Meech, and Chris Osgood were added to the cup in 2008; Kevyn Adams won it with Carolina in 2006; and both Dmitry Afanasenkov and Darren Rumble captured the chalice with Tampy Bay in 2004.

Two other former members of the Griffins organization joined in the celebration of Boston's triumph. Reserve defenseman Shane Hnidy, who appeared in only three games with the Bruins during both the regular season and early rounds of the playoffs, played parts of two seasons (1997-98, 2000-01) in Grand Rapids. Bruce Cassidy, the assistant of the AHL's Providence Bruins, who complemented Boston's staff during the postseason, spent two seasons as the Griffins' head coach, leading them to the IHL's final regular season championship in 2000-01 before earning AHL Coach of the Year honors 2001-02.

2011 Taylor Swift Ticket Release

TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011

2010's Hottest Touring Artist Taylor Swift Takes
Van Andel Arena by Storm one Night Only
July 28th with Special Guest
NeedToBreathe!

GREAT SEATS BEING RELEASED AT 5PM FRIDAY, JUNE 10th!
DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE ACM ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, TAYLOR SWIFT!

Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster Outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.