SMG - Van Andel Arena & DeVos Place Reviews

The seating is too tight for big people otherwise excellent performances and sound systems

Love love love this place! So many great memories from so many great events!

Amazing facility. They are host to some great events that are always fun to check out

Almost makes you forget about how she's subverting the US education system.

I've been here for comic conventions, wedding conventions, Art Prize, and even over 10 years ago for some art I had displayed while in high school. Every time I've been here, it's incredibly clean and spacious for anything that's going on. When I see a convention is going to be at the DeVos Place, I feel relieved knowing it will be in a good location.

Nice view of the river out back, area can get crazy congested with traffic and people though.

Went there for the auto show and it was neat clean and well organized.

I spent a lot of time here during SHRM. The staff was very friendly and helpful and the grounds were clean.

Gorgeous place. Beautifully put togerher wuth artwork that makea you think. Bit confusing to navigate the layout ao give yourself a few extra minutez to get lost, whether it's intentional or not is up to you. No one will blame you for admiring the views.

Hugh place you better like to walk when you go here for a event parking is a pain but other then that it is a very nice place

Great atmosphere. The event I was attending was great. Service for it was great!

Worked at an expo here. Only difficulty is parking. Be prepared to walk. Otherwise great venue

Staff was really nice
Hospital was clean
Gave us privacy when asked for
Checked in on me regularly
Treated me effectively
So each reason is a star

Always good events going on here and maximum effort is always provided for them. Fun times!

Always a great spot to see performances. Incredible building and staff is always accommodating.

Great venue for the Home and Garden Show though they increase the admission fees.

Great convention center. Bad thing is that place is too big, hard to navigate from the Amway grand. It's like a maze..

River view is to die for.

I have attended several events here. It is a great event center.

We were there for a conference and it was art week! Beautiful place!

As always this beautiful venue was clean and had the perfect amount of space for the crowd of attendence to the GR Auto Show. The tickets were well priced and the amount of product on display was adequate. There was a diverse amount of vehicles with everything from million dollar automotives to the local police and military. Great event, will definitely be back next year.

Not a bad seat in the house also they serve alcoholic beverages

Great Local Convention Center that hosts several big events throughout the year.

Great acoustics, great shows, friendly staff. A worthwhile place to see a show.

I have been a vendor at several bridal shows at the DeVos Place. Very clean and professional facility.

Open spaces. Artprize venue. Excellent conference location.

Usually here for Comic Con. Love the space, the atmosphere, the many restrooms.

Nicely setup for the event, spaced out well and was run smoothly.

Great venue, easy to navigate. Make certain to catch a performance!

Enjoyed the seminar I attended there, noise from other events bled into the room from time to time, and I spotted cobwebs in some of the corners of the bathrooms, but otherwise was a great place for our event.

Not a bad space, but a couple signs to direct people toward parking would be nice. If you've never been, it is not at all clear where you should park. Even when you find the structure, it's not clear which entrance you want to park near. And if there are events going on, ANY sort of signage would be good - because if it's a small event the place can look pretty empty leaving you unsure if you're even in the right building.

Convention center - comfortable, convenient and ppwell located.

Really nice convention center. It's clean and very open. Loading docks were clean and rather spacious. The Auditorium portion is very nice and takes you back in time.

I like everything about this place except the DeVos association it has.

Was outstanding, however just perhaps seating should be in those long hallways for resting.

Huge venue. $10 extremely convenient parking in the basement. Plenty of bathrooms. Nice choice for the RV show. Questionable history of violating the 2nd ammendment to our constitution.

Place is a rip off, an arm and a leg to park and to gain entrance. Awful!

Enormous, amazing venue for anything that comes to Grand Rapids.

When ordering tickets you go through TicketMaster... Well plus the ticket price you pay about 20 dollars worth of service and processing fees. That's absolutely ridiculous.

Awesome acustics and comfortable seating, good choice of beverages.

Very nice Hall. Wonderful acoustics! It is smaller than I expected but still held a lot of people!

Nice facility for a big event like the Riverbank Run.

If you ever setting up some kind of event in GR that needs a show floor this is the place to go. Vary nice building and setup making it easy to load and unload you stuff. Parking below and vary helpful staff.

It is a convention center so what can you say. I have attended many different events here and the experience is always good.

Easy to move around at events. Parking is not easy to find.

Great venue. Go every year for the auto show and enjoy every time. They are professional and keep the flow of people moving. Lots of room. Amazing structure design to the place. Use to work security there and trust me when I say you are in good hands, they watch everything like a hawk. Been there for many shows and never fails, just a great environment right downtown. There participation in our artprize event is outstanding. They definitely are part of the west Michigan community.

Great venue for plays, music, speakers..etc. A regional treasure.

A beautiful venue for just about anything they do in this building. The traffic and parking is awful but I'm a cheapo so that didn't effect you lol