Name: The Battleground 2k26: U of M vs. UH
Start: 2026-10-25
End: 2026-10-25

A place for friends of all friends, for special occasions or no occasion at all. Come as you are, and, more aptly come as who you are!

Dublin Hall

Grand Rapids Beer Tours offers a unique way to visit various craft breweries in West Michigan. Every public tour includes beer samples & a behind-the-scenes brewery tour for your chance to see where the beer is created and learn about the beer making process. On the tours, learn about the variety of beer stylings and about the history of beer in and out of Grand Rapids. This is your V.I.P. ticket to Beer City USA! Private tours are available for birthdays, bachelorette/bachelor parties, family gatherings, & business groups. Larger groups can be accommodated. Please check out the website for more details.

Grand Rapids Beer Tours

**Come and Visit Michigan’s ONLY Upscale Beer Tour**

Grand Rapids, MI. was voted **Beer City, USA** in national polls and named **Best Beer Town** and **Best Beer Scene** by USA TODAY readers! Grand Rapids is the perfect place for your next Beer Tour!

Every weekend friends and family are looking for new ways to create memories together. This is why our Beer Tours are the perfect way to have a night on the town filled with fun, laughter, and of course, beer and food!

You’ll get an all-inclusive VIP tour of some of the best breweries Grand Rapids has to offer!

Raise A Glass Beer Tours

**Come and Experience Our Award Winning City Wine Tour!**

We’ll take you on an all-inclusive VIP wine tour to some of the hottest wine and food spots around Grand Rapids!!

Our upscale wine tour experience is designed for wine lovers, foodies and those new to both, but want to learn more. So whether you’re brand new to wine or you’re a wine connoisseur, we have something special for you! We have partnered with some of the best wine and food venues around to create our own unique experience around wine, food and culture for our guest.

We're confident you'll love this wine tour experience!

Raise A Glass Wine Tours

We want you to get swept up in Michigan and all the beauty and flavors it has to offer. Our award-winning city tours share history stories and hidden gems of Grand Rapids.

Tours Around Michigan offers experiences and tours to international, national and local tourists, including Beer, Wine, Distillery, and Food, which can also be enjoyed during a walking history tour.

We love to walk or drive you around to share secrets of Grand Rapids and other parts of Michigan.

Focusing on high quality travel experiences, Tours Around Michigan creates tours with every detail in mind. Our team boasts expertise and local experience to provide unique trips that mark the memory and heart of those looking for unforgettable moments.

Tours Around Michigan

Inhabiting what was once the legendary Fox Jewelers Building, five-story CityFlatsHotel was designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification. The boutique hotel features 48 conceptually unique guest rooms, each with intriguing colors, creative layouts, and lush yet eco-friendly materials. Located on CityFlats Hotel's main floor, CitySēn offers inventive cocktails and diverse local brews. Enjoy their full menu for lunch and dinner.

CitySen Lounge at CityFlats Hotel

Studio Park is packed with things to do and see. Stop over and enjoy a meal. See a live performance. Catch a movie. Shop until you drop.

Studio Park

Discover the Grand Rapids Art Museum's Creative Learning Center, a 4,500 square-foot space fostering hands-on creative exploration for all ages. Featuring an interactive Discovery Gallery, GRAM Studio classrooms, and enhanced accessibility, the Center embodies GRAM's commitment to connecting the community through art.

The Creative Learning Center

Welcome to the Grand Woods Lounge, the most epic, rocking, cooking cabin in Michigan. After you experience The Woods, you realize how bored you’ve been at all those other copycat, vanilla joints you’ve been going to. That’s why all the cool kids are already here. Yes, right now. We have a two hundred-seat porch with twenty TVs, an entertainment stage, two fireplaces and two outdoor tiki bars. The Porch is not only for Summer, you can get toasted while watching it snow all Winter. Did you notice the outdoor stage? From Reggae to Rock and Roll, Country to NYE Countdown, we peel faces every night. Yes, here, now.  
  
The Grand Woods Lounge boasts of the full compliment of compliments: The greatest Martini List. The smartest Craft Beer List. The best executed Comfort Food; The coolest Facility; The most fun Porch; The most exciting and diverse Entertainment; The absolute best Hospitality Professionals in Grand Rapids. The sum of our parts equates to the best place for the best people to socialize, dine and party. Here, every day, now and always.

Grand Woods Lounge

Authentic Korean BBQ, cooked right at your table, plus a variety of appetizers, entrées and hot pots, and Asian beers and cocktails. Our family recipes are waiting for you! Private dining options available, please contact the restaurant for more information.

K-Rok

We are an economic generator through sports tourism for Greater Grand Rapids and Kent County in the West Michigan area.

We own and operate an award winning baseball/softball complex; the Meijer Sports Complex [www.MeijerSportsComplex.com](https://www.MeijerSportsComplex.com) featuring eight fields, including a championship field that seats 1,000.

Our signature event, the Meijer State Games of Michigan (Olympic-style sporting event), draws 10,000 athletes through 60+ sports in its Winter and Summer Games.  We work with many of our local sports clubs and organizations to host various regional and national tournaments.

Why Grand Rapids? We have:
•	12,000 + hotel rooms (2,500 downtown)
•	234,000 square foot downtown convention center (fits 40 volleyball courts)
•	12,000 seat Van Andel Arena
•	5 facilities that feature 4+ courts and multiple grass or turf fields
•	Grant program for new events
•	and more!

West Michigan Sports Commission

The Battleground 2K26 features a match-up between University of Michigan Wolverines and University of Houston Cougars on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at Van Andel Arena at 1:00PM.  
  
Featuring two nationally recognized programs known for winning traditions, elite coaching, and passionate fan bases, this showdown promises to provide an exciting preview of what both teams hope will be championship-caliber seasons. Fans can expect a packed house and an electric atmosphere as they watch the nation's top student-athletes compete.  
  
The charitable component for The Battleground 2k26 will be rooted in service, inspiring the participating student-athletes to use their talent and influence to affect the lives of kids in the local community. The Battleground 2k26 basketball platform will greatly impact the Grand Rapids community and will also be a rewarding experience for the student-athletes and universities.  
  
Tickets will go on sale Friday, September 18 at 10:00AM. \*Please note the box office will not be open for the on sale.  
  
Ticket prices are subject to change. For current ticket prices visit Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices may vary, as market pricing applies to all tickets. Prices may fluctuate based on supply and demand. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or on-line at Ticketmaster.com.

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