The Kent County Board of Commissioners is poised to take up a resolution that would ask voters to decide whether to raise hotel taxes to help fund the Acrisure Amphitheater and a proposed soccer stadium in downtown Grand Rapids.
State lawmakers have scaled back a bill allowing Michigan cities and townships to levy a 2% lodging tax to now narrowly apply to Kent County, where Grand Rapids could leverage the potential revenue for a riverfront amphitheater.
Grand Rapids’ planned riverfront amphitheater could receive a funding boost under a state bill that would allow cities to collect a local lodging tax to support the construction of convention and entertainment facilities.