GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — City officials released another statement Thursday addressing residents’ concerns over excessive noise levels coming from Acrisure Amphitheater just hours before a Darius Rucker concert was set to take the stage.
Since the amphitheater’s opening in May, News 8 received multiple reports of sound carrying from the venue over long distances, including during last week’s Machine Gun Kelly concert.
People annoyed by concert noise miles away from Grand Rapids amphitheater
“There have been numerous, numerous emails I have received and have been made aware of, and even last night continue to receive those,” said First Ward City Commissioner Alicia Marie Belchak at a June 16 meeting following nearly back-to-back performances by Jelly Roll and Santana.
News 8 went out with two phone apps designed to measure sound decibels to see how loud Thursday’s concert was and how far that noise carried…