(KNOX) – Grand Forks is seeing the bang for its buck from the Alerus Center.
The annual Joint City Council and Events Center Commission meeting heard that to date in 2024, Alerus Center events have generated close to $17 million in economic impact. The Center is ahead of projected budgets and income.
2024 will mark the first time the Alerus Center has hosted five concerts with more than 10,000 fans in attendance. Zach Bryan is slated for August 25 and 26, a Sunday/Monday weekend.
There are seven home football dates for the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks… among more than 150 events to finish the year.
The Alerus Center is 30% booked for 2025… when renovations are planned for the conference center and ballrooms.
Proposed Potato Processing Plant in Grand Forks Get a Positive Vote in State Senate Committee
(File image) (KNOX) -A state Senate committee gave a do pass vote for proposed legislation that was crafted for a potato processing facility in Grand Forks. Agristo, Belgian company, said they it would open its first North American operation in Grand...
Mar 23, 2025
Grand Forks Engineering Department says Industrial Project Will Take a Few Years
(File image) (KNOX) - The City of Grand Forks Engineering Department said that a project north of Gateway Drive and west of Interstate 29 will be done in three different phases. The work will consist of constructing sanitary sewer, water main, storm ...
Mar 27, 2025
One Killed in Grand Forks County Crash
(File image) (KNOX) - One man has died after a crash in Grand Forks County. The Highway Patrol said that it happened on Highway 18 and 4th Avenue Northeast near Northwood. A 16-year-old boy in a pick-up was going east on 4th Avenue North East and a ...
Mar 27, 2025
Grand Forks State Representative Does Not Agree on Proposed Legislation
(File image) (KNOX) - The North Dakota House has approved a measure that would allow infants in the soon-to-be constructed Heart River Correctional Center in Mandan. Under the bill, incarcerated mothers would be able to be with these infants in a pri...
Mar 27, 2025