GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Not everyone in Grand Rapids is celebrating the new Acrisure Amphitheater. Some people are not happy they can hear what’s going on from more than a mile away.

Lionel Richie wrapped up the venue’s inaugural show just before 11 p.m. Friday with a familiar song: All Night Long. Kathrine Force lives about a mile away from the venue and said she heard the show all night long.

“After opening night and realizing I was hearing three Lionel Richie songs in a row from my back porch, and it wasn’t somebody parked down my alley with a loud car,” Force said.

Grand Rapids has a noise ordinance; the amphitheater is exempt from the rule. A city spokesperson told News 8 shows will end at 11 p.m. unless given permission to extend because of weather delays or other reasons. Force acknowledges while no rules were broken, she’s concerned about the bigger picture.    

“Our taxes went to funding these projects and now we’re not benefiting from them. A lot of us are failing to see where the economic boost is going to come from for us,” Force said.

There were fans who live near the structure and liked the music they heard.

“We never had nothing like that before down here so it’s like that’s something new,” Ideia Ellison, Grand Rapids resident, said. “I love hearing the bass of the music and the beats, it’s good beats!”

Like it or not, this weekend is the start of dozens of shows scheduled at the venue until late September.