Tickets for Kalamazoo

County seat of Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo is a city in the southwest area of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 77,145. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a nationally recognized research institution, benefited from the local presence of Pfizer and Stryker Corporation.The city is also home to Kalamazoo College (K College), a prestigious liberal arts school located adjacent to WMU's campus.The city is named for the Kalamazoo River, but it is generally thought that the name originates in the language of either the Potawatomi or Odawa people, native to the area at the time of European settlement.