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class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Public events complex</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IECmarquee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/IECmarquee.jpg/250px-IECmarquee.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/IECmarquee.jpg/375px-IECmarquee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/IECmarquee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="183" /></a><figcaption>The Iowa Events Center's marquee thanked the construction workers for their efforts after <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)">Wells Fargo Arena</a> opened.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Iowa Events Center</b> is a public events complex located in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Des_Moines" title="Downtown Des Moines">downtown</a> <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VilsackatIEC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/VilsackatIEC.jpg/150px-VilsackatIEC.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/VilsackatIEC.jpg/225px-VilsackatIEC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/VilsackatIEC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="365" /></a><figcaption>Gov. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a> speaks at the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)">Wells Fargo Arena</a> dedication ceremony on July 12, 2005.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Iowa Events Center consists of the existing <a href="/wiki/Community_Choice_Credit_Union_Convention_Center" title="Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center">Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center</a>, the existing Polk County Convention Complex, the new <a href="/wiki/Hy-Vee" title="Hy-Vee">Hy-Vee</a> Hall, and the new <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)">Wells Fargo Arena</a>. The new buildings were designed by <a href="/wiki/Populous_(architects)" class="mw-redirect" title="Populous (architects)">Populous</a> (formerly HOK Sport Venue Event), who were also the architects of the renovated <a href="/wiki/Principal_Park" title="Principal Park">Principal Park</a> in Des Moines, the <a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>, and many other <a href="/wiki/Arena" title="Arena">arenas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stadium" title="Stadium">stadiums</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The project cost $217 million, making this the largest public project in <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> history. Funding for the project came from <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Iowa" title="Polk County, Iowa">Polk County</a> and its cities, private donations, and the Vision Iowa Fund that Gov. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a> signed into law in 2000. Gambling profits from the <a href="/wiki/Prairie_Meadows" title="Prairie Meadows">Prairie Meadows</a> casino in nearby <a href="/wiki/Altoona,_Iowa" title="Altoona, Iowa">Altoona</a> are expected to pay off the debt.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction began in early 2002 after Polk County reached a project-labor agreement with local <a href="/wiki/Labor_union" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor union">labor unions</a> that guaranteed favorable wages and working conditions in exchange for no <a href="/wiki/Work_stoppage" class="mw-redirect" title="Work stoppage">work stoppages</a>. Polk County was soon sued by <a href="/wiki/Right_to_work" title="Right to work">right to work</a> supporters who claimed that the use of a project-labor agreement on a public project violated Iowa's right to work laws. The lawsuit halted construction for several months, but on November 14, 2002, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in Polk County's favor.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 22, 2004, Polk County agreed to transfer management of the Iowa Events Center to <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Spectacor#Global_Spectrum" title="Comcast Spectacor">Global Spectrum</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> subsidiary, of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>. Global Spectrum soon announced that the new <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Stars" title="Iowa Stars">Iowa Stars</a> hockey team would be the center's primary tenant. In September 2004, Global Spectrum announced that ticket purchases will be done through Patron Solutions, another Comcast subsidiary, instead of <a href="/wiki/Ticketmaster" title="Ticketmaster">Ticketmaster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wells_Fargo_Arena">Wells Fargo Arena</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wells Fargo Arena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wellsfargoarena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Wellsfargoarena.jpg/250px-Wellsfargoarena.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Wellsfargoarena.jpg/375px-Wellsfargoarena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Wellsfargoarena.jpg/500px-Wellsfargoarena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>Wells Fargo Arena</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines,_Iowa)" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, Iowa)">Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, Iowa)</a></div> <p>Named for title sponsor <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells Fargo</a> Financial Services, <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Arena_(Des_Moines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)">Wells Fargo Arena</a> has been the Des Moines area's primary venue for sporting events and concerts since it opened on July 12, 2005. The state high school wrestling and basketball tournaments have been held there since 2006. In fall 2007, it became home to the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Energy">Iowa Energy</a> (later named <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Wolves" title="Iowa Wolves">Iowa Wolves</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">NBA D-League/G League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following spring, the reactivated <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Barnstormers_(AF2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Barnstormers (AF2)">Iowa Barnstormers</a> <a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">arena football</a> began playing at the Wells Fargo Arena.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wells Fargo Arena seats 15,181 for hockey games, 16,110 for basketball games, and as many as 16,980 for concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hy-Vee_Hall">Hy-Vee Hall</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hy-Vee Hall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HyVeeHall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/HyVeeHall.jpg/250px-HyVeeHall.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/HyVeeHall.jpg/375px-HyVeeHall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/HyVeeHall.jpg/500px-HyVeeHall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption>Hy-Vee Hall</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hy-Vee_Hall" title="Hy-Vee Hall">Hy-Vee Hall</a></div> <p>Hy-Vee Hall, which the <a href="/wiki/Hy-Vee" title="Hy-Vee">Hy-Vee</a> supermarket chain (based in <a href="/wiki/West_Des_Moines" class="mw-redirect" title="West Des Moines">West Des Moines</a>) owns the <a href="/wiki/Naming_rights" title="Naming rights">naming rights</a> to, is the Iowa Events Center's new exhibition hall. It features 100,000 square feet (9,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of space for trade shows, conventions, and other major events. It also features eight meeting rooms with a total of 15,000 square feet (1,400 m<sup>2</sup>) of meeting space.<sup id="cite_ref-facilities_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-facilities-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The south end of Hy-Vee Hall houses the Iowa Hall of Pride, which honors the achievements of Iowa high school athletes and performers. </p><p>Although it was still incomplete, Hy-Vee Hall hosted its first event, the Autumn Festival, from October 21 through October 23, 2004. It was formally dedicated on December 15, 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the Iowa Hall of Pride opened to the public on February 23, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Community_Choice_Credit_Union_Convention_Center">Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VetsAuditorium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/VetsAuditorium.jpg/250px-VetsAuditorium.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/VetsAuditorium.jpg/375px-VetsAuditorium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/VetsAuditorium.jpg/500px-VetsAuditorium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="296" /></a><figcaption>Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Community_Choice_Credit_Union_Convention_Center" title="Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center">Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center</a></div> <p>Originally an arena known as Veterans Memorial Auditorium that served as home to <a href="/wiki/Drake_University" title="Drake University">Drake University</a> basketball and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Dragons" title="New York Dragons">Iowa Barnstormers</a> <a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">arena football</a>, Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center was renovated and reopened as a convention hall in January 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polk_County_Convention_Complex">Polk County Convention Complex</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iowa_Events_Center&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Polk County Convention Complex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ConventionComplex.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ConventionComplex.jpg/250px-ConventionComplex.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ConventionComplex.jpg/375px-ConventionComplex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ConventionComplex.jpg/500px-ConventionComplex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>Polk County Convention Complex</figcaption></figure> <p>Nicknamed "The Plex" the Polk County Convention Complex opened in 1985. It features 60,000 square feet (5,600 m<sup>2</sup>) of exhibition space on two levels and 27 meeting rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-facilities_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-facilities-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polk County originally planned to close the Convention Complex when Hy-Vee Hall opened, but they decided to transfer management of the building to Global Spectrum in August 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Convention Complex is located south of the other buildings, Global Spectrum marketed it as part of the Iowa Events Center. 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