Location Des Moines, Iowa Opened 1908 | Closed August 13, 1949 Demolished 13 August 1949 | |
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Similar Drake Fieldhouse, Community Choice Credit Un, Knapp Center, Blank Park Zoo, Greater Des Moines B | ||
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The Des Moines Coliseum is a former building located in Des Moines, Iowa. Opened in 1908, it served as the main venue for large public events in Des Moines for four decades. Herbert Hoover launched his 1932 re-election campaign from the Coliseum, and several other U.S. Presidents spoke there, including Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. Drake University played basketball in the Coliseum for a number of years, and it was used for wrestling, boxing, ice skating, and circus events. It was destroyed by fire on August 13, 1949. A YMCA was later built on the site, but that was torn down in 2015 and the site now sits empty (as of 2016).
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