Des Moines Coliseum

Coordinates: 41°35′19″N 93°37′10″W / 41.5885°N 93.6195°W / 41.5885; -93.6195

Des Moines Coliseum
Construction

Location	Des Moines, Iowa
Opened	1908
Closed	August 13, 1949
Demolished	August 13, 1949
Tenants
Drake University

The Des Moines Coliseum was a 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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Drake Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	The Shed (1907–1909) Alumni Gymnasium (1910–1919) Des Moines Coliseum (1920–1926) Drake Fieldhouse (1927–1957) Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1957–1992) Knapp Center (1992–present)
Culture & lore	History Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches All-Century Team
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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