Planning an Event in Des Moines
Des Moines at a glance
Average hotel room cost
USD 107
Average meal cost
USD 59
Total hotels
124
Total rooms
13,000
Number of convention centers
1
Convention center space
286,300 sq. ft.
Highlights of Des Moines
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Greater Des Moines is an affordable, easy, and surprising destination for meetings, conventions, and events. Every year, more than 3 million visitors come to experience the food, fun, and hospitality that the metro area offers.
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Greater Des Moines is an affordable, easy, and surprising destination for meetings, conventions, and events. Every year, more than 3 million visitors come to experience the food, fun, and hospitality that the metro area offers.
Popular Convention Centers
The Iowa Events Center is a unique combination of three venues: Wells Fargo Arena, Hy-Vee Hall, and Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center. Following a $42-million renovation, the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center now boasts 33,892 square feet of new meeting room space and a 28,730-square-foot ballroom. The entire Iowa Events Center now has 226,000 square feet of total space, including 150,000 square feet of exhibit space, 40 meeting rooms and a 17,500 seat arena. The renovation included unique upgrades including an infinite amount of LED lighting capabilities, eight large projectors that can display images that are 16’ tall by 30’ wide, technology to display both static marketing logos and dynamic videos interacting and cold water plumbed into each of the 21 meeting rooms. Total space: 226,000 sq. ft.Total meeting rooms: 37Largest exhibit space: 150,000 sq. ft.Max classroom: 4,545 Max banquet: 6,270Max theater: 17,000Max reception: 10,000Max 10x10 booths: 803New meeting space: 33,892 sq. ft.Ballroom: 28,730 sq. ft.
Convention center space
268850 sq. ft.
Largest room space
50806 sq. ft.
Largest exhibit space
150000 sq. ft.
The Iowa Events Center is a unique combination of three venues: Wells Fargo Arena, Hy-Vee Hall, and Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center. Following a $42-million renovation, the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center now boasts 33,892 square feet of new meeting room space and a 28,730-square-foot ballroom. The entire Iowa Events Center now has 226,000 square feet of total space, including 150,000 square feet of exhibit space, 40 meeting rooms and a 17,500 seat arena. The renovation included unique upgrades including an infinite amount of LED lighting capabilities, eight large projectors that can display images that are 16’ tall by 30’ wide, technology to display both static marketing logos and dynamic videos interacting and cold water plumbed into each of the 21 meeting rooms. Total space: 226,000 sq. ft.Total meeting rooms: 37Largest exhibit space: 150,000 sq. ft.Max classroom: 4,545 Max banquet: 6,270Max theater: 17,000Max reception: 10,000Max 10x10 booths: 803New meeting space: 33,892 sq. ft.Ballroom: 28,730 sq. ft.
Convention center space
268850 sq. ft.
Largest room space
50806 sq. ft.
Largest exhibit space
150000 sq. ft.