- Des Moines Coliseum
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Coordinates: 41°35′19″N 93°37′10″W / 41.5885°N 93.6195°W
Des Moines Coliseum 
Location Des Moines, Iowa Opened 1908 Closed August 13, 1949 Demolished August 13, 1949 Tenants Drake University 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. It is now the site of the downtown YMCA.
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Categories:- Sports in Des Moines, Iowa
- Sports venues in Iowa
- Indoor arenas in the United States
- Drake University
- Defunct college basketball venues in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Des Moines, Iowa
- Defunct indoor arenas
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