Iowa Events Center

Private lot available if you do not mind paying for parking, $ 7. A short walk and a skywalk is available from downtown locations. Entry on north or south side of the arena. Very large and spacious inside. They do wand you and search your bags upon entry. Staff are wearing bright pink coats if you need help with something. Make your way to your seats and check out the vendors along the way. Standard food available which is nothing to write home about. I would recommend eating before your come. The restaurant isn’t very good either and is super over priced. Seating in the arena is good. Pretty comfortable. Bathrooms are nice and usually pretty clean. Escalator and elevators available for those who need them. It is a pretty typical arena but the prices they charge for the food and drinks is definitely gouging us.

Had an absolutely positively wonderful time, seen all the monster trucks vouch for points, and my nephew even got an autogragh from Grave Digger himself!!!
I got to see a guy blow up scared the begeezes out of me, and seen a woman blow out of a cannon!!! WooHoo!
Gotta say, its loud, there proud to go boundless and tear em’ up fun!
I love how Monster Jam goes all out to keep the crowd goin!!!
YEEEEEHA!!!
My fav is Grave Digger too! But Scooby Doo took the cake when she landed on her side!!!

Well the Iowa Events Center is top notch! I have been here a handful of times and actually performed at the Half Time of an Energy Game once. So I have been up/​down and all around this venue! Including the behind the scenes a bit!
I got 2^nd row seats for Bob Dylan, but I have also sat up in the nose bleeds for Fleetwood Mac.
The seats are comfortable, the sight lines are great! The venue is super modern and clean. The bathrooms are nice! The score board/​projection screens are big and bold, and most importantly the sound in the venue is actually really, really good!
The venue is very handicapped accessible and the staff has always been super nice.
Naturally the prices of concessions and beer prices are a little pricey but that comes with the territory!
I’m super excited that we have it here, and will continue to support it as they get the biggest shows in Des Moines!

Nice event center in Des Moines. There are events going on here year round and ticket prices are usually pretty reasonable. I found the staff working the ticketing both very friendly and the stadium nice and clean. Concessions variety isn’t terrible, but I have seen better. I would definitely recommend checking out a show or event at the arena.

Couldn’t check in to the Wells Fargo arena, but I believe these two are connected if I am not mistaken. Went with our pup to see the Iowa wild game. If you come from a city with a hockey team playing in the NHL, this is like the baby arena version of your city’s arena. They offer the typical hockey game food– pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, beers, etc. One complaint I have is that the guy at the door at the north end of the building kept telling us and other dog owners to go to the south end of the building to pick up our tickets and then come back to the north end to come in. When we got to the south end, the guys working at the south end told us we would have to go to the north end to get our tickets. It would have been nice if they were all on the same page for where dog owners can pick up their tickets instead of making us go back and forth. In addition, they couldn’t find our tickets so we had to wait for that too. Overall they just seemed to be disorganized here. I had an okay experience but it could have been better.

Full service venue for sports, entertainment, etc. Large enough for mid/​big events but seating arranged to keep views great. Street parking can be a challenge for large events, but ramps and lots are available. Plenty of concessions inside. Near Court Avenue and East Village entertainment/​dining areas.