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Casey's Center

An arena in Des Moines, Iowa. It seats a stated 16,980. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

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Stated capacity
16,980
people, as published
Opened
2005
21 years old
From DSM
7 km (4.3 mi)
Des Moines International Airport
From the centre
1.3 km (0.8 mi)
of Des Moines

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What Casey's Center is

It sits in Des Moines, right in the centre of Des Moines.

Casey's Center was opened in 2005, operated by Comcast Spectacor and owned by Polk County, which puts it at 21 years old.

16,980 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.

Operator
Comcast Spectacor
Owner
Polk County
Coordinates
41.5927, -93.6211
Classified as
arena

Getting there

Des Moines International Airport (DSM) sits 7 km (4.3 mi) out, so a same-day return is realistic for anyone flying in for one session.

Being 1.3 km (0.8 mi) from the middle of Des Moines means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.

Des Moines has 28 venues mapped in total and a population of 213,096. The Des Moines guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Formats this suits

Anything at this scale is a one-room event. It is the 1st largest arena or stadium mapped in Des Moines, and like all of them it solves the plenary and none of the rest of the programme.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • festivals

    An audience of 16,980 is festival scale, not conference scale.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

Pricing a full house here

Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Casey's Center event sized to the stated capacity of Casey's Center. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.

activated attendees
950activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
900billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$4,500for the whole event, at $5 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at Casey's Center, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

3 other venues in Des Moines have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.

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What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
$5
per activated attendee beyond 50
$4,750
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Casey's Center hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 16,980 for Casey's Center. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.

What does an event app cost for an event at Casey's Center?

950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Casey's Center. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with Casey's Center?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if Casey's Center is booked?

Drake Stadium (14,557), Principal Park (11,500) and Sylvan Theater Historic District are in the same city and have their own pages here. 28 venues in total are mapped in Des Moines.

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