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Civic Center of Greater Des Moines

Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is a performing-arts centre in Des Moines, Iowa. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Opened
1979
47 years old
From DSM
7 km (4.3 mi)
Des Moines International Airport
From the centre
1.7 km (1.1 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 Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is

It stands at 221 Walnut Street, 50309, right in the centre of Des Moines.

Civic Center of Greater Des Moines was opened in 1979, which puts it at 47 years old.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Civic Center of Greater Des Moines in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.

Address
221 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, United States
Coordinates
41.5874, -93.6204
Classified as
performing-arts centre

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.

At 1.7 km (1.1 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.

The published number for the venue is +15152462300.

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

The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is 2nd of 6 such houses mapped in Des Moines.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

Pricing a full house here

A Civic Center of Greater Des Moines programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Des Moines — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.

activated attendees
240activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
190billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$950for 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 Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

4 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
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, year opened, official website, encyclopaedia entry, published phone, nearest airport with distance.

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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

What is the capacity of Civic Center of Greater Des Moines?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Civic Center of Greater Des Moines appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.

Where is Civic Center of Greater Des Moines?

221 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, United States. It is 1.7 km (1.1 mi) from the centre of Des Moines. The nearest major airport is Des Moines International Airport (DSM), about 7 km (4.3 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Civic Center of Greater Des Moines?

240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Des Moines. 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 Civic Center of Greater Des Moines?

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 Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is booked?

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

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