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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

Iowa's largest theatre since its opening on June 10, 1979, the Des Moines Civic Center was built on a city-donated lot with 9.3 million dollars raised through the city's largest-ever private fundraising campaign, completed in fewer than 90 days. Designed by Charles Hebert and Associates and built by The Weitz Company, the Brutalist precast-concrete building houses a 2,744-seat fan-shaped continental seating area where no seat is more than 145 feet from the stage. All seats are on a single level....