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IOWA EVENTS CENTER DETAILS: • Convenient Location Off I-235

IOWWellsA FargoEVEN ArenaTS CENTER // WELLS FARGO ARENA IOWA EVENTS CENTER DETAILS: • Convenient location off I-235 • 1,300 parking spaces on-site • Over 30,000 parking spaces in city garages and meters • 10 minutes from the Des Moines International Airport • Over 100 downtown restaurants e Fort, located on the suite level of Wells Fargo Arena • Complete marketing, media and public relations services • 2,300 hotel rooms within one mile of the Iowa Events Center • 13,000+ hotel rooms in the Greater Des Moines Metro area • Connected to over four miles of the climate-controlled Des Moines skywalk system O N E - W A Y S O Tradeshow in Wells Fargo Arena U T H FIFTH THIRD STREET 317 318 319 320 321 322 3 2 A 3 VENUE 6 31 PRESS BOX 5 216 217 218 219 2 1 5 2 1 3 21 0 2 2 4 1 4 2 2 114 115 Club 117 118 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 11 116 9 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 313 212 224 CROCKER STREET 312 211 110 Wells Fargo Arena Floor 122 225 8 4 210 0 2 311 1 1 6 2 9 2 O 0 7 1 0 2 N 0 1 1 E 0 106 104 103 102 105 7 - 1 2 W 8 3 0 2 A 2 Y 8 7 2 0 N 9 2 0 2 1 0 2 O 3 206 205 204 203 202 R 8 0 T 3 H 3 0 1 307 305 304 303 302 Community Choice 306 Wells Fargo Arena Credit Union SECOND Convention Center West Plaza A VENUE SKYWALK WELLS FARGO ARENA CONFIGURATION SEATING CAPACITY Hockey 15,181 CENTER STREET SKYWALK Hy-Vee Hall CENTER STREET Center Stage Concert 16,980 End Stage Concert 16,285 THIRD STREET FIFTH N Basketball 16,110 A VENUE Hilton Des W E Wrestling Tournament 16,078 Moines Downtown Arena Football 15,175 Hotel S ADA Seating Main Level: 76/ Companion PARK STREET CAMPUS MAP Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center 401 Level 4: Ballroom Level Veterans Memorial Ballroom B Community Choice Credit Union Ballroom A Convention Center: Mezzanine Level Board Room 4 402 Board Room 3 Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center Board Room 2 Level 3: Meeting Room Level 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 Board all Room 1 Meeting Rooms Mediacom Café Memorial H 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 est Plaza W 321 Skywalk To Wells Fargo Arena Ticket Office A dministration alk to Downtown Office Skyw Hy-Vee Hall Level 2: Exhibition Level Hall A Hall B Business Center Hall C Hy-Vee Hall Level 1: Meeting Room Level 101 102 103 104 105 TOTAL SQUARE FEET // 226,000 106 TOTAL MEETING ROOMS // 37 107 TOTAL EXHIBIT SQUARE FEET // 150,000 108 TOTAL BALLROOM SQUARE FEET // 28,800 To Iowa Hall of Pride TOTAL PRE-FUNCTION SQUARE FEET // 60,300.

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