Site work and new construction of a stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. Completed plans call for the construction of a stadium; and for site work for a stadium.

THIS PROJECT WAS REDESIGNED AND BID OUT ON PROJECT 5660493 https://www.kcci.com/article/luis-magana-spent-20-years-advocating-farmworker-rights/37889137 DES MOINES, Iowa -- A massive $550 million downtown Des Moines soccer stadium and Western Gateway development passed another hurdle today. City design leaders got a look at several massive plans that will create a new front door to the west side of downtown. The soccer stadium south of downtown Des Moine is planned on the land where crews have torn down about half the old Dico plant site. "It looks a lot better already. But here in another month or so having that big building down will be fantastic," said Nate Easter with Krause+. Kum and Go parent company Krause Group has put Easter in charge of one of the biggest building projects in downtown Des Moines. The new soccer stadium plans are still being refined. Ultimately, the stadium, a grand plaza and stadium neighborhood will transform a once-toxic industrial site along the raccoon river. Tuesday, Urban Design Board leaders for the city of Des Moines got their first look at the progress. "You think about folks coming from the airport, on that beautiful bridge and then seeing a stadium right there as an entryway to Des Moines. We're pretty excited about having that be the entryway to downtown," Easter said. But that's only half of the plan. Crews are starting work on another Western Gateway project from Krause+. They are turning the old Crescent Chevrolet dealership into the Big Grove Brewery. The restaurant is just one piece of the puzzle to develop the underused neighborhood between 15th and 16th streets just north of Grand Avenue. Krause also envisions more updates like a new hotel and the creation of more restaurants, retail and office buildings. The idea is to bring more people to the Western Gateway, keep them here working and living and helping downtown thrive. "It's a lot of opportunity there to be another entryway to downtown," Easter said. The new soccer stadium should begin construction next summer. The remaining building projects could take as many as 15 years to complete. __________________________________________________________________________________ https://khak.com/two-new-sports-stadiums-to-be-built-in-des-moines/ A pair of gigantic projects in Iowa's capital city are getting closer to reality. The first involves a new ice hockey arena for the Des Moines Buccaneers who play in the USHL, the same conference as the Cedar Rapids Roughriders. Like the Roughriders, the Buccaneers home arena was damaged by last summer's derecho. The Buccaneers stadium won't, technically, be new construction. At least not all of it. The hockey team will be playing in the long-vacant spot at Merle Hay Mall that was previously occupied by Younkers. Business Record says plans call for a 3,500-seat arena that will also have three other sheets of ice. All three of those will include bleacher seating, where practices, games, and even tournaments can be held. The Buccaneers are expected to play in the new arena starting with the 2022-23 season. ICON Architects Plans for the Merle Hay Mall area also include a 150-room hotel, a new food court, and new Kohl's store. The existing Kohl's location will be displaced by a multi-sport training and competition center, according to We Are Iowa. Earlier this summer, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) gave a $26.5 million grant to the project. Five entities were behind the request: Des Moines and Urbandale (Merle Hay Mall sits in parts of each city), the Des Moines Buccaneers, Merle Hay Mall, and Polk County. Business Record reports the entire project has an estimated cost of nearly $130 million. The second project getting closer to reality is a 6,300-seat soccer stadium in the 200 block of S.W. 16th Street in downtown Des Moines. The site, which was once home to Dico Inc. and has been determined to be contaminated, is currently being cleaned by Des Moines and the federal government. The stadium project would also include a new plaza area adjacent to the stadium, more soccer fields, parking for approximately 500 vehicles, and a hotel. Krause+ On Tuesday, August 24, the Polk County Board of Supervisors approved a contribution of $5 million toward the downtown stadium project. If the city of Des Moines donates at least $1 million to the project, Polk County will chip in another $1 million. If other local communities donate at least $1 million, Polk County will match that as well, meaning the county could donate up to $7 million. The soccer stadium would be home to a United Soccer League Championship (USL) franchise. The league currently has 31 teams. Some of the league's games are televised by ESPN2. The total cost of the stadium, plaza, parking and hotel portion of the redevelopment of the old Dico Inc. area would be approximately $84 million. In late June, the IDEA gave the project $23.5 million. USL Soccer says "the project has now raised more than $50 million through private and public funding." The entire planned redevelopment of the area would cover 65-acres and could cost nearly a half-billion dollars, according to Soccer Stadium Digest. Construction on the new soccer stadium should start in the spring of 2022 with the Des Moines team beginning play in 2024. _____________________________________________________________ https://www.press-citizen.com/story/money/business/development/2021/08/02/pictures-of-planned-big-grove-brewery-des-moines-krause-development-crescent-chevrolet-building/5453089001/ The new development agreement is on top of existing preliminary terms the Des Moines City Council approved in February for Krause+'s plans, which in addition to redeveloping the Crescent Chevrolet site include building a hotel and other public spaces to the east and south. It also calls for a 60-acre development south of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway the former Dico Superfund site that will center on a 6,300-seat professional soccer stadium, a multi-use Global Plaza, apartments, a hotel, offices and commercial space. The Iowa Economic Development Authority in June gave preliminary approval for the use of a portion of the state sales tax collected in the development area, including the Crescent building, to help fund the stadium and plaza. Krause+ proposes to spend $550 million over 15 years building the new amenities and renovating others across a 2.1 million square-foot expanse of western downtown Des Moines. The work ultimately could encompass at least 30 sites, including underground parking garages. More:What's included in Krause's plan for a downtown Des Moines soccer stadium The city preliminarily has agreed to provide 90% tax increment financing on the new building valuations over 20 years. It has yet to set a cap on the value of the financing. "The intention had been that the entire project area would be part of one master development agreement, however, this smaller adaptive reuse project (at Crescent Chevrolet) is moving faster than the larger stadium project," Hamlett wrote. Construction on Big Grove is expected to begin later this year, with opening scheduled for mid-2022. __________ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2021/07/06/dmps-des-moines-public-schools-stadium-drake-university-judge-dismisses-case-election-plans/7878926002/ A district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to at least pause Des Moines Public Schools plan to build a $19.5 million stadium in partnership with Drake University. The lawsuit filed by four Des Moines residents with the Save Our Stadiums group claimed the school district's failure to hold a special election vote on the plan "effects a total and complete disenfranchisement of the electorate" and violated the 14th Amendment and due process clause of the Constitution. The Des Moines School Board approved the agreement between the Des Moines schools and Drake University to build a 4,000-seat stadium east of the Knapp Center last year. The stadium will serve as the home football field for four of Des Moines' five high schools and host high school and Drake soccer games. "I am grateful that the Court confirmed the school district followed the law and has dismissed this lawsuit," Des Moines schools Superintendent Tom Ahart said in a statement. The community stadium is an "important project" for schools and the community, he said. Opponents have said the new stadium, which would be located more than two miles from the closest school, would not only create barriers for those who want to participate in high school athletics but also hamper the community spirit built around home football games and threaten revenue for the schools' booster clubs. Save Our Stadiums plans to appeal the judge's decision, attorney Gary Dickey said. Photos of proposed plans for the community stadium to be built by Drake University and Des Moines Public Schools. "As the ruling indicates, the school district did not follow the procedure for processing the petition. The court simply disagree with what the remedy is," Dickey said. "So, we'll be asking the (Iowa) Supreme Court to take a look at that. We also disagree with the courts' view that we should be counting voters who didn't even cast ballots in the school board election. And so we'll ask the court to take a look at that as well." More:Residents file lawsuit to block Des Moines Public Schools stadium at Drake University District Court Judge Jeffrey Farrell said in his decision that although the failure to return the petition was a procedural mistake, it did not result in the district misleading the plaintiffs as to the number of signatures needed to force a vote. Farrell also ruled that the plaintiffs are required pay any court costs. Your stories live here. Fuel your hometown passion and plug into the stories that define it. Create Account Dickey told the Des Moines Register he expects the appeals process to take another 12 months. From June:Citing quadrupled material costs, Des Moines school board again rejects stadium bids Costs delay completion until 2023 Ahart said because of increased material costs and other issues, the stadium is not expected to open until fall 2023. Previously, the stadium had been expected to open in fall 2022. The Des Moines School Board has twice rejected bids related that came in over the stadium's budget. The increased costs are due "in part by the pandemic's interruption of supply lines," said Phil Roeder, district spokesman, in an email. District officials are planning to ask for bids again in a few months. "That means opening day will be about a year later than originally hoped, which is a small price to pay in order to keep the project on budget," Roeder said. From March:Des Moines School Board rejects stadium construction bids; 2022 opening to be delayed by four or five weeks ______________ Per School Board all bids rejected. Bidders will be required to provide a security deposit, in the form of an approved Bid Bond, cashiers or certified check, or certified share draft in the amount of five percent (5%) of the amount of each bid, in a separate attached envelope Lump-sum bids will be received under one contract as described in the specifications. Bids will be opened and read aloud immediately after specified closing time for receiving bids. All interested parties are invited to attend. Consideration of the bids received and the award of contract or other action may be made by the Board of Directors of the Des Moines Independent Community School District upon the proposals received in accordance with the law and the plans and specifications at its meeting to be held at 6:00 p.m. on March 2, 2021 in the District Board Room at 1800 Grand Avenue Des Moines Iowa or at any other published and/or posted location of the Board meeting. The Board of Directors may make the award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting specifications. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, or any part thereof, and to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract or contracts as shall be deemed in the best interests of the Des Moines Independent Community School District. By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor. All bids will be governed by applicable provisions in the Iowa Code and Board Policies. As of November 19, 2021, no new info available As of January 3, 2022, no new information available As of February 14, 2022 this project has been bid out on CRM 5660493