The Register Editorial: NCAA tournament shows what the city can do
March 30, 2013
| DesMoinesRegister.com The idea behind building the Iowa Events Center arena and convention hall was to preserve Des Moines as a destination for regional conventions while attracting more top-flight...
Colleges prepare for students who must finish GEDs - - now
March 06, 2013
| DesMoinesRegister.com 8 inches x 18 inches x 24 inches A convention hall's caterer must order eggs to make enough scrambled eggs to serve 256 guests. If 6 jumbo eggs are needed to make enough...
Katy Perry, Usher and Alicia Keys lined up for inaugural festivities
January 11, 2013
| indystar.com Doubling in size from four years ago to about 4,000, it's being held on the third-floor ballroom of the convention hall a mile from the White House. Tickets are free for...
