Drake Stadium
Drake Stadium is a stadium in Des Moines, United States that opened in 1925. Its recorded capacity is 14,557.
Key facts
Drake Stadium is a stadium in Des Moines, United States that opened in 1925. Its recorded capacity is 14,557. It is owned by Drake University and Drake University. It is operated by Drake University and Drake University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Drake Bulldogs football, Drake Relays, Des Moines Menace, Drake Relays, Drake Bulldogs football, 2000 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2004 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2006 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2010 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2011 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2012 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 2013 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2014 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2015 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1929 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1930 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1931 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1970 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 1947 Drake Bulldogs football team, 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Drake Bulldogs, 1928 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1972 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1981 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1995 Drake Bulldogs football team, 1998 Drake Bulldogs football team.
- Location
- Des Moines, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 14,557
- Opened
- 1925
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Drake University, Drake University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf
Drake Stadium is at latitude 41.605, longitude -93.655, in Des Moines, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 41.605 |
| Longitude | -93.655 |
| City | Des Moines |
| Region | Des Moines |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Drake University | 1925 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Drake University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Drake University | 1925 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Drake University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
38 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2773 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 449 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31718 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31717 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31716 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31715 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31714 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28269 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28268 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28267 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28266 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28265 | 2026-09 |
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| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28262 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28261 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28260 | 2026-09 |
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| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28258 | 2026-09 |
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| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28256 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28255 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28254 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28253 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28252 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28251 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28250 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28249 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28248 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28247 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28246 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28245 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28244 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28243 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28242 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372081497 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372081497 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Drake_Stadium_(Drake_University) | Drake Stadium (Drake University) | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: