Principal Park

Principal Park is a stadium in Iowa, United States that opened in 1992. Its recorded capacity is 11,500.

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Principal Park
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Key facts

Principal Park is a stadium in Iowa, United States that opened in 1992. Its recorded capacity is 11,500. It is owned by City of Des Moines and Des Moines. It is operated by Iowa Cubs. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Sec Taylor Stadium. Current tenants are Iowa Cubs 1992–present, Iowa Cubs.

Location
Iowa, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
11,500
Opened
1992
Status
Active
Current owner
City of Des Moines, Des Moines
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Principal Park
Principal Park

Principal Park is at latitude 41.580278, longitude -93.615833, in Iowa, 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
Recorded location of Principal Park
FieldValue
Latitude41.580278
Longitude-93.615833
CityIowa
RegionIowa
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Principal Park
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Principal Park
199220092026Sec Taylor Stadium (1992 to 2004)

Principal Park has carried 1 recorded name. Sec Taylor Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1992 to 2004. The average tenure of a name here is 12 years.

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Every recorded name of Principal Park, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Sec Taylor StadiumNone1992 to 2004Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Principal Park, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerDes Moines1992 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerCity of Des MoinesPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorIowa Cubs1992 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource

Tenants

Tenants of Principal Park and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Iowa Cubs 1992–presentNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Iowa CubsNot mapped1992 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

15 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Principal Park
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set28002026-10
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Raccoon Baseball, Inc.not set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)35194not set2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set351942026-09
23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set35432026-09
23 September 2026venue_names(created)not setSec Taylor Stadium2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set317962026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set317952026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set286702026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set286692026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set286682026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722219982026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722219982026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titlePrincipal_ParkPrincipal Park2026-09

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:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Principal Park (revision 1372221998). Wikidata item: Q589875.