Editing Des Moines, Iowa (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Sec Taylor Field.jpg|thumb|Sec Taylor Field at Principal Park, during a May 28, 2006, [[Iowa Cubs]] game against the [[Nashville Sounds]]. The Iowa Capitol is visible beyond the center-field wall.]]
{{See also|List of Des Moines sports teams}}

Des Moines hosts professional minor league teams in several sports — baseball, basketball, hockey, indoor football, and soccer — and is home to the sports teams of Drake University which play in NCAA Division I.

The [[Des Moines Menace]] soccer club, a member of [[USL League Two]], play their home games at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines. [[Des Moines United FC]] of the [[National Premier Soccer League]] also utilize Valley Stadium.

Des Moines is home to the [[Iowa Cubs]] baseball team of the [[International League]]. The I-Cubs, which are the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] affiliate of the major league [[Chicago Cubs]], play their home games at [[Principal Park]] near the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers.

[[Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)|Wells Fargo Arena]] of the [[Iowa Events Center]] is home to the [[Iowa Barnstormers]] of the [[Indoor Football League]], the [[Iowa Wild]] of the [[American Hockey League]], and the [[Iowa Wolves]] of the [[NBA G League]]. The Barnstormers relaunched as an [[af2]] club in 2008 before joining a relaunched Arena Football League in 2010 and the Indoor Football League in 2015; the Barnstormers had previously played in the Arena Football League from 1994 to 2000 (featuring future [[NFL MVP|NFL]] Hall of Famer and [[Super Bowl MVP]] [[Kurt Warner|quarterback Kurt Warner]]) before [[New York Dragons|relocating to New York]]. The Iowa Energy, a D-League team, began play in 2007. They were bought by the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] in 2017 and were renamed the [[Iowa Wolves]] to reflect the new ownership. The Wild, the AHL affiliate of the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Minnesota Wild]] have played at Wells Fargo Arena since 2013; previously, the [[Iowa Chops]] played four seasons in Des Moines (known as the Iowa Stars for three of those seasons.)

Additionally, the [[Des Moines Buccaneers]] of the [[United States Hockey League]] play at [[Buccaneer Arena]] in suburban [[Urbandale, Iowa|Urbandale]].

Des Moines is also home to the [[Drake University]] [[Drake Bulldogs|Bulldogs]], an [[NCAA Division I]] member of the [[Missouri Valley Conference]], primarily playing northwest of downtown at the on-campus [[Drake Stadium (Drake University)|Drake Stadium]] and [[Knapp Center]]. Drake Stadium is home to the famed [[Drake Relays]] each April. In addition to the Drake Relays, [[Drake Stadium (Drake University)|Drake Stadium]] has hosted multiple [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Outdoor Track and Field Championships and [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Drake University (press release) |date=December 13, 2007 |title=Drake Awarded 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships |url=http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71357&SPID=8127&DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=1352240 |url-status=live |access-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903230311/http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71357&SPID=8127&DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=1352240 |archive-date=September 3, 2008}}</ref>

The [[Grand View Vikings|Vikings]] of [[Grand View University]] also compete in intercollegiate athletics in Des Moines. A member of the [[Heart of America Athletic Conference]], within the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], they field 21 varsity athletic teams. They were [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] National Champions in football in 2013.

The [[Principal Charity Classic]], a Champions Tour golf event, is held at Wakonda Club in late May or early June. The IMT [[Des Moines Marathon]] is held throughout the city each October.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Professional and Division I sports teams
|-
! scope="col" | Club
! scope="col" | Sport
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" | Venue
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | Founded
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Iowa Barnstormers]]
| [[American football]]
| [[Indoor Football League]]
| [[Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)|Wells Fargo Arena]]
| Des Moines
| 1995 (2008)
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Iowa Cubs]]
| [[Baseball]]
| [[International League]], [[Minor League Baseball]]
| [[Principal Park]]
| Des Moines
| 1969
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Iowa Wolves]]
| [[Basketball]]
| [[NBA G League]]
| [[Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)|Wells Fargo Arena]]
| Des Moines
| 2007
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Des Moines Buccaneers]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[United States Hockey League]]
| [[Buccaneer Arena]]
| Urbandale
| 1980
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Iowa Wild]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[American Hockey League]]
| [[Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines)|Wells Fargo Arena]]
| Des Moines
| 2013
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Des Moines Menace]]
| [[Soccer]]
| [[USL League Two]]
| Valley Stadium
| West Des Moines
| 1994
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Des Moines United FC]]
| [[Soccer]]
| [[National Premier Soccer League]]
| Valley Stadium
| West Des Moines
| 2021
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal;" | [[Drake Bulldogs]]
| Multi
| [[NCAA Division I]], [[Missouri Valley Conference]]
| [[Drake Stadium (Drake University)|Drake Stadium]], [[Knapp Center]]
| Des Moines
| 1881
|-
|}