WHAT IS IT?
THE FACILITY • 4,000 seat stadium • Designed for both football and soccer • Provides student-athletes, marching bands, cheerleaders, parents and fans a facility equal to other metro school districts • Benefits all 15 DMPS comprehensive high schools and middle schools LOCATION • Drake University campus • Immediately east of Knapp Center • Land owned/purchased by Drake and donated to DMPS OWNER • Des Moines Public Schools OPERATOR • Drake University • This is a cost savings for the DMPS general fund Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
DRAKE STADIUM • Drake Stadium available for use for free for DMPS football games PRIMARY USES • High School football (Hoover, Lincoln, North and Roosevelt) • High School soccer (all five high schools) • Middle School football (all ten middle schools) • Middle School soccer (all ten middle schools) • Drake University men’s and women’s soccer teams OTHER POTENTIAL USES • Soccer tournaments • Sports and activities camps • Marching band festivals • Special Olympics Unified Sports events Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
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WHY DRAKE?
HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP • DMPS-Drake relationship goes back 100+ years ON-GOING RELATIONSHIP • Working together today on several fronts, such as: ü Master’s degree for DMPS teachers ü Numerous STEM, college prep, arts programs for students ü 3D Coalition to recruit new educators ü Boys & Girls Club ü Roosevelt football SIMILAR NEEDS • DMPS considering stadium options for the past several years • Drake looking for on-campus venue for soccer teams Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
WHY NOW?
OUR STUDENTS DESERVE IT • DMPS students and families shouldn’t have to leave city limits to experience quality facilities LONG-TERM PLANNING • DMPS has been considering a central stadium for nearly a decade FINANCIALLY PRUDENT • $15 million investment to benefit not 1 but 15 schools • Made $630 million in improvements to schools first priority • Costs will increase with each passing year Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
GROWING NEEDS • Increased participation in soccer and middle school activities • Worsening condition of current high school stadiums • Lack of synthetic turf, regulation soccer fields IMMEDIATE IMPACT • Ready for use in a little over a year • Compliments other neighborhood, campus improvements Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT?
SALES TAX • Dedicated to school infrastructure • DMPS would use $15 million in sales tax budgeted for a stadium • Existing funds pay for project • No change in taxes • No change to other planned school renovations • Stadium has been identified as a facility need for nearly a decade DRAKE • Drake University will raise funds for remaining construction costs • Drake will acquire land, and donate to DMPS • Drake will operate the facility Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
SINCE JULY 2000, DMPS HAS SPENT $630 MILLION TO IMPROVE EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING IN DES MOINES. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE: $40,000,000 $33,500,000 $30,000,000 $21,900,000 $20,000,000 $16,600,000 $14,200,000 $10,000,000 $0 $0 Career & Technical Safety & Security Early Childhood Performing Arts Sports Stadiums Education Education Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
WHY NOT SPEND ON SCHOOLS OR TEACHERS?
SALES TAX USE IS LIMITED • Sales tax revenue cannot be used to hire teachers or staff • DMPS has spent $630 million on school renovation and construction over the past 20 years • Unlike many other districts, no sales tax revenue has been spent on stadiums as school needs have been the first priority Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
WHAT WON’T BE SPENT ON THE STADIUM • General Fund ü Used to hired teachers, staff, etc. ü Largest portion of the DMPS budget ü Drake’s operation of stadium saves general fund dollars ü NO general fund dollars would be used to build the stadium • Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) ü Used primarily for building maintenance and repairs ü Recent increase dedicated to student technology ü NO PPEL dollars would be used to build the stadium Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
WHY NOT FIX CURRENT STADIUMS?
HIGH NEEDS • Hoover, Lincoln, North lack synthetic turf (exception is East thanks to partnership with Grand View University) • Roosevelt lacks a stadium entirely • Hoover and Lincoln lack locker rooms • No regulation-size soccer pitch at any of the existing stadiums • All existing stadiums have multiple unmet code and ADA requirements HIGH COSTS • Estimate to upgrade current stadiums to comparable level of the proposed new stadium: $60 million • Cost per stadium ranges from $8 million to $19 million per school Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
WHAT HAPPENS TO EXISTING STADIUMS • High school stadiums sites will remain, and uses include: ü Practice sites for football and soccer ü Track and field practice and meets ü Greater access for feeder school events Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
PROS & CONS
PROS • High quality facility for use by student-athletes, marching bands, cheerleaders, parents, and fans • Another step in our work towards equity for all students • Significant cost savings • Expose thousands of students to a college campus on a regular basis • Meets all building code and ADA requirements • Better amenities for guests (restrooms, concessions, team store, etc.) • Better amenities for users (locker rooms, turf, scoreboard, etc.) • Benefits 15 middle and high schools CONS • Games no longer on high school campuses • Transportation Text STADIUM to 52855 to join our list and ask a question.
FINAL THOUGHTS
EQUITY FOR DES MOINES STUDENTS • DMPS students deserve quality facilities for academics, arts and athletics • Should not have to leave city limits for that opportunity in sports • $15 million investment that benefits 15 secondary schools WELL PLANNED AND FUNDED • Stadium has been an identified facility need for nearly a decade • Sales tax revenue only would be used to fund DMPS share of construction • Drake’s operation of stadium saves DMPS general fund dollars IMMEDIATE IMPACT • Could be ready for use by start of 2021-22 school year • Complements other neighborhood developments • No need to wait to meet this need Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
Learn more at stadium.dmschools.org
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