Drake Stadium is a stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Drake University Bulldogs. It opened in 1925 and holds 18,000 people. The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... Des Moines skyline Des Moines (pronounced in English, in French) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Iowa. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Drake University is a private, fully accredited, coeducational university on a 120-acre campus in Des Moines, the capital and largest city in Iowa. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Drake Stadium has seen the Drake Bulldogs win ten conference championships in football, while advancing to nine college football bowl games.
Drake Stadium is also the home to the Drake Relays one of the premier track and field meets in the county. Thousands of high school, college, and professional track athletes come to Drake Stadium in late April to compete in one of the largest track meets in the United States.
Dedication of Drake Plaza and bronze bulldog sculpture, 12:15 p.m., DrakeStadium main entrance, southwest corner of the stadium near Forest Avenue.
Drake 125th anniversary celebration, including ice cream and cupcakes, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Helmick Commons area of Drake campus, directly north of DrakeStadium main entrance.
The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty, and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.
DrakeStadium, one of the finest track and field facilities in the world, is now in its 38th season as the on-campus home of the Bruin men's and women's track and field teams.
The stadium took on a new look (August-December 1999) when it was transformed into a state-of-the-art soccer/track and fi eld facility, adding the Frank W. Marshall Field at DrakeStadium.
In 1973, it was offi cially named DrakeStadium in honor of a legend at UCLA, Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake, who had been associated with his alma mater as a student-athlete, track coach and athletic trainer for over 60 years.
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