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Des Moines Public Schools board rejects bids for stadium project

Superintendent Tom Ahart cited numerous reasons for the higher-than-expected construction bids.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly two months after Des Moines Public Schools board had approved final plans for a joint stadium with Drake University, the project took a new turn Tuesday night. 

The board voted to reject the bids for the stadium, with Superintendent Tom Ahart citing inflationary costs and tariffs as reasons estimates were higher than was acceptable.

The stadium will be home to DMPS high school and middle school football and soccer teams, as well as the Drake soccer teams.

Watch the full school board meeting from Tuesday night below:

Last summer, a lawsuit was filed claiming DMPS broke the law by not putting the multi-million dollar stadium proposal on a ballot for the public to vote on.

   

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