Largest events drawing visitors to the metro area, week of Aug. 6

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Organization Event Arrival Departure Attendees Venue City
  Iowa State Fair 8/9/2012 8/19/2012 1,000,000 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Knoxville Raceway 52nd Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals World of Outlaws 8/8/2012 8/11/2012 75,000 Knoxville Raceway Knoxville
School Administrators of Iowa Annual Conference 8/8/2012 8/9/2012 1,750 Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center Des Moines
United States Tennis Association – Adult League Sectionals Missouri Valley Adult League Sectionals 8/9/2012 8/12/2012 1,500 Waveland Tennis Courts Des Moines
Urban Assault Ride Des Moines Ride 8/12/2012 8/12/2012 1,500 Downtown Des Moines Des Moines
Iowa Hawkeye Horseshoe Pitchers Association IHHPA State Championships/Iowa State Fair 8/9/2012 8/19/2012 1,000 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Men’s Class D & E Slow Pitch 8/10/2012 8/12/2012 1,000 Raccoon River Park West Des Moines
Hott Horse Shows Two Rivers Summer Festival I 8/8/2012 8/12/2012 750 Maffitt Lake Equestrian Center Cumming
Iowa State Fair FFA Sheep Show 8/8/2012 8/10/2012 500 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Iowa State Fair FFA Swine Show 8/9/2012 8/10/2012 500 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Iowa Women’s Golf Association IWGA Four-Ball Championship 8/12/2012 8/13/2012 400 Copper Creek Golf Course Pleasant Hill
Biennial Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean Conference 16th Biennial Molecular Biology of the Soybean Conference 8/12/2012 8/15/2012 350 Sheraton – West Des Moines West Des Moines
Iowa State Fair 4-H Horse Show 8/7/2012 8/8/2012 300 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Iowa State Fair FFA Beef Show 8/8/2012 8/9/2012 300 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines
Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial Fabulous Fraternal Weekend 8/9/2012 8/11/2012 250 Adventureland Inn Altoona
Iowa Empowerment Conference Corp. Mind and Body-Empower All of Me 8/7/2012 8/9/2012 200 Holiday Inn – Airport Des Moines
Iowa Women in Agriculture Annual Conference 8/7/2012 8/7/2012 200 FFA Enrichment Center Ankeny
Iowa State Fair FFA Horse Show 8/8/2012 8/9/2012 200 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines

Source: Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau