The Iowa Energy had their home opener last night over at Wells Fargo Arena. If you’re keeping track, that now gives downtown Des Moines residents pro baseball (I-Cubs), pro basketball (Energy), pro hockey (Stars) and coming soon, Arena Football. All in all it’s quite exciting for downtown Des Moines.

Here’s what the Register had to say about it.

Still, what the night might have lacked in aesthetics, it nearly made up for in atmosphere. All sides of the arena’s lower bowl had bodies in them, something you couldn’t say about the Iowa Stars’ playoff games here six months ago.

Paid attendance was 8,842, a new D-League record for a franchise’s home opener. The previous high was 7,317, set just last Friday by the Mad Ants - that’s the nickname, honest - of Fort Wayne, Ind.

“I’m really excited,” Nurse said. “I think people have given us a great reception. It’s been positive. Really, surprisingly positive.”

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