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Merle Hay memorial boulder in Des Moines, Iowa. Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 – November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana and Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 1959 Merle Hay Plaza, a 47-acre shopping center, was built on the northwest corner of Merle Hay and Douglas roads on the Des Moines-Urbandale border. In 1972, the plaza was enclosed and became ...
Merle Hay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States.Opened in 1959, it is the second oldest regional shopping center in Iowa, and was the largest mall in Iowa in terms of gross leasable area before the 2004 opening of Jordan Creek Town Center in neighboring West Des Moines.
The arena, on which she hopes to start work in 2025, is intended to solidify Merle Hay as a destination for more than just shopping. Holland also runs Layercake, a site-selection software business ...
For one-half mile (800 m), US 6 / Iowa 28 run together on Hickman Road. Turning north, they run together for another mile (1.6 km) along Merle Hay Road, named after the first Iowa service member in World War I. At Douglas Avenue, US 6 splits away from Iowa 28 and continues east, becoming Euclid Avenue just west of the Des Moines River.
Gameday arcade bar opened in 2019 and later took over Merle Hay Lanes, renaming the bowling alley Gameday Lanes in 2020. Dinks Pickleball and play center Kids Empire opened in 2023.
In November 1978, a fire broke out in the Younkers store in the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, killing 11 people. [7] To date, it is the most devastating fire in Des Moines' history, and destroyed the original Younkers at the mall. It is also the third deadliest department store fire in US history. The fire was caused by faulty wiring. [8]
Des Moines and Urbandale say the planned Buccaneers arena will lose $26.5 million in state aid if a lease agreement can't be reached by year's end