In 1993 , the league staged its first All-Star Game in Des Moines , Iowa , the future home of the long-running Iowa Barnstormers , as a fundraiser for flood victims in the area . The National Conference defeated the American Conference 64 – 40 in front of a crowd of 7,189 . The second All-Star event was in October 2013 , with two games , the first in Honolulu , Hawai'i , the second being in Beijing , China
flood victims in the area
Great Flood of 1993
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