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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile returns to Cedar Rapids for St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024
See where you can find it before, after the parade
Mar. 12, 2024 12:58 pm, Updated: Mar. 12, 2024 1:18 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — Eastern Iowa residents can relish new opportunities this spring to link up with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile as it tours the area for the first time since 2021.
The intergenerational icon will make appearances at St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Cedar Rapids and Dyersville, as well as several Hy-Vee locations in Cedar Rapids leading up to the celebration.
Here’s where you can find the 27-foot-long vehicle as it makes stops in Dyersville and every quadrant of Cedar Rapids:
Thursday, March 14
- Hy-Vee, 1843 Johnson Ave. NW, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Hy-Vee, 20 Wilson Ave. SW, 2 to 5 p.m.
Friday, March 15
- Hy-Vee, 3235 Oakland Rd. NE, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Hy-Vee, 5050 Edgewood Rd. NE, 2 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 16
- Dyersville St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 133 First Ave. E., Dyersville, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 17
- Cedar Rapids St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 97 Third Ave. SE, 1 p.m.
Drivers with wiener-themed stage names will be on hand at each stop to take photos with the vehicle and give away “Wienermobilia,” including the company’s signature wiener whistles.
Wienermobile stats
Length: 60 hot dogs (27 feet)
Width: 18 hot dogs (8 feet)
Height: 24 hot dogs (11 feet)
Weight: About 140,000 hot dogs (7 tons, or 14,000 pounds)
Fuel Economy: “Smiles per gallon,” which is “comparable to an RV.”
The Wienermobile last visited Iowa in October 2021 with a string of stops in Linn and Johnson counties. It does not have any other Iowa stops planned for at least the next two months.
This year’s Iowa appearances coincide with a campaign of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country as other Wienermobiles simultaneously visit Chicago; Texas City, Texas; Pagosa Springs, Colo., and Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Oscar Mayer operates six such vehicles across the country, typically driven by college seniors who each take a year to tour a region of the United States. Each driver takes two weeks of training with the Madison, Wis., Police Department — Hot Dog High — before touring with the seven-ton Wienermobile.
Comments: Features reporter Elijah Decious can be reached at (319) 398-8340 or elijah.decious@thegazette.com.
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