The city of Stuart had a big turnout for the RVTV Tailgate that celebrated the annual Iowa State versus Iowa football game. 

Chamber of Commerce Member Nate Westre says they had an estimated crowd of 3,000 people who showed up throughout the day to downtown Stuart. Westre explains that this event is something they want to do whether or not RVTV comes back to Stuart. 

“There are other towns, Slater and Humboldt, that have been RVTV stops in the past that like us, had such a great response that they now just do a citywide tailgate party and it’s maybe a little scaled down from the events that we had. And it won’t be the full day and won’t start at 11:00 AM, I don’t think. But we are still planning lots of live music, food trucks, activities and games, probably a bags tournament, maybe some karaoke. We’ll see how it goes. But planning has started.”

Westre says as of right now they are planning on keeping the tailgate party on the Thursday before the Iowa and Iowa State football game in 2023.