The Hotdoggers are coming to Starkville.
The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile will be on Main Street downtown Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m.
This 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels will be parked in front of Cadence Bank. Paige Watson, the special events and projects coordinator for the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, said anyone can come see the Weinermobile and take a tour of the vehicle.
“We want to invite the public to come out and take some pictures,” Watson said. “We’re just glad that Oscar Mayer decided to come and visit Starkville.”
Watson said she reached out to Oscar Mayer about sending the Weinermobile to Starkville. The Partnership will be selling hot dogs at the event for $3 to benefit the Starkville Main Street Association, and people can pay with cash or Venmo, Watson said. The Weinermobile drivers, known as “Hotdoggers,” will also be handing out toy whistles or “Weinerwhistles” and assigning Hotdogger names.
The Weinermobile was first created by Oscar Mayer’s nephew, Carl Mayer, in 1936. Six different Weinermobiles travel the country to promote Oscar Mayer hot dogs.
Mississippi State University student Abbigaile MacKenzie Hunsucker said she and her roommates will be visiting the Weinermobile in honor of her birthday. She said she even convinced her professor to end class early so students could attend the event.
“I think this is going to be something fun to do,” Hunsucker said. “There haven’t been a lot of things to do lately because of COVID, so I think this is pretty cool and unique. Not everyone can say they’ve seen the Weinermobile!”