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How to make your drive to the Farm Progress Show better
Navigating to the 2024 show is easier than ever before.
Rod Swoboda
August 22, 2024
2 Min Read
NEW ROUTE: Rick Wild, senior operations manager, says this year’s Farm Progress Show has a new traffic route that allows for easier access to the show grounds.Farm Progress
Editor’s note: The Farm Progress Show is Aug. 27-29 in Boone, Iowa. Visit FarmProgressShow.com.
In the early morning hours before the Farm Progress Show gates open, drivers will be heading for the Central Iowa Expo site near Boone. Over the years since the show was first held on this site in 2008, traffic refinements have been made.
Familiarizing yourself with the directions to the show is always recommended. The show was last held at Boone in 2022. Improvements have been made this year with a new traffic route from the north.
New traffic routes should make it easier to get to the Farm Progress Show.
Rick Wild, senior operations manager for the Farm Progress Show, says this new route allows for easier access to the showgrounds.
“We are really excited about the upcoming 2024 show,” Wild says. “We are adding an entirely new traffic route into the show. Now that an overpass has been built over the railroad tracks along the north side of the show site, we are able to bring traffic in from the north on highway 17.”
Traffic coming into the show site using that route will not have to get on U.S. Highway 30, which adds flexibility for entering the site during the days of the show. It also helps the law enforcement folks direct traffic into the show site.
As you travel to the show, watch for any directions given by local law enforcement. There might be contingencies for managing traffic to help speed you in and out of the site.
For updates and possible changes to traffic and other event operations:
Listen to WHO 1040 AM radio.
Visit FarmProgressShow.com.
Follow along on FPS social media channels.
Follow these directions
Note these routes to the site:
From the north. Take Interstate 35 south to Exit 142B. Take Highway 20 west to Highway 17. Take Highway 17 south.
From the west. Take Interstate 80 east to I-35. Take I-35 north to Exit 111. Take Highway 30 west to Highway 17. Take Highway 17 north.
From the south. Take I-35 north to Exit 111. Take Highway 30 west to Highway 17.
From the east. Take I-80 west to I-35. Take I-35 north to Exit 111. Take Highway 30 west to Highway 17. Locally, take Highway 30 to Highway 17.
Overnight parking info
RV and camper parking are available at the Farm Progress Show north of the showgrounds in an alfalfa parking lot.
There is no fee to park, and no facilities are provided. The grounds are open for camper and RV parking after noon on Aug. 26.
To access the overnight parking lot, follow the regular traffic signs for visitor parking. On show days, you can follow the regular visitor routing, and parking staff will move you to the correct lot after show hours for overnight parking.
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