I've been in Des Moines for about six years, and the Caravan has only been here once. I'm not sure what the average turnout is for these things (obviously the public events), but I felt like our turnout was pretty good. I just kind of thought they'd want to try to throw their hat in the ring a bit harder versus the other 5 'blackout' teams that are also in the area for us. It just seems like they concede the area to the Cubs, Cardinals, Royals, White Sox, and Brewers. /rant In all seriousness though, I wish they'd make a bigger effort to promote down here. They were doing a pretty good job when Target Field opened but now its pretty much completely went away.