Posted on August 04, 2021
I-45城市将会有超过4分钟的日全食； twice as long as 2017 and more than Dallas, Houston or Austin
SYNERGIZE Corsicana, a marketing group formed prior to the pandemic to share marketing ideas across all business sectors, has taken on its first major project: the 2024 Solar Eclipse. The eclipse will move from the Mexico border up through Texas, traveling along I-45 for slightly more than one hour. During that time, people seeing the total eclipse here will experience one of nature’s most unique events, described as the Super Bowl of astronomical events, and one that will not occur here again until November 15, 2077. The last time Corsicana was in the path of a total solar eclipse was July 29, 1878.
The Solar Eclipse Committee is led by Amy Tidwell and Susan Wilson, with expert guidance by Dr. Bruce Brazell, 天文馆 Director of 皇冠博彩 and Professor, along with the marketing expertise of Stacie Sipes, Marketing Director of 皇冠博彩 campuses. While nearby cities will also experience total darkness during the solar eclipse of similar lengths, only Corsicana has a 天文馆, around which key events and elements of the eclipse will take place.
The Solar Eclipse project is funded by the Tourism budget allocated by the Corsicana Visitors’ Bureau. A custom 2024 eclipse 标志 is under development, which will be provided free to local vendors and businesses to capitalize on the possibly thousands of people who will visit Corsicana in the day or two prior to the eclipse. 日食的官方日期和时间是2024年4月8日星期一下午1:40。
A dedicated 网站, also under development, will feature a calendar listing available free to any event promoter, venue, meeting / parking area and other business entities to promote events related to the solar eclipse. The 网站 will also promote where to stay overnight, things to do, shopping and dining.
The Solar Eclipse Committee researched the path of the 2017 Solar Eclipse and how cities were affected. In the state of Nebraska, it was estimated approximately 708,000 people traveled to the state for the eclipse. In Hopkinsville, Kentucky (population 31,000) about 50 miles north of Nashville, an estimated 116,000 people visited.
The Committee plans an asset production phase of 标志, 网站 and procurement of solar viewing glasses and other merchandise for the next 12 months, and an active marketing and public relations plan will begin approximately 18 months prior to the total solar eclipse.
The Committee includes representatives from the city, education, health, hotels and hospitality, business, religion, marketing and public relations, the field of astronomy and the arts. Anyone interested in participating in the three-year project is encouraged to contact Amy Tidwell, Main Street and Director of Tourism at atidwell@corsicanatx.gov or call 903-654-4851.
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Press Contact: Susan Wilson, susan.wilson@susanwilsonmarketing.com, 480-824-3015