Erie braces for largest gathering in city's history for eclipse (2024)

FUN THINGS GOING ON. SHELDON. THIS AREA HERE IS CALLED PERRY SQUARE. IT’S THE MAIN STAGING AREA FOR THE ECLIPSE IN ERIE ON MONDAY. NOW SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES LEADING UP TO THE EVENT HAVE ALREADY STARTED TODAY, BEGINNING WITH NASA. WHAT IS AN ECLIPSE? WHY DOES IT HAPPEN? WHY DOESN’T IT HAPPEN RIGHT INSIDE THE LINCOLN COMMUNITY CENTER LIBRARY? NASA EXPLAINS THE PHENOMENON OF THE ECLIPSE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE EAGER TO WITNESS THE EVENT. MONDAY. WE’RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE DEMONSTRATION THAT SHOWS THAT THEORETICALLY, IT SHOWS THAT AN ECLIPSE SHOULD HAPPEN EVERY MONTH, BUT IT DOESN’T. WHY NOT? PENN STATE BEHREND SCHOOL OF SCIENCE IS PREPARING TO HOST UP TO 1500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE STATES, PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THEM WORKING AND FOLLOWING THE ECLIPSE AND HAVING THE STUDENTS VIEW BOTH THROUGH THE TELESCOPE AND IN SECONDARY METHODS. SO WE’RE IN A TELEVISED SOME OF THE TELESCOPES SO GROUPS OF STUDENTS CAN SEE IT ALL AT ONCE. FOOD BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN ERIE ARE BRACING TO FEED MORE PEOPLE THAN THEY EVER HAVE. DURING ONE EVENT, CATFISH KITCHEN EXPECTS TO SELL OUT. GONNA BE PRETTY CROWDED IN THIS TOWN, YOU KNOW, EXPECTING A LOT OF BUSINESSES TO DO VERY WELL. THIS IS FLAGSHIP CITY FOOD HALL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ECLIPSE STAGING AREA DOWNTOWN. IT’S HOME TO NINE CULINARY VENDORS WHO EXPECT TO BE PACKED TO CAPACITY. WE’RE EXPECTING BIG CROWDS, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT TOMORROW, LEADING UP INTO SUNDAY AND THEN MONDAY, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL ECLIPSE WE’VE NEVER SEEN AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE EVER IN OUR HISTORY. I MEAN, WE’VE HAD LARGE EVENTS IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS NOT ONLY A LARGE EVENT, BUT IT’S ALL OVER THE COUNTY. IT’S NOT JUST IN ONE LOCATION, SO IT’S TRULY UNIQUE. AND TONIGHT, VISIT ERIE ALSO TELLS US THAT HOTELS IN THE CITY ARE ALREADY BOOKED AT 99% CAPACITY, REPORTING LIVE FROM ERIE, SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, SHELDON, THANK YOU. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUNE IN FOR ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA THAT STARTS AT TWO AT 3:00. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR IS TAKING YOU TO ERIE. THE. EPICENTER OF ECLIPSE VIEWING HERE IN THE KEYSTONE STATE. WE ALSO HAVE A SOLAR ECLIPSE GUIDE RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE, WTAE DOT COM, AND ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP.