Attendance at Tuesday night's 2017 Eclipse informational meeting was mainly dominated by Princeton Road land owners. Cheryl Cook with the Hopkinsville Christian County Convention and Visitors Bureau says with just 4 years until the 2017 total eclipse, Hopkinsville has a lot to prepare for.
While Cook says past events in Australia have brought in 50 thousand people, Jeff Smith General Manager of the Hampton Inn in Hopkinsville says it looks like it could be 4 to five times that size.
Billy Palmer, a recently retired firefighter mentioned some complications that could arise with large groups and late summer that should be considered when planning for an event like this.
While many of the land owners expressed an interest in benefiting from the visitors the eclipse will bring, others asked how they would keep trespassers out of their crops. Trish Richardson owns land on the Pembroke Road and says they aren't really sure what they're doing yet.
In August 2017 the northwest side of Hopkinsville will be the place where the first total solar eclipse to cross the US since 1918 can be viewed the longest. Officials are already calling the event the most exciting 2 minutes and 40 seconds in astronomy.
While Cook says past events in Australia have brought in 50 thousand people, Jeff Smith General Manager of the Hampton Inn in Hopkinsville says it looks like it could be 4 to five times that size.
Billy Palmer, a recently retired firefighter mentioned some complications that could arise with large groups and late summer that should be considered when planning for an event like this.
While many of the land owners expressed an interest in benefiting from the visitors the eclipse will bring, others asked how they would keep trespassers out of their crops. Trish Richardson owns land on the Pembroke Road and says they aren't really sure what they're doing yet.
In August 2017 the northwest side of Hopkinsville will be the place where the first total solar eclipse to cross the US since 1918 can be viewed the longest. Officials are already calling the event the most exciting 2 minutes and 40 seconds in astronomy.
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