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INTRODUCTIONS

Diana Keating

Director of Tourism & Marketing

Visit Rochester

Dan Schneiderman

Eclipse Partnerships Coordinator

RMSC

Deb Ross

Chair

Rochester Eclipse Task Force

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AGENDA

  • INTRODUCTIONS
  • WHAT IS THE 2024 ECLIPSE AND WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT FOR TOURISM?
  • LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LAST MAJOR ECLIPSE
  • ECLIPSE BY THE NUMBERS FOR NEW YORK STATE
  • ROCHESTER’S PLANNING EFFORTS AND OBJECTIVES
  • Q & A

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APRIL 8, 2024 = TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN!

Fredonia

Buffalo

Rochester

Syracuse

Partial Begins: 2:03 PM

Totality Start: 3:17 PM

Totality End: 3:21 PM

Partial Ends: 4:31 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 41 sec

Partial Begins: 2:05 PM

Totality Start: 3:18 PM

Totality End: 3:22 PM

Partial Ends: 4:32 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 46 sec

Partial Begins: 2:07 PM

Totality Start: 3:20 PM

Totality End: 3:23 PM

Partial Ends: 4:33 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 39 sec

Partial Begins: 2:09 PM

Totality Start: 3:23 PM

Totality End: 3:24 PM

Partial Ends: 4:34 PM�

Totality Duration:

1 min 27 sec

Watertown

Old Forge

Saranac Lake

Plattsburgh

Partial Begins: 2:10 PM

Totality Start: 3:22 PM

Totality End: 3:26 PM

Partial Ends: 4:35 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 39 sec

Partial Begins: 2:11 PM

Totality Start: 3:24 PM

Totality End: 3:26 PM

Partial Ends: 4:35 PM�

Totality Duration:

2 min 49 sec

Partial Begins: 2:12 PM

Totality Start: 3:25 PM

Totality End: 3:28 PM

Partial Ends: 4:36 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 30 sec

Partial Begins: 2:14 PM

Totality Start: 3:25 PM

Totality End: 3:27 PM

Partial Ends: 4:37 PM�

Totality Duration:

3 min 34 sec

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Next Total Solar Eclipse in US

August 12, 2045

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Next Total Solar Eclipse in NYS

May 1, 2079

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Next Total Solar Eclipse in Rochester

October 26, 2144

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EclipseWise.com

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SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURISM & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 2017

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  • The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will be one of the largest shared positive community events that New York State has ever experienced.
  • The increased economic impact that communities in the line of totality in 2017 experienced was remarkable.
    • Greenville, South Carolina
    • State of South Carolina
    • Nashville, Tennessee
    • State of Oregon

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POTENTIAL FOR 2024

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  • By leveraging this once-in-a-lifetime special event, we all have the opportunity to enhance the work we do every day in showcasing our communities across New York State as the unique, world-class destinations that they are.

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REGIONAL BENEFITS

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  • Collaboration
  • Looking Beyond Economic Benefit

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NYS BY THE NUMBERS

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  • ~4 Million NYS Residents live in the path
  • 27 counties will experience totality
  • 88.5% - 100% sun coverage throughout the state

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27 Counties Will Experience Totality

  • Chautauqua
  • Cattaraugus
  • Allegany
  • Erie
  • Niagara
  • Orleans
  • Genesee
  • Wyoming
  • Livingston
  • Ontario
  • Monroe
  • Wayne
  • Yates
  • Seneca
  • Cayuga
  • Onondaga
  • Oswego
  • Oneida
  • Lewis
  • Jefferson
  • Herkimer
  • Hamilton
  • Jefferson
  • St. Lawrence
  • Franklin
  • Clinton
  • Essex

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2017

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  • Positives
    • Special Events
    • Total People Attending
  • Negatives
    • Traffic Issues
    • Supply Chain
    • Crowd management
    • Weather
  • Accessibility

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MOBILIZING ROCHESTER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS

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  • Planning started in Fall 2017
  • Task force structure
  • Optics & photonics industry as backdrop
  • Inclusivity as paramount
  • Art as community unifier
  • Digital pom-poms and megaphone

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rochestereclipse2024.org

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QUESTIONS?

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Contact Us

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Diana Keating: dianak@visitrochester.com

Dan Schneiderman: dschneiderman@rmsc.org

Deb Ross: deb@kidsoutandabout.com

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THANK YOU!