Don’t Miss Your Chance To Witness The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse At Grand Park Sports Campus
The City of Westfield is pleased to announce events surrounding the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Westfield will experience one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena in our skies. A total solar eclipse will happen in Westfield at approximately 3:06 p.m., lasting 3 minutes and 18 seconds.
Westfield will host Solar Eclipse festivities at Grand Park Sports Campus with fun for the entire family from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Attendees can enjoy food and drinks from food trucks, a concert with the 1985 Band, attractions and inflatables, and total darkness from the eclipse. Grand Universe will have viewing telescopes on-site to educate attendees about the solar eclipse and its history. Special guest Dr. Mark SubbaRao, Director of NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will also be on-site.
Tickets are only available for pre-purchase and are $100 per standard-size vehicle; eclipse viewing glasses are included in the admission price. Overnight RV and camper parking will be available for $400 from Sunday to Tuesday in a designated parking lot on Grand Park Sports Campus; no overnight parking will be available for non-RVs/Campers. Please note EV charging is not available on-site.
Other supporting events leading up to the eclipse will be announced in partnership with Grand Universe, including ways that residents can pick up complimentary eclipse glasses necessary for safely viewing the sun during the phenomenon.
What is a total solar eclipse?
A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk; the sky will begin to change around 1:50 p.m. with totality at 3:06 p.m. The next total solar eclipse from the contiguous United States will be August 23, 2044.
It has been 819 years since Hamilton County had a total solar eclipse.
For more details and to secure tickets, please visit westfieldwelcome.com/solar-eclipse. More information will be added as the event approaches.