Indiana College misplaced $1.3M on eclipse celebration

Indiana College misplaced over $1.3 million on the star-studded occasion it organized to rejoice the photo voltaic eclipse in April, Indiana Public Media reported based mostly on info gained by way of a public data request.

The Hoosier Cosmic Celebration at IU’s soccer stadium on April 8 featured big-name musicians and celebrities like Janelle Monáe, in addition to scholar and native performers. Tickets price $15 however got out without spending a dime within the week main as much as the eclipse. Roughly 9,400 tickets had been bought, however someplace between 3,000 and 4,000 individuals truly confirmed up, IPM reported. Over all, fewer vacationers got here to Bloomington for the eclipse than metropolis leaders had anticipated.

The college, one in every of a number of to host particular celebrations in honor of the eclipse, earned lower than $300,000 in income from the occasion.

“Though we noticed lower-than-expected numbers of individuals within the Bloomington neighborhood for the eclipse, IU was proud to offer a rewarding expertise for many who attended the Memorial Stadium occasion and skilled the eclipse together with extremely proficient performers and pioneers of their discipline, in addition to IU college students, school and employees who carried out and composed items for the occasion,” a college spokesperson advised Indiana Public Media. “Moreover, Indiana College was capable of spotlight its school experience and analysis on a nationwide scale by way of media protection within the weeks and months main as much as and in the course of the complete photo voltaic eclipse.”