Heads up, stargazers and baseball fans alike! The Frisco RoughRiders are throwing the most talked-about solar eclipse viewing party in the heart of Texas. On April 8, eclipse enthusiasts and sports fans can gather at Riders Field for not just a spectacle in the sky but a full-on social fete — complete with live music, player meet-and-greets, and a range of family-friendly activities. A ten-buck ticket lands you a pair of eclipse glasses along with a sweet bonus — a voucher you can cash in for any RoughRiders game rolling out from April 9 to 14..
According to the City of Frisco, a total solar eclipse is a bit of a celestial unicorn, showing up every 18 months across some stretch of our blue marble, but it hunkering down over a specific plot like Frisco. That's a once-in-a-multitude-of-generations scenario — think in the ballpark of every three to four hundred years, so this is our shot to catch the moon playing hide and seek with the sun, and Frisco is sitting pretty in the path of totality. The outer-space show kicks off at 12:23 p.m. with the main blackout event buzzed in at 1:41, cresting at the peak eclipse two minutes later.
