New Year Times Square

New year s eve 2021 might look a little different than usual but one thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a new year at midnight on december 31st.
New year times square. 1 2021 now 100 days away the organizers. I ve long wanted to be in times square for the dropping of the ball celebration but i m too old and my urinary tract is far too weak. The upcoming new year s eve celebration in times square will be a virtually enhanced celebration the event s organizers announced wednesday.
Formerly known as longacre square times square was renamed in 1904 after the new york times moved its headquarters to the then newly erected times building now one times square. 31 said tim tompkins president of the times square alliance. One thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a new year at midnight on dec.
Celebrate with us virtually in an enhanced celebration that will bring times square and the ball drop to you no matter where you are. It is the site of the annual new year s eve ball drop which began on december 31 1907 and continues to attract over a million visitors to times square every year. Every year the new year s eve ball descends atop one times square in front of an estimated one million people in person live bands celebrities etc.
This annual event creates enthusiasm about the new year to millions watching on television and over a billion watching throughout the world. The modifications to the times square new year s eve celebration comes as another beloved event the macy s thanksgiving parade will be television only for the first time in 94 years. But today when the new york times declared joe biden the winner of the presidential race i felt the joyful delirium reflected in the faces of those hundreds of thousands of young people who gather every year in times square.
The new year s eve celebration in times square is among the biggest in the world typically drawing about 1 million people with more than 1 billion more tuning in on television to watch the.