Times Square New Year S Eve Ball

For the first time in 114 years there will be no crowd in times square to cheer the famed new year s eve ball drop.

Times square new year s eve ball. Times square new year s eve 2021 is happening visually virtually safely. History of the new year s eve ball. Every year new york s new year celebration is one of the hottest tickets in the world.

A post shared by times square nyc timessquarenyc on sep 23 2020 at 1 20pm pdt. 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. 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.

The massive annual new year s eve celebration ringing out 2020 will go virtual this year thanks to the. On december 31st the ball will drop in times square. The times square ball is a time ball located in new york city s times square located on the roof of one times square the ball is a prominent part of a new year s eve celebration in times square commonly referred to as the ball drop where the ball descends down a specially designed flagpole beginning at 11 59 00 p m.

Representatives from philips lighting company flip the switch. Stay tuned for more details about how we will be ringing in 2021 in a virtually enhanced way in times square and around the world. In the latest covid 19 induced blow to big apple traditions officials.

Celebrate with us virtually in an enhanced celebration that will bring times square and the ball drop to you no matter where you are. New york covid 19 is forcing changes to the annual new year s eve celebration in times square. Seven versions of the ball have been designed to signal the new year.

Annual times square ball drop goes online this year at met cancels its 2020 21 season. For times square 2000 the millennium celebration at the crossroads of the world the new year s eve ball was completely redesigned by waterford crystal and philips lighting. Revelers began celebrating new year s eve in times square as early as 1904 but it was in 1907 that the new year s eve ball made its maiden descent from the flagpole atop one times square.