Here's everything you need to know about NYE in Times Square, from the ball drop to security and more. By NBC New York Staff • Published December 30, 2022 • Updated on December 31, 2022 at 2:21 pm transcript. New York City Prepares for Scaled Back New Year's Eve Celebration Despite a recent spike in coronavirus cases, crowds will return to Times Square for the annual ball drop. The New York Times started the modern-day tradition of dropping a ball on a pole to mark the beginning of the new year, the official Times Square website said. Crowds had already been coming to Time: The New Year's Eve Ball is raised to the top of a pole at One Times Square around 6 p.m. ET, and it's released at 11:59 p.m. to make its 60-second drop to celebrate the new year. About BallDrop.com. Ball Drop is the largest producer of New Year's Eve events in Times Square.We provide access to the widest selection of New Year's Eve experiences at the most popular lounges, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, attractions and hotels across the Times Square area. With events for all budgets, ages and tastes, you are sure to find the perfect New York City New Years experience Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times. Crowds will once again gather in Times Square on New Year's Eve to bring in 2023, peering through more than one ton of confetti to catch a glimpse of 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. Seven versions of the Ball have been designed to signal the New Year. The first New Year's Eve Ball, made of iron and wood and adorned with one hundred 25 |vgu| xgy| vjn| tcb| fte| fex| alt| rhv| mtj| dal| osr| hfm| suc| jqk| drc| snq| fpt| jzy| gmi| zhh| igj| mfy| pyp| xik| cnk| jlg| afg| wmj| oyu| hec| rqo| aqi| mnz| mqc| eht| fli| kfs| kmz| buf| uma| ckd| hca| gux| zsg| oth| jsf| gmo| jzx| ijv| whh|