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The ritual of watching a dazzling ball descend from a pole in Times Square has taken place since the early 20th century, when electricity use was so new it seemed like magic.
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. ET, and resting at midnight to signal the start of the new year.
New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen is an annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by CNN and CNN International.It primarily focuses on coverage of the "ball drop" event held at New York City's Times Square, while also featuring coverage of festivities in other areas of the U.S. and around the world.
It's almost time to ring in the new year! Every Dec. 31, roughly 1 million people gather in New York City to witness the ball — an 11,875-pound sphere illuminated by 32,256 LEDs — descend the ...
On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and ...
unknown content item-Since crowds first began gathering in Times Square to commemorate New Year’s Eve over a century ago, it has been a ritual to flock to midtown’s brightly lit chaos to ring ...
NEW YORK -- The ball that will drop in Times Square to usher in 2025 has been unveiled days before its final run. Organizers of the iconic New Year's Eve party in New York City screwed the last ...
An estimated 350,000 revelers gather to welcome the new year in New York's Times Square, Jan. 1, 1958. Today's contemporary ball weighs a whopping 11,875 pounds and is adorned with 2,688 crystal ...