New Year At Times Square

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 year at times square. The history of new year s eve in times square. At the stroke of midnight the ball s lights on are turned off as the numerals of the new year 2019 burst to life shining high above times square. The ball drop and confetti toss have been tested and.

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. Thousands of people pack times square to revel in the festivities and ring in the new year. Almost immediately the square became the place where new yorkers gathered to celebrate the arrival of the new year.

New york cbsnewyork as 2019 comes to a close the final preparations are underway for the new year s eve celebration in times square. One thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a new year at midnight on december 31st said tim tompkins president of the times square alliance. Every year new york s new year celebration is one of the hottest tickets in the world.

But 1 or 2 million people in new york s times square for new year s eve. The times square alliance and countdown entertainment are streaming a webcast of the 2021 new year s eve celebration starting at 6pm. Times square has been party central for new year s eve since 1904 an inaugural bash that also celebrated the opening of the new headquarters of the new york times newspaper with more than 200 000 revelers.

A tradition was born and when fireworks were temporarily banned in the city the tradition of the ball drop began for the 1908 celebrations. New york ryan seacrest and anderson cooper will be there. The square was renamed in 1904 for the new york times which opened its new offices in the times tower on the square though it would outgrow them by 1913.