New Year's Eve Schedule
For 108 years, Times Square has been the center of worldwide attention
on New Year's Eve, ever since the owners of One Times Square began in
1904 to conduct rooftop celebrations to greet the New Year. The first
Ball Lowering celebration occurred in 1907, and this tradition is now a
universal symbol of welcoming the New Year.
THE EVENTS:
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3:00 PM
The Revelers
Revelers start arriving late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. By
approximately 3:00 PM., the Bowtie of Times Square (42nd to 47th Sts.
between Broadway & 7th Ave.) is fully closed to traffic. Revelers
are directed by the NYPD to gather in separate viewing sections. As one
section fills up, the revelers are directed by police to the next
viewing section. As the evening progresses, revelers continue to fill
the Times Square neighborhood along Broadway and Seventh Avenue moving
uptown from 43rd Street to as far as Central Park.
6:00 PM to 6:03 PM
Lighting and Raising the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The celebration begins with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s
Eve Ball atop One Times Square. The Event Organizers will be joined by
representatives of the Philips Lighting Company to flip the giant switch
which lights the New Year’s Eve Ball and begins its ascent accompanied
by special pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square.
6:03 PM to 6:13 PM
Opening Ceremonies
11:59 PM
The Sixty-Second Countdown
The Times Square 2014 Special Guest and New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg push the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of
the New Year’s Eve Ball, and lead the final sixty-second countdown to
the New Year on the Nivea Countdown Stage.
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The lighted Ball descends 70 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a
geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The
Ball is covered with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256
Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
12:00 AM -- New Year's Day
2014 Sign
At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are
turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2014” burst to life shining
high above Times Square.
Times Square Confetti Release and Pyrotechnic Effects
The world-famous New Year's Eve confetti is released from the rooftops
of buildings throughout Times Square creating a celebratory blizzard of
colorful confetti as revelers welcome the New Year accompanied by
colorful pyrotechnic effects.
12:15 AM
End of Show
New Year's Eve
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Every year as the clock nears midnight on December 31st, the eyes of
the world turn once more to the dazzling lights and bustling energy of
Times Square. Anticipation runs high. New Year's Eve at the symbolic
center of New York City has become more than just a celebration - it's a
global tradition.
The world holds its breath...and cheers as the clocks strike twelve.
As the famous New Year's Eve Ball descends from the flagpole atop One
Times Square, an estimated one million people in Times Square, millions
nationwide and over a billion watching throughout the world are united
in bidding a collective farewell to the departing year, and expressing
our joy and hope for the year ahead.
The Times Square New Year's Eve celebration features star-studded
musical performances, balloons, handouts, confetti, a colorful
pyrotechnic display and about a million of your closest friends.
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