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How The Times Square Ball Drop Became One Of The World’s Most Iconic New Year’s Eve Celebrations

For people around the world, the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve is a symbolic gesture to acknowledge the passage of ...

Times Square has a dazzling new ball for the New Year’s Eve drop — and it’s the biggest yet

It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...
Hyperallergic

The Golden Age of Times Square Sleaze Is Back

"You're all too young and too clean-cut to remember, but I was a star in the golden age of Times Square sleaze," snears burlesque superstar Tigger-James Ferguson, playing a washed-up Times Square ...
The New York Times

In Times Square, a New Ball for a New Year

The new ball will have more lights and round crystals and can be visited year-round, for a price. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll find out about the new New Year’s Eve ball in ...