the massive shimmering ball will be lowered at Times Square in New York City to kick off the new year. Though the ball drop tradition at Times Square began in 1907, New Year’s Eve celebrations ...

The first Times Square ball drop was a rousing, if messy, success. Crowds “began pouring” out of the subway station the night of December 31, the Times wrote, reporting, perhaps with ...

Lightbulbs, a new technology at the time, were used to create a lighted time ball. It would drop over Times Square for the first time on New Year's Eve 1907. That first ball was six feet in ...

Times Square's biggest tourist draw is the annual New Year's Eve ball drop. Revelers crowd the area to see New York's famous Waterford crystal ball descend 77 feet from a pole on the One Times ...

They would drop their ball at noon, exactly. The Times Square ball first dropped on January 1, 1908. However, in another American difference, the stroke of midnight is when the ball reaches the ...

According to The New Yorker, The New York Times constructed the building at One Times Square as its headquarters ... came up with the idea to drop a lighted ball from the top of the tower instead.

Final preps underway for New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square Roughly 1 million people will pack themselves into Times Square on New Year's Eve, and officials want to ensure they have a fun ...

NEW YORK (CNN)-- New York celebrates the centennial of its most famous New Year's tradition Monday, as organizers of the Times Square ball drop have given the crystal globe an environmental makeover.

Some 58,000 revelers are usually allowed into Times Square viewing areas for the iconic Dec. 31 ball drop, but de Blasio said the crowd will be capped at about 15,000 this year to allow for social ...