NEW YORK -- New York City is getting ready to ring in New Year's Eve 2025 with the ball drop countdown in Times Square. The New Year's Eve weather forecast calls for heavy rain, and it could be the ...

Each year, thousands of people pack around the building to watch the Times Square ball slowly descend a pole ... the publisher and owner of the New York Times, wanted to increase publicity for ...

Think, eating turkey on Thanksgiving, exchanging presents during Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or Christmas—and watching the ball drop ... to the Times Square website, the New York Times opened a new ...

The timeless Times Square treasure ... away entirely. The ball drop is a tradition that has stood the test of time. The first one dates back to 1907 after the New York Times sought a way to ...

11,875-pound crystal ball slowly descend a New York City flagpole to announce the start of a new year. The Times Square ball drop has been a fixture of New Year's Eve since 1907, when the original ...

The Times Square ball, which sits atop the number one Times Square building, has dropped to mark New York’s start to the ... the ball dropped. The ball drop is a prominent part of the city ...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The iconic Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is officially retiring. The ball will drop one last time on Wednesday, January 15 at 3 p.m. at One Times Square.

And of course, in the US, it's common to watch the Times Square ball drop. The ball drop has been a New York City tradition for over a century, symbolizing new beginnings. But the ball itself has ...

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 ...

Oregonians who can't make it to New York on New Year's Eve to watch the ball drop at Times Square and ring in 2025 still have some at-home options to choose from. Since the early 1900s ...

NEW YORK (AP ... ran up and down a 139-foot pole atop the One Times Square skyscraper. Monday’s rehearsal was just one of many pre-ball drop promotional events.