Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
If you aren’t reveling in Times Square this chilly evening, watch a live broadcast of the celebration here. Anderson Cooper will provide hourly countdowns and musical guests Miley Cyrus, Macklemore, Blondie, Melissa Etheridge and others will be twerking and twirling until the confetti rains down at midnight.
At 11:59 p.m., Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be the first United States Supreme Court judge to press the button that will lower the 12-foot-wide, 11,875-pound geodesic sphere covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles.
Inside the ball, more than 30,000 LEDs will be lit by the New York City power grid with a little help from visitors to Times Square. Over three days, 2,194 riders mounted stationery Citi Bikes connected to 12-volt, deep-cycle batteries, which generated 1,967 watts, or enough energy to keep the LEDs glowing for about three minutes.
If you are planning to enter the fray in Times Square, take note of the entry points and that there will not be access to public restrooms. You can also download the free Times Square Ball app to stay up to the second.
Happy New Year everybody!
