A look at the Times Square New Year's Eve ball during a media tour in NYC's Times Square on Nov. 24, 2025. See the Patriotic crystal ball reveal for NYE Times Square ball drop 1 of 8 A look at the Times Square New Year's Eve ball during a media tour in NYC's Times Square on Nov. 24, 2025. A view of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball during a media tour in Times Square in New York City, on Nov. 24, 2025. New Year's Eve celebrations at Times Square have been held for 122 years, "ever since the owners of One Times Square began in 1904 to conduct rooftop celebrations to greet the New Year," Times Square's website says. Revelers wait for the ball drop at New Year's Eve in Times Square, on Dec. 31, 2015.

Source: The Times January 01, 2026 08:59 UTC