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NEW YORK -- As New York City prepares for the 2025 New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, it's time to test your knowledge about the holiday tradition. Here's a closer look at how it all comes As part of the announcement, Joy, Pitbull, and co-organizers of Times Square New Year’s Eve helped install the final of the new Crystal Triangles on the New Year’s Eve Ball. “For more than 100 years, One Times Square and the world-famous New Year’s Eve Ball have been the shining emblems for our New Year’s Eve celebration in Times The New Year’s Eve ball was first dropped in Times Square in 1907 and was much smaller than the behemoth unveiled Friday. The 700-pound, 5-foot diameter ball was made of iron and wood and The crystal-covered ball that descends down a pole in Times Square to ring in the new year was taken for a test run, as New York City officials laid out their plans for the iconic New Year’s Eve event. Located on the roof of One Times Square, the ball is a prominent part of a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ball descends down a specially designed flagpole, beginning at 11:59:00 p.m. ET, and resting at midnight to signal the start of the new year. In recent years, the ball drop has The Times Square Ball Drop celebration will kick off shortly before 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and the New Year's Eve Ball will be raised to the top of the pole at One Times Square. At exactly 11:59 p.m Dec. 27 (UPI) --The New Year's Eve ball has officially been unveiled ahead of its big drop on New Year's Eve. Pitbull was among those to adorn the ball with special additions Friday. Advertisement There's a new design for the ball to be dropped at midnight on New Year's Eve, based on the shape of the New York's Times Square. The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball have been installed, marking the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once The ball for this New Year’s celebration is a geodesic sphere, 12 feet in diameter, and weighs 11,875 pounds. Each triangle on the ball shows two different patterns. Final touches on Times Square New Year's Eve ball before 2025 01:57. NEW YORK-- The ball that will drop in Times Square to usher in 2025 has been unveiled days before its final run. With the exceptions of the World War II “dimouts” in 1942 and 1943, the New Year’s Eve Ball hasn’t missed a year since its 1907 debut. Since 2009 it’s been the “Big Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball” (or the “Big Ball,” for short) that drops: an almost six-ton geodesic sphere covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles. The first New Year’s Eve ball in New York City weighed about 700 pounds and had a five-foot diameter. Today, the ball is nearly 17 times heavier and twice as wide, weighing in at 11,875 pounds New Year's Eve looks different around the world, especially once cultural traditions, personal customs, and time differences are factored in. While the most well-known tradition in the US is to watch the ball drop in Times Square at midnight, other countries have more unique - and interesting - ways to countdown the last 24 hours of the previous year. Workers prepare to install the last panels on the New Year's Eve ball above Times Square, New York, Dec. 27, 2017. The 12-foot diameter ball carries over 2600 Waterford crystals and is lit by more The crystal-covered ball that descends down a pole in Times Square to ring in the new year was taken for a test run, as New York City officials laid out their plans for the iconic New Year’s Eve The 2020 Times Square New Year's Eve ball is 11,875 pounds. What: Join CBSN for a special New Year's Eve show with a live look at New York City's Times Square during the countdown to 2020. The image of a grey and red spiky fuzzball representing the new novel coronavirus is actually a medical illustration that highlights the different proteins that make up the virus and cause people Since 1907, the New Year 's Eve Ball, also known as the Times Square Ball, has dropped at midnight on New Year 's Eve every year except 1942 and 1943, when blackouts due to World War II canceled the festivities. New Year's Eve Ball: 5 little-known facts about the glowing New York icon TODAY takes a closer look at why the glowing New Year's Ball is so unique. Dec. 30, 2015, 10:38 PM UTC / Source : TODAY
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