New Year's Eve ball drop tested above Times Square

The Manila Times

New Year's Eve ball drop tested above Times Square  A test run of New York City’s ball drop concluded successfully in Times Square on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before the final countdown to New Year’s Eve. Standing on an outdoor platform high above Times Square, representatives from Countdown Entertainment, Times Square Alliance, Jamestown and One Times Square, and Carnival Corporation flipped the switch to illuminate and raise the 12,350-pound New Year’s Eve Times Square crystal ball. "It went up, it came down, and we are ready for tomorrow," said Countdown Entertainment President, Jeffrey Strauss. The Constellation Ball is the largest New Year’s Eve Ball ever, containing 5,280 crystals and LED light pucks. It will remain dark until the final countdown, seconds before midnight on December 31, 2025.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:008, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

00:07Happy New Year!

00:10Here we go!

00:13Ta-da! Check it out, guys!

00:16And we are headed up there.

00:18Oh, wow.

00:20Okay, looking good. There's actually 5,200

00:24wonderful crystals on that wall.

00:27All the colors of the rainbow.

00:29You can see it purple, and red, and yellow.

00:32It's amazing.

00:33What do you think up there, guys?

00:35Woo!

00:36Yeah!

00:37Look at all the gold they come up there.

00:40Wow.

00:41Look at that.

00:43There's some gold.

00:45We're ready.

00:47Over a billion people around the world

00:51will celebrate the new year by watching that

00:53all put down live for news coverage the next day.

00:56There's no moment like it.

00:58We all joined together in unison.

01:00It was the final text of the year.

01:02Today, we actually tested the Constellation Ball.

01:05We are ready to go.

01:06It went up.

01:07It came down.

01:08And we are ready for tomorrow.

01:10It's a 2025.

01:11It's very cool.

01:12I have to admit, I have one of my items.

01:15Very cool.

01:16There we are.

01:17Are we there?

01:19Yeah.

01:20This is a brand new ball.

01:25It's the ninth version of the ball, and we did something special.

01:28We went from triangles to circles.

01:30There's actually 5,280 Waterford Crystal Circles on the ball.

01:34It's like 5,280 stars.

01:36And they sparkle in the sky above Times Square.

01:38That's why we call it the Constellation Ball.

01:40And it's the biggest star of the show tomorrow night.

01:43We're actually kicking off America's 250th anniversary year with America 250 right here in Times Square with a record-breaking amount of confetti.

02:06We actually have nearly three tons, purple and yellow at 10, multicolored at midnight, and red, white, and blue for the 250th anniversary year at 12.04 tomorrow night.

02:33We're going to have people from all over the world, hundreds of thousands of people gathering in Times Square.

02:38Over a billion people around the planet will be watching.

02:41And we'll all be doing the same thing come that last minute, counting down together.

02:455,4,3,2,1.

02:47Happy New Year!

02:48I hope after you see all that confetti that we're tossing out kindness in 2026 like we're tossing out confetti here in Times Square tomorrow.

03:12We'll see you next time!

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