All About Broadway A New Year's Eve Celebration

The "Big Orange" at the InterContinental Miami hotel

Times Square's ball drop (ball used from 2009–25 seen here) is the most prominent New Year's celebration in the United States.

Buffalo's ball drop at the Electric Tower has been promoted as the second-largest New Year's event in the United States, behind Times Square.

Lebanon's 12-foot, 150-pound New Year's Eve bologna

The deuce of clubs is dropped in Show Low, Arizona.

Setting up for the first ball drop in La Grande, Oregon, Dec. 27, 2014

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On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object. Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square. In turn, the event was inspired by the time balls used by ship navigators in the 19th century to calibrate their chronometers.
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On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object. Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square. In turn, the event was inspired by the time balls used by ship navigators in the 19th century to calibrate their chronometers.