NEW YEAR'S EVE IN TIMES SQUARE 2009 - 2010
(Subject to Change)
For 105 years, Times Square has been the center of worldwide attention on New Year's Eve, ever since the owners of One Times Square began in 1904 to conduct rooftop celebrations to greet the New Year. The first Ball Lowering celebration occurred in 1907, and this tradition is now a universal symbol of welcoming the New Year.
Event Schedule
4:00 p.m.
The Revelers
Revelers start arriving late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. By approximately 4:00 p.m., the Bow Tie of Times Square (42nd to 47th Sts. between Broadway & 7th Ave.) is fully closed to traffic. Revelers are directed by the NYPD to gather in separate viewing sections. As one section fills up, the revelers are directed by police to the next viewing section. As the evening progresses, revelers continue to fill the Times Square neighborhood along Broadway and Seventh Avenue moving uptown from 43rd Street to as far as Central Park.
6:00 p.m. to 6:05 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies - Lighting and Raising the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball
The celebration begins with the raising of the New Year's Eve Ball atop One Times Square. The Event Organizers, Tim Tompkins and Jeffrey Straus will be joined by representative of the Philips Lighting Company to flip the giant switch which lights the New Year's Eve Ball and begins its ascent accompanied by special pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square.
6:05 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.
Musical Performances by Delfina & Taddy Porter
The Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration gets started with Delfina and Taddy Porter on the Nivea Countdown Stage on Duffy Square between 46th and 47th Streets.
6:47 p.m. to 6:57 p.m.
Univision Musical Performance
6:58 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown with Carson Daly
As we approach the New Year, Carson Daly will appear on the Nivea Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers "Happy New Year", read some of the confetti wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight, share his personal wish for the New Year and lead the revelers in counting down to the end of the hour.
7:10 p.m.
Times Square 2010 Hats and Balloons
The Times Square Alliance sanitation crews clad in bright red uniforms begin to distribute tens of thousands of fun handouts to the Times Square revelers for cheering in the New Year.
7:15 p.m. to 7:25 p.m.
NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly: Musical Performance by the Broadway Show "Hair"
7:52 p.m. to 7:55 p.m.
Entertainment on the Nivea Kiss and Be Kissed Platform
7:58 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown with Ryan Seacrest
As we approach the New Year, Ryan Seacrest will appear on the Nivea Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers "Happy New Year", read some of the confetti wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight, share his personal wish for the New Year and lead the revelers in counting down to the end of the hour.
8:52 p.m. to 8:55 p.m.
Entertainment on the Nivea Kiss and Be Kissed Platform
8:58 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown with Anderson Cooper
As we approach the New Year, Anderson Cooper will appear on the Nivea Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers "Happy New Year", read some of the confetti wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight, share his personal wish for the New Year and lead the revelers in counting down to the end of the hour.
9:58 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown
As we approach the New Year, a Surprise Guest will appear on the Nivea Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers "Happy New Year", read some of the confetti wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight, share his personal wish for the New Year and lead the revelers in counting down to the end of the hour.
10:07 p.m. to 10:16 p.m.
ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve: Musical Performance by Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry performs a medley of hit songs on the Nivea Countdown Stage.
New Year's Rockin' Eve Official Press Release
10:31 p.m. to 10:34 p.m.
Waterford Crystal Toast
Representatives from Waterford lead the revelers in a toast to the New Year!
10:38 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.
ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve: Musical Performance by Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry performs a medley of hit songs on the Nivea Countdown Stage.
New Year's Rockin' Eve Official Press Release
10:58 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Hourly Countdown with Raul de Molina
As we approach the New Year, Raul de Molina will appear on the Nivea Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers "Happy New Year", read some of the confetti wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight, share his personal wish for the New Year and lead the revelers in counting down to the end of the hour.
11:05 p.m. to 11:07 p.m.
Entertainment on the Nivea Kiss and Be Kissed Platform
11:38 p.m. to 11:46 p.m.
ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve: Musical Performance by Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez performs a medley of hit songs on the Nivea Countdown Stage.
New Year's Rockin' Eve Official Press Release
11:59 p.m.
The Sixty-Second Countdown
The Times Square 2010 Special Guest and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg push the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year's Eve Ball, and lead the final sixty-second countdown to the New Year.
The New Times Square New Year's Eve Ball
The lighted Ball descends 70 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The Ball is covered with 2668 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
12:00 a.m. -- New Year's Day
2010 Sign
At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year's Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year "2010" burst to life shining high above Times Square.
Times Square Confetti Release and Pyrotechnic Effects
The world-famous New Year's Eve confetti is released from the rooftops of buildings throughout Times Square creating a celebratory blizzard of colorful confetti as revelers welcome the New Year accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects.
12:15 a.m. - End of Show