The new Constellation Ball, the centerpiece of the annual Times Square countdown celebration, is the ninth and largest ...

The New Year’s Eve ball drop tradition started almost a century ago. A special second ball drop is planned for the eve of the ...

It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...

NYE celebrations at Times Square have been held for 122 years. Here's how to watch the ball drop headed into 2026.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of times the crystal ball will drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. The ball will be relit as the ...

For people around the world, the Times Square Ball Drop on New Year’s Eve is a symbolic gesture to acknowledge the passage of ...

Get ready for 2026 with a Times Square ball drop guide: when the countdown starts, how to watch, confirmed performers ...

The world welcomed 2026 at 12 am on January 1. Crowds rang in the New Year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous ...

The patriotic touches at this year’s Times Square gathering, including a second confetti drop, will offer an early glimpse of what’s ahead: hundreds of events and programs, big and small, planned ...