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.

The Times Square ball drop isn't the only "drop" happening to ring in the New Year. Several cities will be dropping their own unique objects when it hits midnight in their time zones.

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.

The Times Square ball was once a 5-foot creation of iron and wood. Now, it measures 12 feet in diameter and is lit by more than 30,000 LEDs.

Cleaning up Times Square after New Year's Eve ball drop in NYC 02:21. NEW YORK -- An estimated 1 million people packed Times Square to watch the New Year's Eve 2025 ball drop Tuesday night.

The Times Square ball drop isn't the only "drop" happening to ring in the New Year. Several cities will be dropping their own unique objects when it hits midnight in their time zones.

In New York City, the organization managing Times Square has tested its famous ball drop and inspected 2025 numerals, lights and thousands of crystals as part of a tradition going back to 1907.

The Times Square ball drop has been a fixture of New Year's Eve since 1907, when the original wood and iron orb made its maiden journey. It remains a beloved tradition over a century and half a ...

This year's dazzling Times Square ball weighs almost 6 tons and features 2,688 crystal triangles. The famous Times Square ball drop in New York City dates back to 1907. Skip Navigation ...

The Times Square ball first dropped in 1904, and it came into being thanks to Jacob Starr, a Ukranian immigrant and metalworker, and the former New York Times publisher, Adolph Ochs.