Ringing in 2022! Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop

0:52 - KT Tunstall performs John Lennon’s “Imagine“ on the Planet Fitness Center Stage. 4:29 - The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, joined by his wife, 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 on the Countdown Stage. The lighted Times Square New Year’s Eve 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 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs. 5:33 - At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2022“ sign burst to life shining high above Times Square. 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. The three thousand pounds of confetti includes tens of thousands of wishes from revelers around the world hoping for peace, love, good health and a better future in the new year. 11:07 - Mayor-elect Eric Adams is sworn in as the 110th Mayor of New York City by the City Clerk, joined by members of his family. 18:04 - Webcast host Jonathan Bennett ends of the broadcast and says goodbye to revelers in Times Square. *No copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to the Times Square Alliance and EarthCam.