New York Ring in the New Year with the iconic ball drop

Head to New York City to witness the iconic ball drop on New Year's Eve Congregate in Times Square at midnight as the11,875-pound ball, covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles descends at the countdown It's estimated over one billion viewers will tune intoDick Clarks New Year'sRockin Eve with Ryan Seacrestin Times Square, which will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy with performances by Camila Cabello, Nick Jonas and Sugarland planned.

The Times Square New Years Eve Live celebration will formally open with a performance by the Tongliang Athletics Dragon Dance thanks to a partnership with Chongqing, China. Multi-platinum pop singer and songwriter Andy Grammer will headline the musical lineup. Country music singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina will perform a selection of her number one hits and dance crew Kinjaz will also present numbers.

Viewers can also visitTimesSquareNYC.org,NewYearsEve.nycandTimesSquareBall.netto watch the annual event.