Watch The Ball Drop Online 2012

Around the world New Year’s Day is one of the most anticipated days of the year. Many, many people in the United States of America will be spending the last six hours before the end of 2011 at One Times Square. Every December 31 at 11:59 PM EST the Times Square ball which is 23m in the air is lowered from a flagpole for the duration of a minute to coincide with midnight and an electronic sign displays the time of the brand New Year. This year is the 107th anniversary commemorating the first time the ball was dropped On New Year’s Eve in 1904. This year’s special guest for the Times Square ball drop is Lady Gaga. She is known for her “Monster Ball” tour and now for  Times Square Ball. For those unable to make it to One Times Square the “Ball Drop” will be broadcast live online.

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Here are a few websites where you can catch “The Ball Drop” live online:

(1)   http://www.livestream.com/2012

As its name implies this site will give you a live stream of the 2012 celebrations.  The “Ball Drop” is billed as “The New Year’s Eve Worldwide Webcast Live at the Crossroads of the World.” Tune in on New Year’s Eve at 6:00 pm Eastern Time.

To find out what to expect in Times Square see these video highlights here: http://www.livestream.com/2012/video?clipId=pla_779c3a57-d498-4488-9584-ae1b82b0554b&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

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(2)   http://timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx

This is the official Times Square site. It is presently advertising itself as “The official site of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop in Times Square.” They have an app up showing how many more days, hours, minutes and seconds till the New Year. Everything you need to know about Time Square is at the above link.

(3)   http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/

The first two are the ones to focus on but if you want another view of Times Square you can look at an earthcam. It promises to give you the most exciting views of Times Square though it does to specify whether you will get a good view of the “Ball Drop.” You need High Speed Broadband for the footage to function smoothly. There are links on that site to see even more Times Square earthcams.

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Well, Happy New Year everyone!

See also: The First Countries to Enter The Year 2012

If you want to read about which countries entered 2011 first and at which times see The First Countries to Enter The New Year 2011. For more on Kiribati entered the New Year first in 2011 see Kiribati The First Country to Enter The New Year 2011.

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