Times Square to ring in 2021 with digital New Year's Eve celebration
Times Square to ring in 2021 with digital New Year's Eve celebration
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For the first time in 114 years, Times Square will have no cheering crowd to welcome in the new year.
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The organizers of the highly-anticipated New Year's Eve celebration announced Wednesday that this year's event will take place virtually to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
“One thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a New Year at midnight on Dec. 31,” Times Square Media Alliance president Tim Tompkins said in a press release. “More than ever in these divided and fear-filled times, the world desperately needs to come together symbolically and virtually to celebrate the people and things we love and to look forward with a sense of renewal and new beginnings.”
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