The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered in Waterford Crystal triangles and illuminated by LED lights. The ball drop tradition began in 1907 and has evolved over ...
The Waterford crystal ball that will drop in New York's Times ... an aluminum ball that weighed 150 pounds. Then in the 1980s, red lights and a green stem made the ball into an apple for the ...
The final glittering crystal triangles that make up the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball were installed Friday — revealing the new facade of the iconic geometric dome that will ring in 2025.