Drop the Ball!

Who wants to spend the first moments of the new year in the City wedged between one million of your not-so-nearest-and-dearest? We have our own New Year’s ball drop right in White Plains. See how it compares to the one in Times Square.


	White Plains	Times Square
Ball Created By:	Healy Electric, White Plains	Waterford Crystal
Cost:	$10,000	$2 million
Weight:	750 lbs.	11,875 lbs.
Diameter:	8 feet	12 feet
Ball Made Of:	Aluminum, chicken wire, and 10,000 LED Christmas tree lights	32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs and 2,668 Waterford crystal triangular panels
Ball Drop Produced By:	White Plains Business Improvement District	Times Square Alliance
Ball Descends:	200 feet	77 feet
First Year Ball Dropped:	2006	1907
# of People Watching Ball Drop Live:	15,000 to 20,000	1 million
Ball Operator:	A&J Cianculli, Yonkers	Landmark Signs, Manhattan