New York City’s Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Going Virtual Due To Pandemic

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Happy Distanced New Year The iconic ball drop celebration in New York’s Times Square will go virtual this year, organizers announced today

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“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,” said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, co-producer of the event with Countdown Entertainment, in a statement.

Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: Cases, Transmission Now Increasing Just As L.A. Is On Verge Of Reopening Further The event is the second major New York event announcing plans to go virtual in recent weeks, following the decision of organizers of the annualTompkins told reporters today that the event will feature an extremely limited number of “honored” guests in the scaled-down, virtual celebration. Gone will be the massive crowds filling Times Square. “No one needs to be reminded of what the dominant news of 2020 has been so far: COVID-19 and a host of racial, economic and climate crises,” Tompkins said.

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well, that will save [financially strapped] NYC a fortune.

Help us spread our petition that already has almost 300k signatures on Change , help us reach other networks such as hbo and primevideo since netflix and constantinfilm are not interested, help us RENEW IT. The Shadowfandom will thank you infinitely.We die for another season

Aw, come the fuck on....Even the goddamn ball drop is canceled?

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