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 Square to usher in 2013 is previewed on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The ball will be seen by millions again this New Year's Eve.

(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Singer Pitbull attends the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Crystal Installation at ... The only years no ball drop occurred were 1942 and 1943, when the city instituted ...

Rapper Pitbull helped unveil Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball on Friday. The Waterford Crystal ball is a geodesic ... Temps will drop, but freezing weather coming next week On New Year's ...

NEW YORK — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year's Times Square ... ball have been featured in the century-plus since that first celebration. The only years no ball drop ...

The Times Square Ball Drop, an iconic New Year’s Eve tradition ... The event is about lowering a massive illuminated crystal ball at One Times Square in New York marking the final seconds ...

which are manufactured by Waterford Crystal, have inscriptions of a new theme each year. This ball design was originally made in 2007 for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square Ball Drop.

The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year's Times Square ... of the ball have been featured in the century-plus since that first celebration. The only years no ball drop occurred ...