時代廣場球

時代廣場球（英語：Times Square Ball）是位于纽约市时报广场的報時球。报时球位于時代廣場一號，其降球仪式是跨年夜重要的庆祝活动之一。降球仪式于美东时间23：59：00开始，降球的60秒中，报时球沿着特殊设计的旗杆下降141英尺（43米），其完全下落标志着新的一年的开始。近年来，降球仪式之前往往会有一些现场演出。 《纽约时报》的擁有者阿道夫·奧克斯希望在跨年夜举行一项吸引更多关注的活动，而Walter F. Palmer则提出了设计一个报时球的建议。随后奧克斯雇佣Artkraft Strauss设计出了第一个时代广场球，并在1907年跨年夜举行了第一个降球仪式，以迎接1908年新年。从此以后，降球仪式成为了一项年度特别活动，除了1942年和1943年因世界大战的燈火管制而取消。另外2020年底2021年初因為2019冠狀病毒病疫情而空場舉行，不開放觀眾入場。 時代廣場球的设计也应灯光技术的进步不断更新换代。最早的時代廣場球内部装有100个電燈泡，球面由木头和铁构成。而今天，球的内部已经被数字化的LED照明系统取代，球的表面也变为由三角状的水晶包裹。而现今看到的时代广场球则从2009年开始使用，2008年悬挂的球目前被移至时代广场游客中心展出。 降球仪式由時代廣場聯盟和倒數娛樂组织， 是全球最著名的新年庆祝活动之一，每年至少吸引200万人参与，许多电视网络也直播仪式实况。而许多跨年降落仪式也正是受到本活动的启发。 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 To facilitate the arrival of attendees, Times Square is closed to traffic beginning in the late afternoon on New Year's Eve. The square is then divided into different viewing sections referred to as "pens", into which attendees are directed sequentially upon arrival. Security is strictly enforced by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), even more so since the 2001–02 edition in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Attendees are required to pass through security checkpoints before they are assigned a pen, and are prohibited from bringing backpacks or alcohol to the event. Security was increased further for its 2017–18 edition due to recent incidents such as the truck attack in New York on October 31, and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting; these included additional patrols of Times Square hotels, rooftop patrol squads and counter-snipers, and the installation of reflective markers on buildings to help officers identify the location of elevated shooters. For 2018–19, the NYPD announced its intent to use a camera-equipped quadcopter to augment the over 1,200 fixed cameras monitoring Times Square, but it was left grounded due to inclement weather. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 Festivities formally begin in the early evening, with an opening ceremony featuring the raising of the ball at 6:00 p.m ET. Party favors are distributed to attendees, which have historically included large balloons, hats, and other items branded with the event's corporate sponsors. The lead-up to midnight features a program of entertainment, including musical performances: some of these performances are organized by, and aired by New Year's Eve television specials broadcasting from Times Square. The climax of the festivities is the drop itself, which begins at 11:59:00 p.m. ET. Officially, the drop is activated using a button inside a special control room within One Times Square, synchronized using an National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) time signal received via satellite. Since 1996, the drop has been ceremonially "activated" on-stage by one or more special guests, joined by the current mayor of New York City, by pressing a button on a smaller model of the ball. The guests are selected annually to recognize their community involvement or significance, and have included: 1996–97: Oseola McCarty 1997–98: A group of five winners from a school essay contest honoring New York City's centennial 1998–99: Sang Lan (who was injured during the 1998 Goodwill Games and was being rehabilitated in New York City) 1999–2000: Mary Ann Hopkins from Doctors Without Borders 2000–01: Muhammad Ali 2001–02: Rudy Giuliani and Judith Giuliani; this was Giuliani's final act as mayor. Michael Bloomberg officially became the new Mayor of New York City upon the beginning of 2002, and took his oath of office shortly after midnight. 2002–03: Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve 2003–04: Cyndi Lauper, joined by Shoshana Johnson—the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. 2004–05: United States Secretary of State Colin Powell 2005–06: Wynton Marsalis 2006–07: A group of ten United States Armed Forces members 2007–08: Karolina Wierzchowska, an Iraq War veteran and New York City Police Academy valedictorian 2008–09: Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 2009–10: Twelve students from New York City high schools on the "U.S. News & World Report" "America's Best High Schools Top 100 'Gold Medal' List" 2010–11: Former Staff sergeant Salvatore Giunta 2011–12: Lady Gaga 2012–13: The Rockettes 2013–14: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Sotomayor. 2014–15: Jencarlos Canela, joined by a group of refugees who emigrated to New York City, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee 2015–16: Humanitarian Hugh Evans 2016–17: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; this was Ban's final act as UN Secretary-General, as António Guterres took office on January 1, 2017. 2017–18: Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the #MeToo movement. 2018–19: Joel Simon—Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and a group of eleven journalists: Karen Attiah, Rebecca Blumenstein, Alisyn Camerota, Vladimir Duthiers, Edward Felsenthal, Lester Holt, Matt Murray, Martha Raddatz, Maria Ressa, Jon Scott, and Karen Toulon. 2019–20: New York City high school teachers Jared Fox and Aida Rosenbaum —recipients of the 11th annual Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics, and four of their students. 2020–21: Chirlane McCray, wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio. 2021–22: Michael James Scott, Mary Claire King, and Ben Crawford. The guests did not press the button with the mayor. The event was de Blasio's final act as mayor of New York City. Mayor-elect Eric Adams took his oath of office shortly after midnight. The conclusion of the drop is followed by fireworks shot from the roof of One Times Square, along with the playing of the first verse of "Auld Lang Syne" by Guy Lombardo (beginning in 2002-03, and with the first verse since 2004-05), "Theme from New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra (since 2000-01), "America the Beautiful" by Ray Charles (since 2001-02), "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong (since 2007-08), and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (since 2005-06). Since the 2005–06 edition of the event, the drop has been directly preceded by the playing of John Lennon's song "Imagine" at 11:55 p.m. Until 2009–2010, the original recording was used; since 2010–2011, the song has been performed by the headlining artist; 2010–11: Taio Cruz 2011–12: CeeLo Green 2012–13: Train 2013–14: Melissa Etheridge 2014–15: O.A.R. 2015–16: Jessie J 2016–17: Rachel Platten 2017–18: Andy Grammer 2018–19: Bebe Rexha 2019–20: X Ambassadors 2020–21: Andra Day 2021–22: KT Tunstall At least 3,000英磅（1,400公斤） of confetti is dropped in Times Square, directed by Treb Heining (who has been well known for his involvement in designing balloon decorations for Disney Parks, and balloon and confetti drops at other major U.S. events and celebrations, such as the presidential nominating conventions) and thrown by a team of 100 volunteers (referred to internally as "confetti dispersal engineers") lining the rooftops of eight Times Square buildings. The individual pieces of confetti are meant to be larger than normal confetti in order to achieve an appropriate density for the environment. Some of the pieces are inscribed with messages of hope for the new year, which are submitted via a "Wishing Wall" put up in Times Square in December (where visitors can write them directly on individual pieces of confetti), and via online submissions. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 After the conclusion of the festivities and the dispersal of attendees, cleanup is performed overnight to remove confetti and other debris from Times Square. When it is re-opened to the public the following morning, few traces of the previous night's celebration remain: following the 2013–14 drop, the New York City Department of Sanitation estimated that it had cleared over 50 tons of refuse from Times Square in eight hours, using 190 workers from their own crews and the Times Square Alliance. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 The first New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square was held on December 31, 1904; The New York Times' owner, Adolph Ochs, decided to celebrate the opening of the newspaper's new headquarters, One Times Square, with a New Year's fireworks show on the southern roof of the building to welcome 1905. Close to 200,000 people attended the event, displacing traditional celebrations that had normally been held at Trinity Church. However, following several years of fireworks shows, Ochs wanted a bigger spectacle at the building to draw more attention to the area. The newspaper's chief electrician, Walter F. Palmer, suggested using a time ball, after seeing one used on the nearby Western Union Building. Ochs hired sign designer Artkraft Strauss to construct a ball for the celebration; it was built from iron and wood, electrically lit with one hundred incandescent light bulbs, weighed 700英磅（320公斤）, and measured 5英尺（1.5米） in diameter. The ball was hoisted on the building's 70 foot flagpole with rope by a team of six men. The ball would begin to drop at 10 seconds before midnight, once it hit the roof of the building, the ball was designed to complete an electric circuit to light a 5-foot-tall sign to light up on all four sides of the building, indicating the new year, and trigger a fireworks show. The first ever "ball drop" was held on December 31, 1907, welcoming the year 1908. In 1913, only eight years after it moved to One Times Square, the Times moved its corporate headquarters to 229 West 43rd Street. The Times still maintained ownership of the tower, however, and Strauss continued to organize future editions of the drop. The original ball was last used for the 1919-20 event in favor of a second design; the second ball remained 5英尺（1.5米） in diameter, but was now constructed from iron, weighing 400英磅（180公斤）. The ball drop was placed on hiatus for New Year's Eve 1942-43 and 1943-44 due to wartime lighting restrictions during World War II. Instead, a moment of silence was observed one minute before midnight in Times Square, followed by the sound of church bells ringing being played from sound trucks. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 The second ball was last used for the 1954-55 event in favor of a third design; which was now 6 feet in diameter, constructed from aluminum, and weighed 150英磅（68公斤）. The first countdown to midnight occurred in 1979. For the 1981-82 event, the ball was modified to make it resemble an apple with red bulbs and a green "stem", alluding to New York's nickname, "the Big Apple". For the 1987-88 event, organizers acknowledged the addition of a leap second earlier that day (leap seconds are appended at midnight UTC, which is five hours before midnight in New York) by extending the drop to 61 seconds, and by including a special one-second light show during the extra second. The original white bulbs returned to the ball for the 1988-89 event, but were replaced by red, white, and blue bulbs for the 1990-91 event to salute the troops of Operation Desert Shield. The third ball was revamped again in 1995 for 1996, adding a computerized lighting system with 180 halogen bulbs and 144 strobe lights, and over 12,000 rhinestones. Lighting designer Barry Arnold stated that the changes were "something [that] had to be done to make this event more spectacular as we approach the millennium." The drop itself became computerized through the use of an electric winch synchronized with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's time signal; the first drop with the new system was not without issues, however, as a glitch caused the ball to pause for a short moment halfway through its descent. The following year, John Trowbridge was hired as the drop's new technical director; in 2021, Jeff Strauss told The Wall Street Journal that the drop has never had any technical issues since. After its 44th use in 1999, the third ball was retired and placed on display at the Atlanta headquarters of Jamestown Group, owners of One Times Square. 近些年的时代广场球。 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 On December 28, 1998, during a press conference attended by New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, organizers announced that the third ball would be retired for the arrival of the new millennium, and replaced by a new design constructed by Waterford Crystal. The year 2000 celebrations introduced more prominent sponsorship to the event; companies such as Discover Card, Korbel Champagne, and Panasonic were announced as official sponsors of the festivities in Times Square. The city also announced that Ron Silver would lead a committee known as "NYC 2000", which was in charge of organizing events across the city for year 2000 celebrations. A full day of festivities was held at Times Square to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000, which included concerts and hourly cultural presentations with parades of puppets designed by Michael Curry, representing countries entering the new year at that hour. Organizers expected a total attendance exceeding two million spectators. The fourth ball, measuring 6英尺（1.8米） in diameter and weighing 1,070英磅（490公斤）, incorporated a total of over 600 halogen bulbs, 504 triangle-shaped crystal panels provided by Waterford, 96 strobe lights, and spinning, pyramid-shaped mirrors. The ball was constructed at Waterford's factory in Ireland, and was then shipped to New York City, where the lighting system and motorized mirrors were installed. Many of the panels were inscribed with "Hope"-themed designs changing yearly, which included "Star of Hope", "Hope for Abundance", "Hope for Healing", "Hope for Courage", "Hope for Unity", "Hope for Wisdom", "Hope for Fellowship", and "Hope for Peace". The 2002 theme "Hope for Healing" was in commemoration of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which had occurred three and a half months earlier. 195 of the ball's panels were engraved with the names of countries and emergency organizations that had taken casualties during the attacks, and the names of the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and the four flights that were involved in the attacks. In December 2011, the "Hope for Healing" panels were accepted into the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 To mark the centenary of the ball drop, a brand new fifth design debuted on New Year's Eve of 2008. Once again manufactured by Waterford Crystal with a diameter of 6英尺（1.8米）, and weighing 1,212英磅（550公斤）, it uses 9,576 LED lamps provided by Philips (which can produce 16,777,216 or 224 colors), with computerized lighting patterns developed by the New York City-based firm Focus Lighting. Organizers stated that the new ball was also more energy-efficient, and consumed an equivalent amount of electricity to 10 toasters. The 2008 ball was only used once, and was placed on display at the Times Square Visitors Center following the event. For 2009, a larger version of the fifth ball was introduced—an icosahedral geodesic sphere lit by 32,256 LED lamps. Its diameter is twice as wide as the 2008 ball, at 12英尺（3.7米）, and contains 2,688 Waterford Crystal panels, with a weight of 11,875英磅（5,386公斤）. It was designed to be weatherproof, as the ball would now be displayed atop One Times Square nearly year-round following the celebrations. Yearly themes for the ball's crystal panels continued; from 2008 to 2013, the ball contained crystal patterns that were part of a Waterford series known as "World of Celebration", which included "Let There Be Light", "Let There Be Joy", "Let There Be Courage", "Let There Be Love", "Let There Be Friendship", and "Let There Be Peace". For 2014, all the ball's panels were replaced, marking a new theme series known as "Greatest Gifts", beginning with "Gift of Imagination". The numerical sign indicating the year (which remains atop the tower along with the ball itself) uses Philips LED lamps. The "14" digits for 2014 used Philips Hue multi-color LED lamps, allowing them to have computerized lighting cues. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the 2020–21 festivities were closed to the general public. Attendance was limited to the invited families of first responders and other essential workers from the New York City area ("the Heroes of 2020"), performers, and members of the media. In accordance with New York state health orders, face masks were mandatory, and households were placed within 8英尺（2.4米） "pens" with social distancing. Times Square Alliance president Tim Tompkins stated that "it feels most appropriate to shine a spotlight on the individuals who are tirelessly leading our nation through hard times with unshakable strength, determination and poise, as well as their families, who deal with their own set of sacrifices. Gloria Gaynor was announced as a special musical guest for the event, where she was expected to perform her song "I Will Survive"." The VNYE app was released as a digital companion to the event, which featured a digital recreation of Times Square as a virtual world (where users could play minigames, view live streams of New Year's festivities in New York City and elsewhere, and witness a virtual version of the ball drop), and augmented reality camera filters. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 On November 16, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the event would be held as normal for 2021–22, but with all attendees required to present proof of vaccination and valid photo identification. If covered by a specific exemption, an unvaccinated attendee would alternatively be allowed to present proof of a recent negative PCR test from within the past 72 hours; each unvaccinated attendee was required to wear a face mask. Despite record numbers of cases in the city and state tied to Omicron variant (which notably had led to suspension of several Broadway shows because of COVID-19 issues within casts and crew, and the reimplementation of a state-wide mask mandate for indoor public spaces that did not require patrons to be vaccinated), de Blasio stated on December 16 that, "if at any point we need to alter the plan, we will", but emphasized that this was an outdoor event with only vaccinated attendees. On December 20, de Blasio stated that a final decision regarding any changes to the event would be made by Christmas, explaining that "we have what we've done historically for years and years, we have the kind of model we used last year. We are looking at anything that will make this work best." On December 22, Mayor de Blasio stated to CNN that the city was "looking to add additional measures to make it even safer"; the previous day, Fox owned-and-operated station WNYW reported that organizers planned to mandate masks and cap the event's capacity, while the Fox network cancelled its planned New Year's Eve special from Times Square citing COVID-19 concerns. On December 23, it was announced that the official capacity would be reduced to 15,000 (from the approximately 58,000 present before), and that masks would also be mandatory for all attendees. For the first time, the event's technical director John Trowbridge did not operate the drop in-person due to a COVID-19 infection, and instead directed the event quarantined at a hotel in New Jersey. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 According to National Weather Service records, since 1907–08, the average temperature in nearby Central Park during the ball drop has been 34 °F（1 °C）. The warmest ball drops occurred in 1965–66 and 1972–73 when the temperature was 58 °F（14 °C）. The coldest ball drop occurred in 1917–18, when the temperature was 1 °F（−17 °C） and the wind chill was −18 °F（−28 °C）. Affected by a continent-wide cold wave, the 2017–18 drop was the second-coldest on record, at 9 °F（−13 °C） and −4 °F（−20 °C） after wind chill. The third coldest ball drop occurred during the 1962–63 event, when the temperature was 11 °F（−12 °C） and the wind chill was −17 °F（−27 °C）. Snow has fallen seven times, with the earliest being the 1926–27 event, and the most recent being the 2009–10 event, and rain/drizzle has fallen sixteen times, with the earliest being the 1918–19 event, and the most recent being the 2018–19 event. The snowiest ball drop occurred during the 1948–49 event, when four inches of snow fell, and the rainiest occurred during the 2018–19 event, when 1.02 inches of rain fell. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 As a public event, the festivities and ball drop are often broadcast on television. A host pool feed is provided to broadcasters for use in coverage, which for 2016–17 consisted of 21 cameras. Since 2008–09, an official webcast of the ball drop and its associated festivities has been produced, streamed via Livestream.com. The event is covered as part of New Year's Eve television specials on several major U.S. television networks, which usually intersperse on-location coverage from Times Square with entertainment segments, such as musical performances (some of which held live in Times Square as part of the event). By far the most notable of these is Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve; created, produced, and originally hosted by the entertainer Dick Clark until his death in 2012 (with Regis Philbin filling in for its 2004-05 broadcast), and currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the program first aired on NBC in 1972 before moving to ABC, where it has been broadcast ever since. New Year's Rockin' Eve has consistently been the most-watched New Year's Eve special in the U.S. annually, peaking at 25.6 million viewers for its 2017–18 edition. Following the death of Dick Clark in April 2012, a crystal engraved with his name was added to the 2013 ball in tribute. Across the remaining networks, Fox has occasionally broadcast its New Year's specials from Times Square. Spanish-language network Univision broadcasts ¡Feliz!, hosted by Raúl de Molina of El Gordo y La Flaca. On cable, CNN carries coverage of the festivities, known as New Year's Eve Live, currently hosted by Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen (the latter first replacing Kathy Griffin for 2018). Fox News carries All-American New Year, which was most recently hosted by Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Bill Hemmer from Times Square. 已隱藏部分未翻譯内容，歡迎參與翻譯。 Beginning in the 1940s, NBC broadcast coverage from Times Square anchored by Ben Grauer on both radio and television. Its coverage was later incorporated into special episodes of The Tonight Show, continuing through Johnny Carson and Jay Leno's tenures on the program. NBC would later introduce a dedicated special, New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (later renamed NBC's New Year's Eve), hosted by former MTV personality Carson Daly, which first began midnight coverage in 2006, and was discontinued in 2022 in favor of a new special hosted from Miami by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson. From 1956 to 1976, CBS televised Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians' annual New Year's Eve concert, most frequently from the Waldorf-Astoria's ballroom. It featured coverage from Times Square, and the band's signature rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" at midnight. After Lombardo's death in 1977, the special continued with Guy's younger brother Victor Lombardo as host and bandleader, but increasing competition from ABC's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve prompted CBS to replace it for 1979–80 with Happy New Year, America. The new special ran in various formats with different hosts (such as Paul Anka, Donny Osmond, Andy Williams, Paul Shaffer, and Montel Williams) until it was discontinued after 1996. Besides coverage during a special episode of Late Show with David Letterman for 1999, and America's Millennium for 2000, CBS did not air any national New Year's Eve programming until 2021, when it announced that it will carry a country music-themed special from Nashville for 2022. For 2000, in lieu of New Year's Rockin' Eve, ABC News covered the festivities as part of its day-long telecast, ABC 2000 Today. Hosted by then-chief correspondent Peter Jennings, the broadcast featured coverage of New Year's festivities from around the world as part of an international consortium. Dick Clark would join Jennings to co-anchor coverage from Times Square. MTV had broadcast coverage originating from the network's Times Square studios at One Astor Plaza. For 2011, MTV also held its own ball drop in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, the setting of its popular reality series Jersey Shore, featuring cast member Snooki lowered inside a giant "hamster ball". Originally, MTV planned to hold the drop within its studio in Times Square, but the network was asked by city officials to conduct the drop elsewhere. For 2019, prominent video game streamer Ninja hosted a 12-hour New Year's Eve stream on Twitch from Times Square, featuring matches of Fortnite Battle Royale with himself and special guests from a studio in the Paramount Building. Ninja made an on-stage appearance in Times Square during the festivities outside, which included a failed attempt to lead the crowd in a floss dance (a routine made popular by Fortnite). 跨年期間降落物列表（英语：List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve） Michael Bloomberg, whose mayoral term ended at midnight, did not attend, and celebrated privately with his family instead. Unlike Bloomberg's inauguration in 2002, which was held shortly after midnight, Bill de Blasio was inaugurated in a ceremony the following morning at Gracie Mansion. Cee-Lo's performance was criticized by fans for his change of the lyric "And no religion too" to "And all religion's true". 史上頭一遭！「取消人潮」的紐約時代廣場跨年　只剩工作人員. 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