Hillary and Bill Clinton will be seeing 2008 off and ringing in 2009 in Times Square tomorrow.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this morning, Tuesday, that the Clintons will be launching the ball drop at 11:59pm on New Year’s Eve. Bloomberg selected the political pair because “Both together and as individuals, Senator and President Clinton have brought hope and opportunity to New York, to the nation, and to the world.”
This year’s ball is twice the size as last year’s, but it is also 20% more energy efficient!
Weighing nearly 12,000 pounds and measuring 12 feet in diameter, the NYE ball is slathered in 2,668 Waterford Crystals. As the ball drops, the numbers 2009 (Each number is 7 feet tall, 5 feet wide, and weighs 500 pounds) will light up. The ball will commemorate the rest of 2009’s holidays as well, including Valentine’s and Halloween.
We imagine that Clay Aiken has something similar in his pants.
Happy New Year!
[Images via WENN.]
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