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Last night, while watching the annual New Year'”‘”‘s Eve Ball Drop on television, my best friend mentioned that she wished she could see a photograph of a person standing next to the famous ball so that she could get an idea of how big it is in real life. Well, I just so happened to have such a picture and, even though it'”‘”‘s not technically a filming location, I thought it might make an interesting blog post. So here goes. A few weeks ago while in New York, my boyfriend and I had the chance to see last year'”‘”‘s Times Square New Year'”‘”‘s Eve Ball up close and personal while it was on display at the Herald Square Macy'”‘”‘s. 🙂

The New Year'”‘”‘s Eve Ball was rebuilt and redesigned for this year'”‘”‘s ceremony by a lighting design company named

and it measures 12 feet in diameter and weighs 11,875 pounds. Last year'”‘”‘s ball is much smaller in comparison – 6 feet in diameter and 1,212 pounds. The ball is actually much, much smaller in person that I had imagined it would be. I had expected it to be huge!! I must say, though, that it was very cool to see the ball up close and personal and it is definitely very beautiful and very sparkly in person. And I am happy to report that for the first time ever, the 2009 ball will remain on display in Times Square, above the One Times Square Building, for the entire year. Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂

: You can view last year'”‘”‘s ball on display at the Herald Square Macy'”‘”‘s during the Christmas season. You can view the 2009 ball year round on its perch, 475 feet above Times Square, on top of the One Times Square Building.

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