New York on New Years Eve is definitely something to be experienced. Although the concentrated area is one that millions have claimed standing rights to, it is truly one of the most unique trips possible—regardless of how long it takes you to get there. The “bow tie” area in the heart of Manhattan, overflowing with people and over-the-top energy, is not your ordinary party in the streets. If you find yourself further North in the Bronx, you will find a similar atmosphere. The events mimic the past and most of our lives: each celebration on the eve of a New Year in New York is different than the one before, and there is no mistaking or confusing one for the other.
The “City that Doesn’t Sleep” also doesn’t waste any time when it comes to partying. Times Square is the biggest draw to the hundreds of thousands that clamor in anticipation of a New Year begin gathering in the afternoon of December 31st, with the idea of getting close to the stage that the famous Waterford Crystal Ball lingers above. But many will tell you it’s all hype. Like many things that are highly marked, New Years Eve can seem anticlimactic. We have all had the years, or seconds into a new one, where we think “that was it?” agreeing in the overrated-ness that we sum the holiday up to. While it is of course a possibility at the Bronx New Years celebrations, it isn’t probable. If you want to avoid the cliché or the exaggerated, skip Times Square perhaps, but don’t skip New York.
After the ball is dropped and the million or so depart the Square, there is still an important decision to be made: where will the rest of the night be experienced? Or if you are opting out of the event all together, where will you spend the holiday? Lucky for you in the Bronx, you are never more than ten feet from a party. Just a short subway ride can have you at the world’s hottest clubs, lounges, bars, and venues before anyone else. There are so many things to do in the City that your only predicament might be which to choose! To see a complete list of the events and festivities going on in both the Bronx and Manhattan, visit NewYearsEve.com; you can get discounted tickets and inside descriptions on everything from the elite hideouts of the famous to dive bars serving nothing but beer on tap and rock music.
The best known New Years Eve celebrations in NY have become international customs. Even a couple miles north from the happenings in Times Square in the Bronx, people party with enough enthusiasm to rival the million standing below the ball. Many promise there is no other place in the world that is quite the same, and are rarely challenged. New Years Eve in NY is the unique pairing of a both a powerful energy and city that were made for each other.
Tinsel Town always knows how to turn up the heat on New Year’s Eve, and you wont be able to find a hotter place to party than Vanguard in LA. This warehouse-turned-nightclub is famous for its 20,000 square feet of space, aerial acrobats and light shows that are off the hook, and the party they are throwing for New Year’s Eve 2010 will have all of that and more!
