For all holiday bitter potential, New York City always treat it like a big party–albeit one that, for a decade now, have been taking place under the supervision of a large security force.
Pessimism have no place on Broadway. Not on new year’s Eve, anyway. The masses of tourists stream through the field to see the wood that drops the crystal ball in the middle of the night was there to smell, posing for photographs that ridiculous and gawk at the stages are being prepared for players like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
Some revelers wore party hats, and “2012″ glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, even as workers prepared a bag filled with hundreds of balloons and technicians wearing colored filters klieg lights.
“Everyone is suffering. That is why it is so wonderful to be here to celebrate anything with everyone, “said Lisa Nicol, 47, of Melbourne, Australia, after securing the main place next to the main stage.