The ball will drop one last time on Wednesday, January 15 at 3 p.m. at One Times Square.
The annual ritual marking the New Year has been around since 1907.
The current ball is the eighth in the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball lineage and has been used every New Year's Eve since 2008.
While the ball will no longer be in service, it will not just disappear.
The ball will be stored and exhibited, along with the other retired Times Square New Year's balls, in One Times Square where it can be visited in the fall of 2025 through the new Times Travel immersive history experience.
A new ball will replace the existing one, and will be accompanied by new numerals for next year's New Year's Eve celebration.
Those who want to see the current Times Square New Year's Eve ball make its final decent must RSVP to nhaberman@rubenstein.com.
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