Times Square is reopening this New Year's Eve after being closed last year due to the pandemic. However, there will be one major change heading into 2022.
Downtown Utica was celebrating the New Year like never before on Tuesday night with a whole night of festivities. The evening began with a Utica Comets win at the Adirondack Bank Center, a 3-2 victory over Rochester. It was also the drawing for the holiday Mega-Month 50-50 Save of the Day Foundation raffle drawing. The jackpot grew to an amazing $89,380 and as of the close of last night's game, no-one had claimed the winning ticket, which is A-140637.
For the first time ever The Bank of Utica is throwing an outdoor and indoor downtown Utica New Year's Eve Celebration that is free and open to the public.
Snoop Dogg, Sting and Christina Aguilera will welcome 2019 in a packed Times Square Monday along with revelers from around the world who come to see the traditional crystal ball drop, fireworks and a blizzard of confetti.