{"id":285730,"date":"2026-07-03T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285730\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:08:07","slug":"8-ball-drops-in-times-square-will-celebrate-july-4-in-every-american-time-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285730\/","title":{"rendered":"8 ball drops in Times Square will celebrate July 4 in every American time zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The celebration of America’s 250th birthday in New York City’s Times Square is taking a page out of the New Year’s Eve<\/a> playbook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Times Square will host eight ball drops to celebrate Independence Day. Each ball drop will coincide with midnight in every American time zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first ball drop is set to take place at 10 a.m. on Friday, marking midnight in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, which are U.S. territories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ball drops will be broadcast and livestreamed. Unlike the New Year’s Eve celebration, however, there’s no street-level viewing event planned in Times Square below. Instead, the event will be hosted from atop One Times Square. One Times Square is planning a free, ticketed “block party in the sky” on July 4 and 5. Both events are already at full capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the Guam ball drop, the next will take place at 11:59 p.m., marking midnight on the East Coast. That ball drop is considered the centerpiece of the event, although additional ball drops will take place overnight through each U.S. time zone – Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii and culminating in the finale at 7 a.m., marking midnight in American Samoa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This is more than a countdown. It’s a moment that brings the entire country together, one time zone at a time,” said Rosie Rios, Chair of America250<\/a>, the group organizing the event. “From Guam to New York to Alaska to American Samoa we are creating a shared experience where every American can see themselves in this celebration and be part of something bigger than any one city or moment.”<\/p>\n

America250 aims to support Giving 4th, an effort that hopes to encourage giving to various nonprofits and other charitable organizations as part of the semiquincentennial celebrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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