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New Year’s Eve revelers pay $650 for seat at Applebee’s, $12,500 at Times Square lounge to watch ball drop
NY Post ^ | 12/26/2023 | Jennifer Gould

Posted on 12/26/2023 1:11:26 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Would you pay $650 for a table at Applebee’s in Times Square to watch the ball drop?

Apparently many New Year’s Eve revelers are willing to fork over just that and even more — including $12,500 for a luxury couples package at the Marriott Marquis — to ring in 2024, according to events entrepreneur Joshua Perla.

Perla, founder of events sites BallDrop.com and NewYears.com, said business has been brisk for the 30 different Times Square packages.

“We are seeing an uptick in the price consumers are spending on New Year’s Eve tickets that include a live view of the ball drop in Times Square,” Perla told Side Dish.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: applebees; balldrop; newyearseve; timesquare
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To: fwdude

In over 40 years of experience with Manhattan, I have learned you can dine very well, with excellent ambiance, excellent service and excellent food without going to the most well known or most expensive places.

In fact, with what experiences I have had at some very expensive well known places, they have such mistaken popularity, at a high rate, that they do not have to depend on maintaining excellence, and they don’t. The “popularity” is going to get them all the customers they need.


21 posted on 12/26/2023 1:38:49 PM PST by Wuli
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To: stars & stripes forever

If there was ever a terrorist target, Times Square on New Years Eve has to be high on the list.


22 posted on 12/26/2023 1:39:40 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yet I wouldn’t accept that much $ to be there for free


23 posted on 12/26/2023 1:46:44 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t even stay up to watch it on TV.


24 posted on 12/26/2023 1:48:05 PM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You can watch drunks on YouTube for free


25 posted on 12/26/2023 1:48:47 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hurry, only 2 left

Admission to the event for Two Guests, as well as

Guaranteed Sensational View of the Live Ball Drop directly from your table area inside the Exclusive Window Walled Viewing Space
Reserved Seating for [2] Guests within the Exclusive Window Walled Viewing Space
(1) Bottle of Champagne
(5) Hour PREMIUM OPEN BAR from 8 PM - 1 AM
(3) Hour Dinner Buffet from 8 PM - 11 PM
(2) Hour Dessert Bar + Butler Passed Snacks from 11 PM - 1 AM
Complimentary Toast at Midnight
Complimentary Coat Check Included
Ticket Price Includes Gratuity - Bottle service gratuity is included in the ticket price - you will not be responsible for paying this fee at the venue
REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE:
This ticket provides a guaranteed view of the ball drop directly from your indoor table area — This ticket does NOT provide access to the Ball Drop Viewing Terrace from 11:15pm to 12:15am
This ticket package includes 2 tickets and reserved seating for 2 people at a private table
Guests MUST have the same ticket type in order to be seated together
All guests MUST be age 21+
All guests MUST present a valid form of government-issued photo ID to enter the event; Passport, US Driver’s License or Canada Driver’s License ONLY
Purchasers may be required to submit a Credit Card Authorization Form after the ticket order is processed


26 posted on 12/26/2023 1:49:45 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Will never understand the appeal of being part of a mob.


27 posted on 12/26/2023 2:05:29 PM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Instead of celebrating 2024’s arrival with $650/seat at Applebee’s with my wife, I bought a few seats worth of Daniel Defense. I hope she didn’t want to eat out... I’m sure she will understand.


28 posted on 12/26/2023 2:22:09 PM PST by centermass_socrates (Keep it clean, keep it loaded, and keep it handy.)
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To: centermass_socrates

Chicoms and Muslim Emirs have bought all the seats.


29 posted on 12/26/2023 3:04:43 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Jim Noble

“When I was a teenager my buddies and I would ride the LIRR into Penn Station and work our way up to Times Square with a bottle of peach schnapps and a few bucks.”

I’d be going the other way. I remember the kids getting off the train at Penn Station. You could hear the bottles rattling in their shopping bags.


30 posted on 12/26/2023 3:44:54 PM PST by rxh4n1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Funny thing...it is 2024 in New Zealand 18 hrs before New York. Wonder if one can book a flight for two and some hotel accomodations in NZ for less than 12,500 bucks.
Could probably take less time than getting into NYC and out during the NYC event.
There certainly isn’t a big recession if people can pay for Times Square event.


31 posted on 12/26/2023 4:25:39 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bonus - the socialist bartender will be mixing drinks.


32 posted on 12/26/2023 4:40:11 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; Tipllub; Diana in Wisconsin; fwdude; Libloather
Fancy Like
33 posted on 12/26/2023 5:09:22 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: AppyPappy

Ditto.

It’s lost its appeal to me.


34 posted on 12/26/2023 5:59:48 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: All; Lakeside Granny; Jane Long; STARLIT

What other service providers are out there? Need to switch.

*****************************************************

Tucker Carlson, [Dec 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM]
BREAKING: @TMobile has quietly updated their TOS to include fines for content they don’t agree with.

Beginning on January 1, 2024, they will be fining users who commit perceived violations on their bandwidth.

Who knew in America that the phone providers would now be policing the content of your text messages to fine you.

S.H.A.F.T. is an acronym that stands for Sex, Hate, Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco. It outlines the categories of text messages specifically regulated due to moral and legal issues and is monitored and enforced by the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) and the mobile carriers.

Who gets to determine what is and isn’t “hateful”?

Will political text messages be censored now as well going into 2024?

Nice TOS date change! Just in time for the GOP primary and 2024 presidential election!


35 posted on 12/27/2023 6:16:21 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever
Who knew in America that the phone providers would now be policing the content of your text messages to fine you.

Dr. Johnny Fever was right about The Phone Cops.

36 posted on 12/27/2023 6:17:58 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I used to take 4H kids on tours through large telephone companies, radio stations, and newspaper companies. Everything has been recorded since the 70s or earlier.


37 posted on 12/27/2023 6:21:02 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever; STARLIT; Lakeside Granny

Glad we aren’t T-mobile customers.

Although, they’re likely the camel’s nose, in the tent.

How long before the other carriers follow suit?


38 posted on 12/27/2023 6:22:05 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Jane Long

We are. Comcast is local.

Who do you use?


39 posted on 12/27/2023 6:24:16 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Getready

In a bad economy, it is the little guy that suffers the most. Inflation and higher costs of living hit hard. There are still tons of people out there with a whole lotta money. And credit cards.


40 posted on 12/27/2023 6:24:50 AM PST by dforest
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