If you happen to’re in want of some last-minute New 12 months’s Eve plans — and also you’ve obtained some critical dough to spend — you’re in luck.
Diners can dish out greater than $700 to ring in 2025 on the Occasions Sq. Applebee’s, the place patrons can take pleasure in an hours-long open bar, dinner buffet, midnight Champagne toast, a reside DJ and, after all, the chance to observe the annual ball drop.
Beginning at $729 per particular person for a celebration of eight, the costs rise as the pinnacle rely dwindles, culminating with a three-person reservation ringing in at $999 every, or $849 per head for a two-person desk.
The informal eatery additionally affords a non-public couple’s package deal for a whopping $2,299, which incorporates two tickets for a non-public desk.
Final 12 months, Applebee’s charged $650 per particular person on New 12 months’s Eve.
“You are really paying for the real estate, to be in the area and ultimately to get a view of the ball drop at midnight,” Joshua Perla, the founding father of NYE occasion producer BallDrop.com and NewYears.com, advised The Put up final 12 months.
The New 12 months’s Eve extravaganza at Applebee’s, which is lower than a block away from the long-lasting ball drop, is open to all ages and affords an all-you-can-eat buffet for over 4 hours, celebration favors, reside leisure, a DJ and a five-hour open bar to these 21 years of age or older.
The chain restaurant may also escort company who desire a nearer view of the ball drop to Occasions Sq., safety circumstances allowing, and those that selected to remain behind will probably be supplied a Champagne toast at midnight.
However the eatery isn’t the one hotspot the place vacationers are flocking on Dec. 31.
A number of blocks north, the Applebee’s on fiftieth Avenue is providing comparable packages for personal and sharing tables, though in addition they hawked normal admission tickets that seem like bought out.
In the meantime, the AMC Theatres location on forty second Avenue is in its tenth 12 months of providing a reside view of the ball drop for these keen to splurge practically $1,000 or extra on tickets with entry to its terrace.
Bar 54 on the Hyatt Centric in Occasions Sq. can be internet hosting a “black tie optional soiree” with hors d’oeuvres and an open bar for no less than $1,399 per particular person for normal admission. {Couples} who wish to reserve a seat at a shared indoor desk — with added perks like a bottle of glowing wine — can fork over $5,250.
However the Marriott Marquis could be the priciest of all.
Tickets start at $1,250 for normal admission with reserved seating and go all the best way as much as $8,500 for the couple’s package deal with a terrace view of the midnight ball descending.
Whereas vacationers may be keen to shell out a whole lot — if not hundreds — of {dollars} to catch a glimpse of the extremely anticipated ball drop, native New Yorkers aren’t eager on the festivities with eye-watering value tags.
“Who are these crazy people? They must be out of their minds,” restaurant advisor Donny Evans advised The Put up final 12 months.
“They are obviously out-of-towners. I don’t care who you are. I just think New Year’s Eve is such a rip-off in terms of prices. I wouldn’t go to Times Square on New Year’s Eve,” he continued.
“I’d rather have a good meal on the East Side or downtown for a third of the price.”
