Not for 50 years, ever since TSQ became Disneyland. But back in the day, maaaaaaaaaaaan...
First tune I saw the ball drop I was 14 and me and my friend decided instead of going to the movies we gonna see the ball drop. This was back in the mid 80s so way before gentrification. Man I still remember some drunk white boy punched a cops horse and the epic beat down the NYPD gave that dude.....man I remember it like it was yesterday.