Went to Bicentennial Mall for the Note Drop and fireworks and was extremely disappointed. Small crowd, not much of an atmosphere, and the quality of fireworks were a fraction of those of previous years. There were people there for Styx and people there for Keith Urban, and the rest left at 12:02 - when Auld Lang Syne was completed
Pros: I parked 5 blocks away, anticipating a "crowd", I should have parked 2 blocks away because parking was easy. Very little traffic. No lines at port-a-potties. Online streaming. Great app. Security was good. Not crowded
Cons: Food trucks raping the wallets of innocent victims (expected) and some left early due to lack of business. Note drop seemed "shorter", not sure. Fireworks noticeably smaller, no "atmosphere". Everyone standing on the few sidewalks to avoid the mud
Overall Summary: pathetic. Not something to be proud of. I don't get it. They had ~2 million people in Times Square this year, yet our police hasn't figured out how to handle 150k on Lower Broadway