Watch | New crystals on Times Square ball

The iconic glass ball that marks the beginning of each new year in New York's Times Square got an upgrade on Sunday when workers installed nearly 300 new crystal triangles. Organizers expect at least one million people to crowd into the square on new year's eve to watch the lowering of the ball, a tradition that stretches back over a century. Ahead of this year's ceremony, 288 new crystal triangles made by the Waterford company were installed on the ball. In addition to the crowd, organizers anticipate that over a billion people around the world will watch the ball drop on television.