New Year's Nation is the only event of its kind, connecting thousands of people in multiple cities on the biggest night of the year. The New York-based company, founded by Jann Yogman, throws a simultaneous New Year's Eve party across four time zones. Guests from coast-to-coast can celebrate with friends in other cities and toast the new year every time the clock strikes midnight.
On December 31, 2006, New Year's Nation hosted 5,000 guests at a national New Year's Eve bash in five U.S. cities of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and Boston, all connected by streaming video on giant plasma screens.
In 2007, New Year's Nation expanded the New Year's Eve party to the eight U.S. cities of Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, New York, Philadelphia and Seattle.
In 2008, New Year's Nation held their partys in 10 U.S. cities: Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. Travis Barker and DJ-AM (Adam Goldstein) performed at New Year's Nation's Los Angeles party at The Wiltern, and their performance were streamed live in high-definition quality on the Internet at newyearsnation.com, and broadcast live through NYN-TV. This was their first show together since they were in a post-concert plane crash in September 2008.
In 2010, www.newyearsnation has been turned off. Error pages from Culture Pilot display in place.
Famous quotes containing the words year and/or nation:
“The phenomena of the year take place every day in a pond on a small scale. Every morning, generally speaking, the shallow water is being warmed more rapidly than the deep, though it may not be made so warm after all, and every evening it is being cooled more rapidly until the morning. The day is an epitome of the year. The night is the winter, the morning and evening are the spring and fall, and the noon is the summer. The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.”
—Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910)