Overview
- The worldwide cascade began in Kiribati and moved through Auckland, where a five‑minute Sky Tower show used about 3,500 pyrotechnic effects, before sweeping across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
- Sydney’s harbor spectacle featured an estimated nine tonnes of fireworks and paused for a minute of silence honoring victims of the Bondi Beach attack.
- Mexico City staged a government-backed electronic festival on Paseo de la Reforma with DJs including Mariana BO, extended Metro service to 1:00 a.m., road closures and security operations, with local reports putting attendance around 250,000.
- U.S. audiences marked the night with televised specials including ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, CBS’s Nashville’s Big Bash and NBC’s A Toast to 2025!.
- Major city shows and venues added technology-driven flourishes, such as Dallas’s Reunion Tower display combining more than 5,000 pyrotechnic effects, a 259‑color LED program and nearly 300 drones, alongside theme‑park finales like Six Flags Fiesta Texas’s 360‑degree fireworks.