PRESCOTT, Ariz.—It wasn’t the big ball dropping in Times Square, but the effect was just as spectacular in downtown Prescott, Arizona, on New Year’s Eve.
The year 2022 got the boot, so to speak, as revelers by the hundreds rang in 2023 with the annual New Year’s Eve Whiskey Row Boot Drop.
It’s been a regional tradition for the past dozen years.
Following the customary 10-second countdown, the 6-foot illuminated cowboy boot slowly descended from The Palace building flagpole against fireworks and cheering crowds at midnight.
Fireworks are set ablaze as a 6-foot illuminated boot descends from a 40-foot flagpole during the annual New Year’s Eve Boot Drop in downtown Prescott, Ariz., on Dec. 31, 2022. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
Goodbye, 2022!…