Bruno Biasiotta, Tim Tompkins, Jeff Straus

Bruno Biasiotta, CEO of Philips North America, left, Tim Tompkins, president of the Time Square Alliance, and Jeff Straus, president of Countdown Entertainment, celebrate after flipping the switch on the New Year’s Eve ball test atop the 1 Times Square building, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in New York. The iconic 11,875-pound geodesic sphere covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles will descend a 130-foot pole to mark the stroke of midnight during the annual Times Square celebration. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)