The expected number of participants is within the crowd sizes seen during New Year's Eve celebrations.
An annual New Year's Eve celebration is also held there.
Just what kind of New Year's Eve celebration is this?
Indeed, for some, the New Year's Eve celebrations were just the finale of a good year.
The city began returning to life in time for a downtown New Year's Eve celebration.
New Year's Eve celebrations from various worldwide locations were to have been seen on the show.
Not everyone's idea of a New Year's Eve celebration is loud, long and lavish.
The opening of the square has also allowed the city to hold its first annual New Years' Eve celebration in 2011.
But this game plan can be adapted to any New Year's Eve celebration.
The story spans the year 2001, from one New Year's Eve celebration to the next.