New Year's Eve Celebrations at the Gansevoort NYC

Sure, you can go to Times Square and watch the ball drop, along with a million others cooped up on Broadway, from 43rd St right upto Central Park. Or... You could opt to celebrate New year's Eve at any one of the swank and celeb filled New York hotels like the Gansevoort Hotel(www.hotelgansevoort.com/) in the Meatpacking District, where last year the New Year party was rocking until the wee hours in the company of Kid Rock, Perez Hilton, Mena Suvari, Paramore, Damien Fayhe and many other stars from the Big Apple's social circuit.

Let's see what they have in store this year, to help kick off 2009 with a bang, and clear away the recession blues. This year too, the Gansevvort does not dissappoint, and has a fun-filled agenda lined up.

• Six Hours of Top Shelf Open Bar
• Gourmet Cuisine Catered By Ono and of Jeffrey Chodorow’s famed China Grill Management
• Three DJs spinning a mix of Hip Hop, Dance, Rock & '80s
• Time’s Square Balldrop Countdown Displayed On Multiple Plasmas
• Countless Celebrity Sitings

So you can enjoy the luxury and the electric party atmosphere in the Gansevoort's rooftop poolside lounge, join in on the Times Square countdown, and yet not have to shove and push Japanese tourists and European backpackers in Times Square. Admission price $200. If you have a group, then they have rooftop tables with full hors d'oeuvre platters on each table and cocktail waitress service all night long. More details here, or call (212) 724-3900.