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Event Information:
Downtown Miami plays host to the
biggest and most spectacular display
of fireworks on the water in South
Florida as makes way for the New
Year . Yachts from all over
Miami anchor around the fireworks
platform while surrounded by the
ever expanding and brightly lit
skyline of Downtown Miami and
Brickell in the near background. New
Year’s Eve in Miami Beach will be a
dazzling spectacle of fireworks,
music and magic attracting people
from all over the world who are
determined to celebrate in a city
where the weather, the people and
the party spots are always hot. Kick
off the day in Coconut Grove with
the whimsical 30th annual King Mango
Strut Parade, a parody of
traditional holiday parades that
serves to spoof on the year’s major
news and players.
For the latest New Year's Eve events
and parties in Miami see New
Year's Eve Live
For
the largest free New Year’s party in
south Florida, head to Bayfront Park
in downtown Miami. There you’ll be
joined by around 250,000 others to
witness the ascent of the 35-ft
smiley-faced neon icon ‘Big Orange’,
as it creeps up the side of the
Intercontinental Hotel over a six
hour period, followed by a massive
fireworks display over Biscayne Bay.
Bayfront Park is a 32-acre (13 ha)
public, urban park in Downtown
Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay.
The
Bayfront Park Amphitheater has a
seating capacity of 10,000 people:
2,672 fixed benches and 7,328 in the
lawn. The Tina Hills Pavilion is an
open air pavilion with a seating
capacity of 1,000 people: 200 fixed
seats and 800 in the lawn. Bayfront
Park is bordered on the north by
Bayside Marketplace and the American
Airlines Arena, on the south by
Chopin Plaza, on the west by
Biscayne Boulevard and on the east
by Biscayne Bay. Bayfront Park is
host to many large events such as
the New Year's ball drop, Christmas
celebrations, concerts, the Bayfront
Park Amphitheater, the Tina Hills
Pavilion, as well as boat tours
around Biscayne Bay.
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