2 Million in Times Square for New Year’s? Experts Say No Way

The ball dropping during New Year's Eve 2016 at Times Square in New York City at midnight on Dec. 31, 2016. Theo Wargo/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—1 or 2 million people in New York’s Times Square for New Year’s Eve?

Crowd-size experts scoff at those mammoth figures—floated annually by city officials and event organizers—saying it’s impossible to squeeze that many of even the skinniest revelers into such a relatively small space.