arrow Times Square will be without hundreds of thousands— maybe millions—of New Year's Eve revelers on Thursday, but the usual bells and whistles will be ready to ring in 2021. During test runs this week, the confetti fluttered perfectly and the ball was deemed ready to rock. After 2021,in numeral form, arrived in Midtown and was secured at One Times Square, New Year's Eve organizers held the annual "Air Worthiness of Confetti Test" on the marquee of the Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday. "We're going to make sure when the ball drops, there's over a billion people around the world watching safely from home as they see this joyous blizzard of confetti being released over Times Square," Jeffrey Straus, president of Countdown Entertainment which produces the event, said, explaining the importance of this critical trial during a pandemic New Year's. "Today, we're going to test it, make sure that it works properly, that it falls beautifully."