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New York City is one place where your New Year’s Eve can be the most memorable or depressing night of your year, mainly because there are so many options for it to go very right—or very wrong. It’s the night where every single club, event space, hotel, and party group from Riverdale to Brighton Beach makes promises of hosting the most extravagant or elegant late night revelries in town. However if it’s the night before Christmas and it still looks like you’ll be ringing out 2013 from your couch with Dick Clark’s ghost and Miley Cyrus’ tongue on your TV screen, here are 10 legit New Year’s Eve parties that you can still get your tickets to, tonight.
New Year's Eve at the NoMad
If you: only really care about eating
Where: NoMad
Address: 1170 Broadway
The details: 9:30pm-2am; $325
Website: opentable.com/the-nomad
Sure, the price is steep but the ticket grants your belly direct access to cocktails by beverage director Leo Robitscheck, ample food stations and passed canapés from James Beard award-winning Chef Daniel Humm and plenty of champagne. The cocktail party will also feature a live band and a DJ for those aren't worried about cramping up.
The King's Winter Masquerade
If you: Are looking for drama
Where: McKittrick Hotel
Address: 530 West 27th St.
The details: Time varies depending on tickets; $75-150
Website: web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9864751
With a strictly enforced black and white dress code and the option to attend a royal supper and interactive theater experience Sleep No More prior to the party, you can rest assured that you picked the most glamorous event in town (or are having flashbacks to that time you worked as an extra on Gossip Girl). Although tickets for the full-scale event are running low (make sure to scan Craigslist and StubHub, though!) there are still plenty for the party itself starting at 1 am.
AMC 34th Street Silver Screen Film Festival
If you: Can barely get off your couch
Where: Silver Screen AMC
Address: 312 West 34th St.
The details: 8pm-3am; Tickets $45-60
Website: balldrop.com/new-years-eve-silver-screens-festival-amc-34-street-nyc
Whether you're coming off of a really bad cold or your Tisch-grad school girlfriend has a big thing for Humphrey Bogart, there's no need to explain to us why you'd like to spend the last day of the year at the movies—with unlimited wine and champagne. There will also be buffet from 9-11:30pm that features a whole lot more than Raisinets and stale popcorn.
Club Allure
If you: Want to go clubbing anywhere other than Meatpacking
Where: Allure
Address: 33-02 Queens Blvd., Queens
The details: 9pm; $45 in advance and $30 after midnight
Website: eventbrite.com/e/new-years-eve-party-at-club-allure-queens-tickets-4930311695
Who said spending New Year's Eve in Queens is a cop-out? For under $50 you'll get to enjoy a three-hour open bar, two buffets (dinner from 9-11pm and breakfast at 5am) and, of course, a champagne toast. DJs will be spinning Latin, hip hop, and house all night, so work for those scrambled eggs!
Joonbug Presents: The Affairs Afloat NYE Boat Cruise
If you: Have always wanted to take a booze cruise
Where: Affairs Afloat
Address: 455 12th Ave.
The details: 9pm-1am; Tickets $125-175
Website: joonbug.com/newyork/newyearseve/Affairs-Afloat-NYC-New-York/HncrwEP6zOa
Why not make this the year where you do something 'a little different?' Set sail for four hours and enjoy an open bar and hors d'oeuvres while dancing to a mix of hip hop and top 40. Sure, you may think a cruise sounds a little cheesy now, but we guarantee seeing the fireworks from the water will stir something inside even in the toughest of New York hearts. Plus your ticket stub acts as free pass to the after-party at Le Possion Rogue, starting at 2am.
BangOn!NYC presents: Time & Space
If you: Own glow sticks
Where: BangOn!
Address: 699 Sholes St., Brooklyn
The details: 9pm; Tickets $60-140
Website: brownpapertickets.com/event/site/496002
If you're looking for something that sounds straight out of a SNL Stefon sketch, BangOn! Promises just the night for you: This year's theme of "Time & Space" will take place inside a 60,000 sq. ft. multi-room arena with two stages of electronic music, custom lighting, and stage design. There will be flying circus performers, food trucks, Burning Man Art Cars, oh, and a rocket launch at midnight. And for those of you who may worry about cab fees to and from the venue, don't: the space is conveniently located off of the L train.
Brooklyn Bowl
If you: Want to feel like you're back in your hometown
Where: Brooklyn Bowl
Address: 61 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn
The details: 8pm; Tickets $40 at the door, $295 VIP packages still available in advance
Website: brooklynbowl.com/event/421939-delta-spirit-brooklyn/
Want a little taste of small town in a big night out in the big city? Why not bowl your way into 2014 while listening to Delta Spirit and DJ set by the Cults? VIP packages also include full open bar with nine beers on tap and unlimited food from Blue Ribbon (fried chicken!), which should help eliminate (or at least lessen) the next morning's hangover.
NYE On Top of The Standard
If you: Are seeking Instagram envy
Where: Top of Standard
Address: 848 Washington St.
The details: 10pm; Tickets $250 for standing
Website: standardnyc.myshopify.com/collections/nye-tots
One of the city's coolest hotels is hosting one of the year's coolest acts against the backdrop of—let's face it—the coolest views in the world. Tickets for the black tie affair ain't cheap, but it's a small price to pay for all the social networking attention you'll attract. Essentially this is the spot for anyone who either has money or wants everyone to know that you're having the greatest time of your life, which you may very well be.
Dances of Vice: New Year's Eve 2014
If you: Want to play dress up
Where: Dances of Vice
Address: 1 Hanover Square
The details: 9pm; Tickets $145-195
Website: eventbee.com/v/dancesofvice2014
Nightlife group Dances of Vice is known for its themed productions and appealing to a crowd with a unique sense of style, whether it's Avant Garde, vintage, or anything that's unconventionally beautiful. This New Year's they're boasting a cast of musicians and performers (and a delicious dinner buffet for VIPs) in a private Victorian residential palace built in the style of a Renaissance palazzo. And if any of your friends need a little push to dress up you can inform that an artist will be sketching live caricatures of guests throughout the night.
Blkmarket Membership and ReSolute New Year's Eve
If you: Want to dance all night (and morning)
Where: Output
Address: 74 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn
The details: 10pm; Tickets sold at the door, $TBA
Website: ticketfly.com
Two of the NYC's top party groups are teaming up for a 24-hour electronic end-of-year blowout at Outpost in Williamsburg and with their impressive techno-based lineup spread between the club's two-room, you have to worry about spending the night bitching about the DJ. Re-entry will be allowed all day and night as well to accommodate the need for any mid-dance siestas or those of you who worry about missing something better next door—but take our word for it: You're not.