Peach Drop

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Peach Drop
New Year's Eve at Underground.jpg
Peach Drop tower in Underground Atlanta
GenreNew Year's Eve event
Date(s)December 31 – January 1
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Atlanta, New York City
Inaugurated1989
Most recent2018
Attendance60,000 (annually)[1]
Organized byUnderground Atlanta
Websitehttps://peachdrop.com/

The Peach Drop was the annual New Year's Eve drop event held in Atlanta, Georgia. To ring in the new year, an approximately 800-pound peach,[2] symbolizing Georgia's identity as the "Peach State," is dropped from a tower located in Underground Atlanta. The Peach Drop has not been held since 2018.

History[]

From 1989 through 2017, the event was held at Underground Atlanta. The tower from which the peach descends is located in Underground Atlanta and stands at 138 feet. The peach, constructed of fiberglass and foam, measures approximately 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide.[2] The Drop was moved to the Flatiron Building for the 2018 celebration with festivities held at Woodruff Park after Underground Atlanta was sold to a private developer.[3] For 2019, the event returned to Underground Atlanta.[4]

Hiatus[]

In 2019, the Drop was placed on hiatus for in order to re-evaluate and expand the event. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms stated that the sale of Underground Atlanta complicated the event, and the return for 2019 lacked "the thought and consideration and resources we should give an event."[5] In 2020 and 2021, the Peach Drop was cancelled for the second and third consecutive years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Yu, Janice. "Atlanta New Year's Eve Peach Drop returns with Ashanti, Goodie Mob". Fox 5 Atlanta.
  2. ^ a b Newmark, Avery. "5 flashback moments from Atlanta's Peach Drop". AJC. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ Stevens, Alexis. "Atlanta police ramp up security plans for new Peach Drop location". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  4. ^ Raisa Habersham, J. D. Capelouto. "Peach Drop moving back to Underground Atlanta". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. ^ Ho, Rodney. "No Peach Drop this year, breaking 30-year tradition". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  6. ^ Murphy, Adam. "Coronavirus overshadows most New Year's Eve celebrations in the metro". CBS46 News Atlanta. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Peach Drop on New Year's Eve to be canceled, sources say". WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta. 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2021-12-28.

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