Times Square's famous New Year's Eve Ball gets a facelift for 2013.<br/> <br />Two hundred and eighty-eight new Waterford crystals were installed on the sphere, representing this year's theme of peace.<br/> <br />Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance explains.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance, saying (English):<br/> <br />"The ball has 2,668 Waterford crystals. And every year about 10 percent of them get replaced with a new theme. This year's theme is 'Let There Be Peace'. And so they've carved that and also they carved a dove onto the piece of crystal which is the symbol of peace."<br/> <br />One of the triangles is engraved with Dick Clark's name, paying homage to the longtime New Year's Eve telecast host.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance, saying (English):<br/> <br />"He spent 40 years in Times Square when the celebration was small and crazy and now it's huge and wild."<br/> <br />Clark's widow, Kari was on hand to help attach the new crystals.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Kari Clark, Dick Clark's widow, saying (English):<br/> <br />"It's very special. Of course, it would be to him too. He was such a sentimental guy that things like that would really mean a lot to him."<br/> <br />This year's broadcast, expected to reach more than one billion people across the globe, will be hosted by American TV and radio personality Allison Hagendorf.
