They got some good masked crowd shots for the close ups with the “hosts”, probably paid actors in the crowd. Most there were unmasked. My family and I watched for two minutes, watched the ball drop, then turned it off.

The crowd was sparse to begin with; don’t know if that was by design (vax card) or arbitrary crowd sizes rules. It used to be such an uplifting and fun event with all those people there celebrating, something else to look forward to after Christmas. Now, until all the evil people are unmasked and rounded up, it’s a sham.