A new year, a fresh start, a great excuse to celebrate. New Year’s Eve is coming. WalletHub.com, a personal finance website, looked at a variety of factors to determine the best places to ring in the New Year around the United States. They’ve also shared some fun facts for New Year’s Eve. Now you can be the person with all the facts at your party!

With New Year’s Eve around the corner and the majority of Americans spending up to $200 each on the occasion per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2020’s Best Places for New Year’s Eve Celebrations. To help Americans ring in the new year without breaking the bank, WalletHub compared the 100 biggest cities across 28 key metrics. The data set ranges from legality of fireworks to average price of a New Year’s Eve party ticket to forecasted precipitation for December 31!

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Fun Facts about New Year’s Eve

Note: These facts are based on 2018 figures:
97.4 million people will drive to their destination for New Year’s.
107 million+ will travel at least 30 miles from home.
$165 is the average price for a round trip ticket for New Year’s for the top 40 domestic routes.
The top three most popular U.S. destinations for New Year’s Eve are 1. Orlando, Florida 2. Anaheim, California 3. Honalulu, Hawaii.
360+ million glasses of sparkling wine will be drunk on New Year’s Eve.
45% of Americans will celebrate NYE with family.
24% will celebrate at home.
12% will fall sleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
To see the entire list of fun facts about New Year’s Eve, visit WalletHub’s site: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-places-for-new-years-eve/17263/

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