Peach Drop facts for kids
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Peach Drop tower in Underground Atlanta
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| Genre | New Year's Eve event |
| Date(s) | December 31 – January 1 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Atlanta, New York City |
| Inaugurated | 1989 |
| Most recent | 2018 |
| Attendance | 60,000 (annually) |
| Organized by | Underground Atlanta |
| Website | https://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, 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. 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. For 2019, the event returned to Underground Atlanta.
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." In 2020 and 2021, the Peach Drop was cancelled for the second and third consecutive years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
