The revelers will be heading to hotels also being used by about 4, 000 people who lost their homes amid the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
"Thank you for volunteering, thank you for stepping up, thanks for making us strong, thank you for keeping us safe, " the commander-in-chief told the cheering revelers.
And at the very end of the night, clumps of revelers gather at the Marriott's bar until the wee hours.
In Manhattan, streets normally bustling after midnight, were quiet Saturday but for the hum of snow blowers, the scrape of shovels and the laughter from late night revelers who braved the snow.
Watching Dick Clark on TV is how most revelers in the U.S. spend New Year's Eve, which is why Hollywood is intrigued that on Dec. 31, 250, 000 people gathered in hundreds of theaters and churches to take in an alternative, the movie Left Behind II: Tribulation Force.
Dubai, a short plane ride from Europe and much of Asia and Africa, offers its visitors accessible glamour and relative tolerance of other cultures: Bikini-clad Europeans frolic on beaches steps away from women in burqas, nightclubs are packed with revelers and the streets are dotted with Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
The evening started with anticipation as revelers gathered along Long Island's north shore to watch the annual fireworks sponsored by the Dolan family, which owns Cablevision.
The optional voice-activated Garmin navigation system includes Sirius Travel Link to keep revelers appraised of all the current sports scores and weather information, gas prices for a fill-up on the way home and movie times for those leaving a blowout before the final gun sounds.
But the same American cultural superiority that clutches at pearls when it encounters Dutch revelers in blackface appears unconcerned by the stereotypical portrayal of dwarves as elves.
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Their revelers snake through the streets in huge, blinking double-deck floats.
As Mardi Gras revelers struggled to lift the battered spirits of New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro secured its reputation as the most decadent place to be for Carnival.
Those holding drinks included celebrating sports fans, revelers ending a night on the town, both amorous and quarrelsome couples and women weeping into cellphones.
Bars will be open until 4 a.m. to accommodate revelers, and hotels in the area are selling at two or three times the normal rates.
Music blared as revelers brandished American flags across the city.
Some revelers bring dogs dyed green for the occasion.
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Earlier, the mayor had persuaded the girl's family not to hold the party, authorities said, and unsuccessfully urged revelers not to attend.
Early Sunday, the Kiss nightclub was packed with about 2, 000 revelers, well above official capacity.
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Two days later I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room, looking down on revelers in Times Square, as I sat on hold awaiting advice from IBM technical support.
The decades-old Spanish event draws tens of thousands of revelers each year.
Sara Pradziak also seemed cautious, even after police made an arrest, despite hundreds of college-aged revelers who poured out of their homes Friday evening when the lockdown expired.
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Revelers and trail blazers were filing down a street in the town near the Tennessee state line to celebrate the Appalachian Trail when the sedan veered off the road.
The music scene of Tijuana once teemed with nightclubs and thousands of American revelers.
The uproar in Britain reached its crescendo Thursday evening when London Mayor Boris Johnson whipped up a crowd of 60, 000 revelers at a pre-Olympics celebration with a taunt for the Republican presidential candidate.
Teppanyaki tables, a sushi bar, a private dining area and seats for 327 diners and late night revelers (this is Las Vegas after all) are planned for the opening.
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Former industrial spaces near the Spree River are home to artist spaces, anarchist collectives and electronic-music clubs that draw weekend revelers from around Europe.
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