Can’t mingle with 1 million people at Times Square on New Year’s Eve? If you were within driving distance, or wanted to take a flight from anywhere in the world, Sarasota, was the place to be Dec. 31.
Sponsored by the Downtown Sarasota Enrichment Association, Sarasota’s 26th annual tropical block party complete with a pineapple drop boasted about 40,000 guests who helped usher 2025 out and loudly roar 2026 in.
A rare mathematical event, 2025 will be remembered for many things, but it is also a ‘perfect square year’ because 45 x 45 equals 2025 (you knew that, right?). For those calculating, our last perfect square year was 1936 and the next is 2116…