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New Year's at the Needle Returns: The West Coast Window to the World
The Space Needle is proud to announce the return of New Year's at the Needle; the premier New Year's Eve show broadcast across four markets down the coast to viewers in Seattle, Spokane, Portland and San Diego. Alaska Airlines will return as the presenting sponsor of Seattle's iconic pyrotechnic and light spectacular to welcome 2026. Viewers along the coast will tune in to watch hundreds of drones take to the sky, leading up to the largest structurally launched firework show in North America, br
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