Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Joins SpaceX Takeover of NYC

Even the iconic New Year’s Eve ball is getting involved in the SpaceX IPO celebrations.

The illuminated ball in Times Square has been “transformed” to represent Mars and will be lit up in red and orange colors, according to a Nasdaq spokesperson. At the close of markets, the bell will ascend, rather than descend, which is the New Year’s Eve tradition.

Signs of Wall Street’s exuberance over the the IPO for SpaceX, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., have popped up all over New York City in recent weeks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — which had top ...