Extravagant New Year’s party places
Most Americans will spend up to $200 on New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to WalletHub. A few will blow a whole lot more. Here are four party places that start at $10,000 — and what you get for that.
Mexico
For $10,000, you can get the best seat in the house to spend New Year’s Eve seeing two-time Grammy winner and DJ Paul Oakenfold at ME Cabo resort in Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja Peninsula. The price covers a seat at the VIP Dance Gold table to see Oakenfold, two nights in one of the hotel’s suites, a massage at the resort’s spa and dinner at Blue Marlin Ibiza’s VIP table. Bonus event: A yacht party Jan. 1 during which you can continue to party with DJs. Info: lat.ms/cabonye
Colorado
Spend the NYE countdown watching fireworks on the Little Nell ski run on Colorado’s Aspen Mountain. For $10,000, a snowcat takes you and 11 friends to a scenic spot. Bundle up as you step outside to private seating and blankets, Champagne, Scotch, caviar and chocolate-covered strawberries until the countdown, shifting to hot chocolate and Bellinis for a celebratory toast. Snowcats are available for two New Year’s Eve fireworks displays: 7:15 p.m. or midnight. Info: lat.ms/littlenellnye
New York City
If you want to be at New York’s famed ball drop, for $12,000, you and five friends can watch from a private heated booth at the Novotel Times Square. Nosh on hors d’oeuvres and enjoy a bottle of Dom Perignon. You can stay warm with the big Supernova dance party indoors, starting at 8:15 p.m. until the ball drop. Info: supernovaballdrop.com
Miami Beach
If you love mojitos and you love the beach, plan a visit to Nikki Beach club on Miami Beach. You can order a $10,000 Dom Perignon Rosé Strawberry Mojito in a 3foot-tall glass. The Life’s a Circus party promises acrobats, DJs and fireworks starting at $550 for a table for two. Info: To reserve a megamojito, email reservations at miami@nikkibeach.com. For the Life’s a Circus party, lat.ms/nikkibeachnye