Baltimore City Cancels Its New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, Baltimore City is canceling its New Year’s Eve fireworks show.

Citing costs and logistics associated with the yearly event, the metropolis announced Wednesday greeting it volition not big the 2022 New Year’s Eve Spectacular.

“As overmuch arsenic we would similar to footwear disconnected the New Year with a fireworks celebration, aft reviewing the logistics, costs, and different considerations fixed our caller Labor Day fireworks event, the City has decided not to proceed with fireworks this New Year,” Deputy Mayor for Community and Economic Development Ted Carter said. “We are readying connected returning to a much predictable, accepted docket successful 2022 arsenic we proceed to look from COVID-19 and resume mean lawsuit planning.”

Traditionally, the lawsuit is held successful Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and features a fireworks spectacular on with unrecorded music.

The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, which produces the yearly event, said it stands by the city’s and Mayor Brandon Scott’s determination to scrap the yearly event.

In lieu of the fireworks display, the metropolis is promoting a slate of different vacation events including Thursday’s Monument Lighting successful Mount Vernon, Christmas Village successful Baltimore astatine West Shore Park and skating astatine the Baltimore Inner Harbor Ice Rink.

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It’s the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth the fireworks person been scrubbed. Last year, the fireworks show was canceled owed to assemblage restrictions imposed due to the fact that of the COVID-19 pandemic.