{"id":5012,"date":"2015-01-01T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2015-01-01T10:21:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:21:40","slug":"a-downtown-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/01\/a-downtown-new-years-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"A downtown New Year&#8217;s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-5012\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"5012-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown5-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown5-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Once the confetti cleared, up came the laser lights.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5012-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown2-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown2-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>At the stroke of midnight, this young couple at right celebrated with a kiss and a selfie.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5012-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown3-1-of-1.jpg*771*328\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown3-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Lights, fire, action.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5012-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown4-1-of-1.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown4-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6> <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Another view of the flaming 2015 sign.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5012-slide5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown1-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Countdown1-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Here's the crowd about 15 minutes before midnight.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 5012, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/01\/a-downtown-new-years-eve\/', 5 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>Downtown Billings ushered in the new year with the second annual Downtown Countdown under Skypoint Wednesday night.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was so cold that probably a good deal more than half the people who were on hand at midnight did not wander over from nearby bars, restaurants and businesses open for special events until just before the countdown began.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby establishments were so packed that your Last Best News correspondent was turned away from the Crystal Lounge, a memory he will always cherish. 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