Crowds ring in the 2015 at Roanoke's "Big Lick Downtown Countdown"

Crowds ring in the 2015 at Roanoke's "Big Lick Downtown Countdown" (Image 1) (Copyright by WSLS - All rights reserved)

ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - Thousands of people are expected to ring in 2015 in downtown Roanoke at the "Big Lick Downtown Countdown".

Organizers said online tickets and VIP tickets sold out by Wednesday afternoon. Event planners said their goals is to bringing Times Square to Market Square with indoor and outdoor fun.

The event includes music from bands including Superhold, Rutledge and Madrone plus live DJS. The main attraction for the New Year's Eve celebration is the star that will make it's way up a pole to mark midnight. Ghent Hill, a Roanoke restoration company, created the star out of re-purposed items including old fan parts.