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Where to Party Like a Rock Star on New Year's Eve

December 29, 2011 7:43am | Updated December 29, 2011 7:43am
The Top of the Standard, where Jay-Z, Beyonce and other celebs have popped champagne, has sold out tickets for tables that cost as much as $4,500, according to its website.
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MANHATTAN — You can party with the stars this New Year's Eve — but it might clear out your entertainment budget for the rest of 2012.

The most exclusive clubs in the city are hosting the swankiest parties — with price tags that could leave you needing a drink. 

The Meatpacking District's Top of the Standard, where Jay-Z, Beyonce and other celebs have popped champagne, has tables that cost as much as $4,500, according to its website. 

"Empire State" tables on the dance floor — which seat between three and six guests and range in price from $2,250 and $4,500— have "unobstructed views of the Empire State Building and skyline." A bottle of champagne is included. 

The cheapest tickets at the 442 W. 13th St. club, sometimes referred to as The Boom Boom Room, cost $250. Revelers get standing room-only tickets to see Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie perform. 

The Top of the Standard boasts an impressive view of the city.
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Bon vivants who can't wrangle tickets to The Top of the Standard's party can head to Hotel Gansevoort, where tickets start at $120 per person and climb to $750 per couple, according to the Meatpacking District hotel's website.

For $750, couples get access to all parts of the 18 Ninth Ave. club, a "premier" table at Plunge Rooftop Bar and Lounge, a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne, a bottle of Grey Goose vodka, a sushi and sashimi platter, party favors and a breakfast served at 3 a.m.  

For those with lesser budgets, a $120 ticket will buy access to an open bar from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., hors d'oeuvres, party favors and breakfast. Tickets at this level don't allow access to the roof. 

A quick limo ride away, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Columbus Circle, tickets to a gala in the 36th floor ballroom cost $1,500 per person. 

"The black-tie evening begins with passed hors d’oeuvres and premium open bar, followed by a gala dinner and dancing to live music," according to the hotel's website. 

Vinny Guadagnino of "Jersey Shore" is hosting a much lower rent party at the AMC Loews at 312 34th St. General admission tickets to the seven-hour open bar party, called "It's New Year's Eve Time," cost $55 per person. The party starts at 8 p.m. 

"This is THE New Year's Eve ticket for those in search of the hottest fist-pumping celebration with the bragging rights of being one of the longest-running open bars in town...7 hours long!" its website reads. 

After 12:30 a.m., admission to the party costs just $35. 

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