The city associated with the Eiffel Tower’s New Year’s Eve light-show tradition is Paris.
The Eiffel Tower stands on the Champ de Mars in Paris and is one of the world’s most recognizable landmarks. New Year’s celebrations in the French capital often use the tower and nearby central locations as visual symbols, with illuminated displays and public gatherings marking midnight. The tower itself is not lowered like New York’s ball; its role is as a monumental backdrop and illuminated landmark.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, commemorating the centennial of the French Revolution. Gustave Eiffel’s company completed the structure in time for the exposition, and it remained the world’s tallest man-made structure until 1930. Visitors sometimes confuse Paris’s tower display with the Arc de Triomphe’s projection-based celebrations, which are separate Paris events. The city—not the tower—is the requested location.