Completely agree with all of this including the 50/50 gay (lmao). A&B does attract an older, chill crowd and there's no reason not to go even if you go alone. I wouldn't dip out right after 12 though because there's a strong chance they won't even go on until 12 since there are 2 other openers. If you leave by 1:30 you shouldn't have as much of an issue getting an Uber/Lyft BUT that's under normal circumstances and not during NYE.

RE: city center - I shop there all the time and I know others that do as well. Some of the stores don't have much foot traffic (Vince for example) but other ones get a lot of traffic (Louis V, Dior, Kate Spade, the restaurants). The stores on the outside edges of the complex legitimately don't seem to get much traffic though so not sure how they are staying afloat.