After a three-decade wait, the Kansas City Royals are once again the World Series champions thanks to their 4-1 series victory over the New York Mets.
The hard work is over, and now it's time for the Royals and the people of Kansas City to celebrate. Unseasonably warm weather should make for a great day as the city holds its first World Series parade since 1985.
The parade will begin at noon CT and includes a 2.3-mile trek to Kansas City's Union Station, where a "Royal Celebration" will take place at 2 p.m. CT, per VisitKC.com.
The website provides information on the route, parking, transportation and more, though information for live streaming is not available. See below for details on how to witness the parade live or watch it on television.
Royals Championship Parade Info
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 3
Time: Noon CT
Route: Beginning on Grand Boulevard and ending at Union Station
TV: Fox Sports Kansas City, Fox 4
Live Stream: TBA
Fox Sports provided more information about the parade's television coverage:
FOX Sports Kansas City, the TV home of the Royals, will televise the Royals' victory parade and celebration (#RoyalCelebration) live on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 12 p.m. CT.
FOX Sports Kansas City broadcasters Ryan Lefebvre, Rex Hudler, Joel Goldberg, Jeff Montgomery and Morgan Uber will contribute to the coverage, which will be presented in partnership with WDAF-FOX 4. Lefebvre will host the victory rally in front of Union Station at approximately 2 p.m., shortly after the parade ends. FOX Sports Kansas City and FOX 4 are the official broadcast partners of the Royal Celebration.
Fans can see the telecast on FOX Sports Kansas City and FOX Sports Midwest, including DirecTV channel 671 and Dish channel 418 or 412-08.
The program will be replayed immediately after the live airing, and again Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m.
The team arrived back in town Monday afternoon amid hundreds of cheering fans, per Kansas City's Fox 4 News:
Tuesday's weather should not be an issue for parade-goers. Weather.com predicts the high temperature to be in the low 70s, with only a 10 percent chance of rain.
The Kansas City Star's Jeff Rosen provided a map of the parade on his Twitter account:
Kansas City Mayor Sly James noted that the parade is taking place Tuesday because Major League Baseball rules require the winning team to hold its parade within 48 hours of the final World Series game, per Len Jennings of KMBC.com.
The streets should still be packed for the celebration, however, because kids will have an excuse to be there, per KCTV5:
It will be a festive occasion for a city that had witnessed just two combined championships from its professional baseball and football teams: the Royals in 1985 and Chiefs in 1969.
It's safe to say that Kansas City residents will not get a lot of work done Tuesday—unless you count the fans' job to show their Royals how much they support them one more time.
Read more MLB news on BleacherReport.com
- Login to post comments