(Kansas City) Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to line the streets of downtown Kansas City on Wednesday as it prepares to celebrate the Chiefs’ second Super Bowl in four years.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and star quarterback Patick Mahomes will be joined by teammates, loved ones and team executives as they parade in convertibles down one of downtown’s main thoroughfares. city of Kansas City.
Most schools, businesses and some government offices located in the Kansas City metro area will be closed to allow people to celebrate. The event will kick off around noon local time and culminate at Union Station in Kansas City.
The leaders had begun planning the parade even before the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 on Sunday, following a successful field goal with eight seconds left on the clock.
After a decades-long drought, Kansas City is beginning to embrace the parades of champions. In 2020, the Chiefs had taken the measure of 49ers San Francisco to the Super Bowl, giving Kansas City its first championship in 50 years. The feat came a few years after the Kansas City Royals won the World Series in 2015, giving them their first major league championship in 30 years.