Parade Roll Call
 

Who's going? KC Dan, Stevieray and I (plus SO's and friends) will be in attendance.

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Wish I lived in the area.

Hope you guys have good weather for it.

Looked at the map and it would seem like the Southeast 'burbs don't have a good option for getting into the downtown area, so I think I may choose to watch from the comfort of my home. Sad because I'd love to go, but the KCATA pickup locations aren't what I had hoped.

Not much of a parade guy but I might tune in for a few. On the other hand if I could hang with you 3 I would do it in a second. Hopefully one day.

Wife’s boss refused her the day off. Debating if I’m making the 3.5 hour drive one way with my 9 year old. It was his first year playing, understanding and enjoying football so I think it would be very special for him this time around.

A young son. A memory that will last a lifetime..

You absolutely go.

100% We went to the Royals parade when they won the WS, but I had parking downtown back then, and it was awesome; we got there early, had fun in my "back then" downtown office, enjoyed the parade and waited at the office (having a party anyway) until the crowd left. T'was awesome...

I'm interested in going, but I'm not really an expert on the logistics.

Need to figure out where to park, and a good place to pick up some food before the parade actually starts.

I’m in.

Couldn’t make it to the first one so excited to get to come out for this.

i'm there

these are not to be missed

I don't do the rally thing but the parade is fun. Will head out and probably catch it in the area of the bridge when it goes from River Market to downtown.

4 of us coming up. Any good tips on how early to be there? Are the shuttles A good way to get into downtown? Wasn't able to make the last one. Looking forward to sharing the day with my Chiefs family.

https://www.sportkc.org/chiefsparade

Website above should be a help.

Linked below is the parade route.

https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...SBMAP_2023.pdf

booked a room at the Sheraton for Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Can't wait!!! Gonna be the best staycation ever!

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Just FYI, if you do go to the rally I’m guessing there will be some people in the crowd smoking weed. There were at the last rally, and with it being legal for recreational purchase and even nicer outside, I imagine there will be quite a few people partying hard on the parade route and at the rally. They asked Mayor Q after he made an announcement not to bring alcohol if he thought people would be following that rule and he blatantly just said no and laughed a little about it. Definitely still think it’s an experience you don’t want to miss out on, but just something to be mindful of so you can be ready to answer what that smell is. LMAO

Taking my daughter. Missed out on taking her in Feb 2020, because she was still only 6 and the forecast had shown a decent amount of snow, but that never really materialized. It was a bit cold for her and that's a lot of walking for a 6 year old in shitty weather.

This year will be about as nice as you can possibly get.

****in' A. I walked from my place to the parade last SB win. Will do it again this year. Stopping by Browne's Irish Marketplace on the way for a couple beers, and probably again on the way back. Check it out if you're in the local area. Parking sucks overall, best of luck there's really no good recommendations. Plan to park many blocks away. Last time there were a bunch of publicized bus routes and places you could park away from downtown and use public transportation back and forth.

At the location, it's pretty much chaos. Probably close to a million people. Many will be drunk and high as hell. Last parade was just a super cool vibe throughout the entire day, and I expect nothing less this time. But if you are intending to bring kids, please know that there was a great deal of drinking and smoking going on last time, and it will be worse this year with the leagalization in MO. Plan accordingly. Temps should be much better this year though. Everybody who can, get your asses down here on Wednesday.

Chiefs Superbowl Champs!!!!

I'll be there in spirit.

In. Wouldn’t miss it.

Does anyone know if they're streaming the parade again this year?

I wish I could go

Enjoy!!

gonna watch it on tv

Well be going to some local watering hole to watch...

I'm not going but if I were in your shoes I'd 100% go, you should do it. It'll be good memory for your kid and it's worth the long drive IMO

Went to the Royals parade and swore I would never do that again. But I want to go to this one and should have been more pro active and got a hotel tonight along the parade route so I guess I will watch from home again.

We went to the last one and hung out on the hill kind of away from the big crowd as he was only 6 at the time. I let him climb some trees a little bit so he could see them. But I appreciate the heads up!

Sadly I'm about 4.5k miles away. Hope you all have an incredible time

Same. Royals parade destroyed any desire I have to actually be there.

Yup tbh parades aren't that fun it was standing seeing pretty much nothing for hours and then it's cool for like 15 mins.

I'm just going tomorrow to say I've been to a Chiefs one

Yup, will be there.

3 miles each way from my place and I got a cold. This should be fun LMAO

Went to the first one. It was cold but worth it. A lifelong bucket list of someone who frequently drove on Grand Ave wondering what a Chiefs parade would look like.

Not going this time. Unless you work or live downtown, it's a pain in the ass. I'll be watching on the monitor.

Myself and my son and 9 yr old grandson, hopefully we can squeeze in ww1 museum for my grandson to check out

I'm celebrating by sitting at the hospital with my wife...son is having ACL reconstruction.

For anyone that has experience with this, how early do the surface parking lots within 3-4 blocks of the parade route fill up? Last time we parked at a friend's business at 26th and Holmes and then walked to the route. Go there real early and had a great spot right on the barrier by the Western Auto building. I'd like to get a bit further north on the route this time because we were near the end of the route and not many of the players were walking along anymore like they were earlier in the route. I'm thinking of getting to around 10th - 12th Streets.

My daughter is pushing me to take her out of school and make the drive up. Don't think we are going to make it, as much as I'd love to be there.

I will watch on TV from home. Enjoy yourselves, everybody!!

Good question. I’m wondering what time the space in front of Union Station starts to fill up?

I didn't drive last time. But just watching the vehicles while walking, it looked really awful. People were illegally parking anywhere and everywhere. People were pulling off I-70 and just abandoning their cars on the shoulder of the highway and walking to Union Station. I wouldn't be expecting any kind of easy in and out. Some other friends are planning on parking near Home Depot/Costco and walking from there.

If you're going with family, be sure and have a plan in case you get separated. Cell phone coverage will likely be non-existent due to the number of people. It was last time. We're talking about potentially close to a million people. Be safe.

From what I remember from last time. Think of it like getting into Arrowhead, they line up starts hours before the gates open. I remember people talking about getting there the night before. But for sure it's going to be hours before packed. the parade is only from 12 till 1:45ish.



2 Threads from the parade in 2020:

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...er+bowl+parade


https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...er+bowl+parade

Think I'll head our at like noon don't care to stand there for hours and you don't really see much anyway

Does this get streamed?

It did last time so I'm sure it will again.

Local TV will have it, maybe on NFLN, ESPN, FS1...

Yes Fox 4 will he streaming it

https://fox4kc.com/?segment=1*1sjr3s...YWtGYkkySVRjQg..

I went to that with my kids. We parked in NKC and walked across the bridge. It wasn't terrible.

I'll be watching it on TV from my office :)

I got a good laugh seeing this

I'll check it out on tv

Sweet deal.

That's along ass walk especially on 12th street Bridge LMAO not a chance it's worth $20

They canceled work tomorrow so I was tempted. Then I remembered it's a giant shit show for basically 15 minutes of fun LMAO **** that

Yea that was the joke.

Ksnt.com in Topeka is streaming it

I’m headed to the parade bright and early. Does anyone know if etched wine bottles are out yet?

I thought NFL Network would have it but I don’t see a listing for it

Will be there with my brother and my youngest son.

I’ll be arriving 930-10ish. Last parade I was just on the hill at the ww1 set up. It was ok but you really couldn’t see the parade part at all. Where do you recommend to park and view from?

Nick Wright and the First Things First will be broadcasting from the parade.

Shit has been closed down and streets are all ready with barricades since this evening. Should be a fun day.

Watching on 41, looks like crowd is already starting

I didn't either. Think I heard someone say good morning football was going to cover it, so I recorded all of the NFL network during that time.

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I'll be watching in New York.

Thank you!

I'll be keeping an eye on this all morning. Four hours and counting. Crowd should be getting much bigger.

Ch 41 is streaming on YouTube

Someone needs to tell these women reporters on 41 to quit screaming into their microphones. I think the one at union Station blew hers out

Think this is the right stream on Youtube for any that want it:

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Hard to fill 6 hours

I get that, the mindless chit chat doesn't bother me. It's the screaming into the mic that's 2" away from their mouths that's the problem

Looks like they fixed her mic. Much better

There is a contingent from Big Charlie's Saloon in s Philly at the parade! Good for them I hope they have a great time.

We ended up "2nd row" at 12th and Grand. Pretty decent view from here. Got downtown at 8:00 and parked at 12th and Holmes for $15. Only 3 blocks away. I'm pretty stoked that my plan worked out.

https://ibb.co/vm1Q5wd

Hopefully Mahomes stays off the ankle today as much as possible, carry him around on this...

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