12:30 AM LIVE – The bus parade has ended – but fans don’t leave – they celebrate an incredible party in downtown now.
The double-decker buses drive now on the 101 to Hollywood – on all bridges are thousand of fans cheering to the buses and the Dodgers on top.
In Dodgers stadium, the big show for crowning the Champions has started. The parade was shown on big screens in the stadium – more than 75,000 cheered like crazy.
The Dodgers heroes are expected to show up personally in the stadium around 1:15 pm.
Already the crowd chants “Freddie Freddie” and “MVP” in expectation of Series-hero Freddie Freeman.
12:15 AM LIVE: Dodgers parade ends at Figueroa/5th with 250,000 fans attending – now the bis show in Yankee Stadium is starting
After 45 minutes the bus parade is coming to an end. Approximately 250,000 fans are completely excited: “It was the best moment of my life !”
Fans are all over the city – Los Angeles has never experienced so many fans on the streets – the parade is just joy, friendly and completely peacefully. Since now not one violent incident was reported.
Fans also celebrate Venezuelas birthday – but mostly they celebrate the Champion trophy which managers and the team showed to the fans during the whole parade.
1:50 AM LIVE: The Dodgers party is becoming biggest parade of all times – Dodgers heroes take their shirts off
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ! Hundreds of thousands of fans are lining the streets of downtown while the seven double decker buses with the Dodgers are driving through the city. LAPD expects the crowd already to be more than 200.000 – as US LIVE already reported in the last days.
Most of the Dodger heroes already took their shirts off are celebrating now with naked chest on top of the buses. The Dodgers management team holds the trophy to show it to the fans from one of the buses.
The crowd is completely ecstatic: “Let s go Dodgers”, “We love LA”, “You are the Greatest” is echoing through the streets – there are confetti all over.
Now the buses go through the city tunnels.
11:30 AM LIVE: 7 double decker buses with Dodgers arrive at city hall – start driving through downtown
The 7 double decker buses with the Dodgers, their wives and relatives and the team officials with Manager Roberts drive now through downtown, pass Disney Hall – incredible crowds of fans are lined up along the streets, already more than 200.000, maybe already nearing 300.000 attendance.
11:30 AM LIVE: 7 double decker buses with Dodgers arrive at city hall – start driving through downtown
The Dodgers, their wives, relatives and best friends are on top of seven double decker buses driving from LAX over the 405, the 10 and the 101 to city hall.
All Dodgers wear WORLD CHAMPIONS-Shirts and Caps.
Starting at 11:25 the seven buses with the Dodgers heroes came down from 101 to downtown. The Molina Park is filled already with up to 50.000 fans – confetti and paper streamers are flying all over. People are lined up even on the roofs of all surrounding buildings.
Police estimates already more than 150.000 people on the street at 10:30 am. One police speaker: “There will be more than 200.000, maybe even more than 300.000 fans during the parade after 11:00 am !”
US LIVE was the only online platform expecting more than 200.000 fans – now its even more.
Now the buses are driving slowly alongside Molina park – everywhere there are throngs of people – much more than expected – much more than ever on LA streets.
There are confettis, Streamer, Dodgers flags all over downtown.
11:10 AM LIVE: Dodgers parade starts with more than 200.000 fans on the street – and 7 double decker buses
11:10 am
The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their eighth World Series championship with a huge victory parade in downtown LA today.
More than 200.000 fans have already assembled on the route from city hall til 5th street. The whole city is in gridlock now – it s a complete traffic chaos. Fans already lined up starting at 5 am in the morning.
At 11:05 seven double decker buses with the Dodgers, their wives and their relatives on board started. They are now over the 101 highway to city hall.
The place in front city hall is packed with fans – inside Mayor Karen Bass is waiting to come out and hold a celebratory speech to the Los Angeles Dodgers..
The Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in five games, clinching the title with a 7-6 victory in the Bronx on Wednesday.
The team said that because of logistics, traffic and timing, fans won’t be able to attend both events. People dressed in blue Dodgers gear began gathering along downtown streets hours ahead of time.
The parade will begin mid-morning at Gloria Molina Grand Park in front of City Hall with Mayor Karen Bass in attendance. It will continue on a 45-minute route that culminates at the intersection of 5th and Flower streets, with the Dodgers traveling atop double-decker buses.
The celebration at Dodger Stadium will begin shortly after noon. The parade will be carried on the stadium’s videoboards ahead of the team’s arrival.
A portion of the proceeds from the ticketed stadium event will be donated to the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation.
There were more than a dozen arrests during informal celebrations after the team’s comeback win to clinch the Series. Burglaries, vandalism and fires occurred in some parts of the city.
