Details About Tomorrow's Yankees Ticker Tape Parade

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Photograph of AJ Burnett, Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia celebrating in the Yankees clubhouse by David J. Phillip/AP

With another Yankees World Series win to celebrate, the city is putting on a ticker tape parade tomorrow. According to the city, "the parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place at 11:00 a.m. and continue northbound up the Canyon of Heroes to Chambers Street. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at City Hall Plaza, at which the Mayor will present the Yankees with Keys to the City."

All the streets along the "Canyon of Heroes" will be open to the public and there will also be a large screen near City Hall Park. The city will release a limited number of tickets to see the ceremony on the plaza, but that information is forthcoming. Also, the city wants to make clear, "There have been reports in the past of fraudulent offers for tickets to the parade - including access to floats - and to the ceremony. There are no tickets or passes to any portion of the parade, and any such offers are fake. Ceremony tickets are not for resale. If you are aware of any tickets or passes being sold, please call 311."

The city's last ticker tape parade was after the Giants Super Bowl victory; that cost about $331,000, and the city says that millions in business are generated from a world championship. Inside The Apple has a little write-up on the history of Yankees ticker tape parades.

Mayor Bloomberg, who was on the podium when the World Series trophy was congratulated the team "for bringing the world championship back home to New York City, where it belongs," adding, "The Phillies were a tough team to beat, but I must admit I look forward to seeing Mayor Nutter in pinstripes as he joins me and some of our public schools students as we paint the Albert Einstein School in the Bronx." The two mayors had a public service bet, instead of one involving cheesesteaks or cheesecakes.

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or the Yankees could split the bill with the city like the Lakers did. I know they used up a lot of their money buying the championship, but I think they could afford that if they wanted to.

they can use all the money they saved getting massive tax breaks on the unnecessary new stadium

Or better yet, use the money to give the kids in the South Bronx their parks back.

Or we could stop throwing parades for teams that play in New Jersey!

just give em those stickers they give out at blood banks..."You did it! Gold star" and move on.

How about extra subway service? Which entrance/exits will be closed off? Any extra NJ Transit, Metro-North or LIRR service?

So far nothing on the MTA site. Hopefully something is up this afternoon.

Nobody on Wall St. has a ticker tape machine since the early 90's.

but "ticker tape" sounds better than "shredded remains of incriminating documents" :)

When was the last time an actual hero was feted with a parade through the Canyon of Heroes?

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I'm with TrippinJoJo on the gold star. I work in the Woolworth building and got to "experience" the Giants parade first hand. Took me almost 45 minutes to get from Church and Park Pl to the side entrance near Bway. Got threatened many times that I couldn't con my way to a better spot. I just want to get to work!

Couple pics I took of a cop car with it's roof and hood caved in from people standing on it. Hood - Roof

"The city's last ticker tape parade was after the Giants Super Bowl victory; that cost about $331,000, and the city says that millions in business are generated from a world championship."

According to the Daily News, the city spent only $24,000 on the Giants parade; the rest came from private donations.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/11/04/2009-11-04_yankees_parade_friday_11_am_broadway__its_confetti_time.html

Our imported millionaires are better at hitting a ball with a stick than your imported millionaires!

gomez addams will take care of the ticker tape.

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