Royals World Series parade and rally: TV coverage, time, route

Marc Lancaster

Royals World Series parade and rally: TV coverage, time, route image

Thirty years later, it's time for a Royal paradde.

Kansas City will celebrate its first World Series championship since 1985 with a parade and victory rally today.

The parade will start at noon CT next to the Sprint Center and cover 2.3 miles before finishing at Union Station. A stage will be set up in front of the train station, and the rally will begin at approximately 2 p.m. CT.

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WHEN IS THE ROYALS' WORLD SERIES PARADE?

The celebration will be televised locally on Fox 4 and Fox Sports Kansas City. MLB Network and ESPN likely will pick up at least part of the festivities for national broadcast.

The parade will follow a similar route to the 1985 celebration, which drew an estimated 250,000 fans.

For more details, including parking, transportation and street closure information, go to www.visitkc.com/royalcelebration .

 

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.