Dodgers to celebrate World Series victory with parade, stadium celebration

Major League Baseball

Updated Nov. 1, 2024 6:36 p.m. ET

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their eighth World Series championship with a downtown parade and a stadium gathering featuring Shohei Ohtani and other star players on Friday.

The celebration featured a handful of Dodgers players speaking to a packed Dodger Stadium crowd, including Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw.

Meanwhile, Ice Cube performed once again for the Dodger faithful, which brought out a rather animated Dave Roberts.

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 wouldn’t be able to attend both events. People dressed in blue Dodgers gear began gathering along downtown streets hours ahead of time.

Of course, the Dodgers had issues getting through the streets.

The parade began mid-morning at Gloria Molina Grand Park in front of City Hall with Mayor Karen Bass in attendance. It continued 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 began shortly after noon. The parade 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.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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