Dodger World Series victory parade, stadium event set for Friday morning

A victory parade celebrating the Dodgers’ World Series title will be held Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles, along with a “special ticketed celebration” at Dodger Stadium, the team announced tonight.

The parade, featuring team members riding atop double-decker buses, will begin at 11 a.m. at Gloria Molina Grand Park across from City Hall, 200 N. Spring St. Mayor Karen Bass will speak to officially begin the 45-minute procession, which will move south on Spring Street, then west on First Street, south on Grand Avenue and west on Fifth Street, ending in the area of Fifth and Flower streets.

Fans planning to attend the parade were being “emphatically encouraged” to take public transportation, due to “significant streets closures and limited public parking.”

Following the parade, the team will travel to Dodger Stadium, where the ticketed event will begin at 12:15 p.m.

According to the team, parking gates at the stadium will open at 8:30 a.m., and the stadium entry gates will open at 9 a.m. Food and merchandise will be available for purchase. In-stadium entertainment will be offered prior to the team’s arrival, including coverage of the game on DodgerVision scoreboards.

“All Dodger Stadium guidelines and rules will apply to this event, including the reminder not to bring in signs, bags or any other items that aren’t permitted under our policies,” according to a statement from the team.

The team noted that “due to logistics, traffic and timing, fans will not be able to attend both events (the parade and the stadium celebration).”

Dodger officials said a portion of the proceeds from the stadium event will be donated to the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, “which is tackling the most pressing problems facing Los Angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos.”

Both the parade and the stadium event will be televised live in their entirety on Spectrum SportsNet LA, and on local TV stations. Television coverage is expected to begin at 9:30 a.m.

There was no immediate information available about the process for securing tickets to the stadium event.