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Dodgers victory parade! This is how fans celebrated L.A.’s World Series win

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Dodgers victory parade! This is how fans celebrated L.A.’s World Series win

It’s the moment thousands of fans have been waiting for — and were robbed of in 2020 thanks to COVID: A Dodger World Series victory parade in L.A.

Thousands of fans lined up along the route in downtown L.A. on Friday to soak in and celebrate the Boys in Blue, who became world champions on Wednesday after beating the Yankees in New York 7-6 in Game 5.

“I mean, we didn’t have one in 2020, so this is exciting,” said Caroline San Miguel of Long Beach as she waited for the parade to start. “It’s hopefully not once in a lifetime.”

It took 162 games and hard-fought victories over the Padres and the Mets in the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series, respectively, for the Dodgers to close a nail-biting, five-run deficit in Game 5 to take the series, setting the stage for Friday’s victory parade.

At the ticketed celebration at Dodger Stadium, Daniel Nathan Hice said he took an early morning flight from the Bay Area into Burbank to take it all in for himself.

“I mean, this is something that means so much to so many people around the world and just, we’re, we’re lucky to have this,” he said.

Top, Maggie Marroquin, 37, and Jenna Marroquin, 6, as they exit the Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024.

A silhouette of a person holding a replica of a World Series trophy.

A woman takes a photo with a replica of the World Series trophy during the Nov. 1, 2024, Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles.

A man wearing a black shirt, white baseball cap, and sunglasses leans against a double decker bus and raises a fist in celebration

Dodgers player Enrique “Kike” Hernández celebrates his team’s World Series Win at a parade on November, 1, 2024.

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A large crowd of Dodgers fans, in the center a man holds a small boy wearing a Dodgers jersey and hat.

Fans wait for the start of the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.

A man wearing a blue and white Dodgers jersey and skeleton mask with a blue Dodgers mariachi sombrero holds his hands making an "LA" sign with this fingers.

Richard Moreno, 45, from Boyle Heights, who also goes by “Mariachiloco”
poses for a photo during the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.

A woman holds up a blue banner that says "Dodgers" as others gather around her.

A woman holds up a blue Dodgers banner for the victory parade in downtown L.A. on Friday.

A man with medium-dark skin tone wearing a Dodgers jacket peels a mango from a cart filled with various bottles.

Vendors set up shop during the Nov. 1, 2024, Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles.

A small boy with medium skin tone wearing a white and blue Dodgers jersey and blue Dodgers hat holds a replica of the World Series trophy amidst a large crowd of people also wearing various variations of Dodgers attire.

Adrian Mendoza, 10, from Whittier holds a replica of the World Series trophy on November, 1, 2024. “I feel amazing. Can’t believe I’m seeing the Dodgers,” says Mendoza.

A crowd of people wearing blue Dodgers gear wait on the side of a road with tall buildings in the background.

A crowd of people wearing Dodgers gear stand ready for the Dodger victory parade near The Broad in downtown L.A.

Two people in Dodgers gear pose with their faces completely painted in the style of a skull.

The parade is taking place on Día de los Muertos.

A group of fans wearing Dodgers gear wait behind metal barricades on a street.

Fans lined up many people deep on downtown streets.

A little boy with medium-tone skin wearing a blue Dodgers hat and blue Dodgers jersey holds a teddy bear also wearing a Dodgers hat and jersey.

Ajay Montoya, a four-year-old T-ball player from San Fernando Valley waits for the World Series Dodgers parade to begin.

A large group of people wearing Dodgers attire stand at both sides of a street behind metal barricades.

Fans wait for the Dodgers parade to start.

A woman with medium-light skin tone wearing a white and blue striped Dodgers hat stands in the sunlight for a portrait.

Yolanda Ranger, 50, drove from San Francisco to attend the Dodgers World Series parade. “It’s a one in a lifetime opportunity to see and honor Fernando Valenzuela on his birthday. Valenzuela is the reason my dad got us into baseball and we have been fans. My daughters didn’t even go trick or treating, we made the effort to be here instead,” she said.

A person walks on the street wrapped in a cape that reads "LA"

Fans walk through the streets of downtown Los Angeles to get to the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.

A man with dark skin tone wearing a Dodgers hat and sweatshirt stands next to a woman with medium-dark skin tone wearing a black sweatshirt. In front of them two small children pose wearing Dodgers gear. They stand in a sectioned of area of a street.

Nicole Sanford, right, and her husband Ron, and their 9 and 8 year old kids, Elijah and Amberly, drove from Lake Elsinore on Thursday to stay in a hotel in downtown L.A. to attend the Friday parade.

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Dodgers fans walk near 2nd and Grand in downtown L.A. en route to the parade celebration with a very specific homage to Day of the Dead.

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Evelyn Balderas, from LA’s Mid City, arrived at about six a.m. and has a front row view of the parade route on the corner of 5th and Grand.

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A table full of orange marigolds, photographs, and food items. To the side is a flower arrangement in the shape of the numbers "34." On the wall behind the altar is a mural that reads "Welcome to Dodger Stadium/ Home of the Los Angeles Dodgers."

A Día de Muertos ofrenda honoring the late Fernando Valenzuela, who would have turned 64 on Friday, at Dodgers Stadium ahead of a special ticketed celebration to celebrate their World Series win.

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A wall with various t-shirts and hats hanging. Most of them read "World Series Champions."

Dodgers merch at Dodgers Stadium celebrating their World Series win.

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An empty stadium. In the foreground two people sit with their backs facing the camera. At the top of the image four blue flags hang reading "Live, Blue, Live, Blue."

An empty Dodgers Stadium ahead of a special ticketed event to celebrate their World Series win on November, 1, 2024.

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Listen to special live coverage from LAist 89.3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series parade through Downtown Los Angeles and rally at Dodger Stadium. Hosted by AirTalk host Larry Mantle and former host of LAist’s All Things Considered Nick Roman. Audio from the parade and rally provided by our media partner KCAL.

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