Lakers Parade Thread

[rawimpact]

Lakers 2009 Championship Parade 11:15am EST 17/6/09

EVENT TIMELINE: (note these times are subject to change)

11:15 a.m. All vehicles pass by STAPLES Center and L.A. LIVE
11:20 a.m. Official Parade Starts on Figueroa Street
12:00 p.m. Parade arrives at Memorial Coliseum & Rally Begins
1:00 p.m. Rally concludes

FANS WISHING TO WATCH PARADE ALONG FIGUEROA STREET

Fans are encouraged to line-up along both sides of Figueroa Street between 11th Street and 39th Street.

SUGGESTED PARKING FOR FANS AT THE COLISEUM

Coliseum lots open at 6:00 a.m. Specific traffic patterns into the complex may vary as the day progresses, but they will start as follows:

* Enter from the West at Vermont and 39th Street
* Enter from the North at Exposition and Menlo
* Enter from the South at either Hoover and Martin Luther King Jr. or Menlo Blvd. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

FANS WISHIING TO ENTER COLISEUM TO ATTEND RALLY

Enter via Gates 1, 4, 11, 16, 19, 23 and 28.

In other words, all of the Coliseum gates will be open, 360 degrees around the complex.
(Source: http://goalfanzine.com/2009/06/watch...webcast-media/)

I will try finding an online feed for those of you who do not have cable.

Link 1: http://www.atdhe.net/7545/watch-lake...ionship-parade
Link 2: http://goalfanzine-live.co.tv/live/L...i=NBA%20Lakers
Link 3: http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/09_li...de_stream.html - Thanks All Net
Info:
Just so it's clear, the parade was fully funded by private donors as well as private businesses around staples center. There is a private ceremony before the parade for the private donors/businesses that helped fund the multimillion dollar parade.

[john_d]

cool... thx in advance


Parade :p

[rawimpact]

Gates have opened early, so the parade may start earlier then scheduled.

[Toizumi]

Originally Posted by rawimpact

Awesome pic
- Where is Mbenga's neck?
- Who is that dude on the left in the #00 jersey?
- How come Adam Morrison looks like some sovjet soldier next to shannon and
kobe?

[rawimpact]

LOL

[lefthook00]

Mbenga has a crooked a$$ neck, and wtf is #18?????

[GUUS]

wait does Sun Yue have a ring now?

[/\bstract]

I hope Kobe shows up.

[KenneBell]

Originally Posted by /\bstract

I hope Kobe shows up.

Has he not shown up for championship parade?

[KenneBell]

Wow, they setup the Lakers' court on the field of the Coliseum.

[DuMa]

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/livenow?id=6869671

[KenneBell]

Originally Posted by TH50

noone cares about the lakers.the nba rigged it so the lakers can win the title.

I expect a thorough explanation of how this happened.

[rawimpact]

Originally Posted by TH50

I give you 2 reasons why the league is rigged

1.the nba allows a bogus trade to go thru giving the lakers pau gasol in the first place
2.the nba refs never call a damn on kobe bryant he gets every damn call.

Kobe gets every call? Are you kidding me?

Go cry somewhere else, GTFO of my thread.

BTW, lakers have the biggest fan base in the NBA, so yes.... people do care about the lakers.

[rawimpact]

Thank you donors:


The list of donors includes:

* Casey and Laura Wasserman. Casey Wasserman is the grandson of former Universal Pictures Chairman Lew Wasserman.

* Jerry and Margie Perenchio. Jerry Perenchio is the former chairman of Univision Communications.

* Eli and Edythe Broad. Eli Board, founder of KB Home and the SunAmerica insurance firm, is a Los Angeles philanthropist actively involved in education, the arts and science.

* Haim and Cheryl Saban. Los Angeles billionaire and media executive Haim Saban is part of an investor group that owns Univision.

* Joe and Sharon Hernandez of Melissa's World Variety Produce, a major provider of specialty produce.

* Ed and Gayle Roski. Ed Roski owns Majestic Realty and hopes to build a football stadium in the city of Industry to attract an NFL team.

* The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The San Bernardino County tribe owns a casino in Highland.

[phoenix18]

Originally Posted by TH50

I give you 2 reasons why the league is rigged

1.the nba allows a bogus trade to go thru giving the lakers pau gasol in the first place
2.the nba refs never call a damn on kobe bryant he gets every damn call.

That was a trade? Memphis gave away Pau.