All The Southland Loves A Monday Kings Parade

With the Stanley Cup again residing in Los Angeles, fans are invited to Figueroa Street on Monday for the second Los Angeles Kings victory parade in three years.

The team announced that the parade will start at noon Monday on Figueroa Street at Fifth Street, and end on Figueroa at 11th Street, next to Staples Center. Inside, thousands of ticket-holding fans will be treated to a victory party.

Planning has been underway for several days, but kept under wraps to avoid "jinxing" the NHL championship series, team sources told City News Service.

The triumph parade plans were unveiled moments after the Kings clinched their second Stanley Cup championship in three seasons with a 3-2 double-overtime victory against the New York Rangers.

The parade is expected to last 30-45 minutes, and will be telecast on several local television stations and sports cable networks.

It will include players, their families, coaches, team staff, broadcasters, team mascot Bailey and the Ice Crew riding aboard double-decker buses and other specially decorated vehicles with the Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and Clarence Campbell Cup.

Spots along the half-mile-long parade route are free and first-come first-claimed.

But fans are advised that a security perimeter will surround Staples Center and L.A. Live, with access controlled by the Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Transportation. Only a few fans will be admitted there.

The sold-out rally will begin at 1 p.m. in Staples Center, with ticket holders able to enter at 11:30 a.m. to watch the parade on the arena's video screens. Ticket holders can also enter special viewing areas along Chick Hearn Court on both the L.A. Live and Staples Center sides of the street.

The rally will include video highlights from the season, introductions of the team, coaching staff and executives and speeches by many of the players.

— City News Service