Los Angeles prepares for parade to celebrate Dodgers’ 8th World Series title

“Who wants a parade?!” shouted Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on the field at Yankee Stadium, after his team clinched the World Series in Game 5 thanks to a 7-6 comeback win.

Well, Los Angeles will have one, starting at City Hall on Friday at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. ET).

“I don’t know how you are feeling, but I am feeling like victory!” Mayor Karen Bass, who will officially open the parade, told a press conference on Thursday.

From City Hall, which was lit up in Dodger blue on Thursday night, the team will continue atop double-decker buses on a 45-minute route along 1st Street, turning south on Grand Avenue and then west on 5th Street, before finishing the parade at the intersection of 5th and Flower Street.

Afterwards, a ticketed event will take place at Dodger Stadium at 12:15 p.m. PDT (3:15 p.m. ET). Due to logistics, traffic and timing, fans will not be able to attend both events, the Dodgers said Wednesday.

The celebrations will take place on what would have been Fernando Valenzuela’s 64th birthday. The legendary Dodgers pitcher died last month and was honored with a uniform patch displaying his name and number during the World Series.

This year’s Fall Classic averaged 15.81 million viewers across five games, the most since an average of 18.93 million watched the Houston Astros beat the Dodgers in seven games in 2017.

Wednesday’s Game 5 was watched by 18.6 million people, the most since 2019 when 23.22 million tuned in to see the Washington Nationals’ victory over the Astros in Game 7.

The numbers represent a substantial turnaround from last year, when a record-low 9.11 million people on average watched the Texas Rangers win in five games over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate after they defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series on Wednesday, October 30. The Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit in Game 5 to win 7-6.

The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, front left, celebrates with teammates in the locker room after Wednesday's win.

The Dodgers celebrate with the Commissioner's Trophy after winning Game 5.

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was named World Series MVP. He hit four home runs in the series.

A sad Yankees fan reacts after the loss.

Ohtani celebrates after Wednesday's win.

The Dodgers' Enrique Hernández hugs family members after the win.

Dejected Yankees watch from the dugout after the final pitch Wednesday.

The Dodgers run onto the field after the final pitch Wednesday.

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler delivers the final strike of the series against Alex Verdugo. Buehler pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.

Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, left, gets a pat on the shoulder from teammate Anthony Rizzo as he leaves the game in the seventh inning Wednesday. All of the five runs scored against Cole were unearned because of New York fielding errors.

Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts catches a fly ball to end the fifth inning Wednesday.

Betts and Freeman celebrate after they scored on a double by Teoscar Hernández in the fifth inning. The Dodgers scored five runs in the fifth to tie the game at 5-5.

The Dodgers' Enrique Hernández is safe at third base after a throwing error by Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe in the fifth inning. The error came right after Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge dropped a fly ball in the previous at-bat.

Judge drops the fly ball in the fifth inning.

Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty reacts in the dugout after he was relieved in the second inning down 4-0.

The Yankees celebrate in the dugout after Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a solo home run in the first inning to put the Yankees up 3-0. It came right after Judge hit a two-run blast.

Chisholm Jr. tosses his bat after hitting his first-inning home run.

Judge smacks a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Yankees an early 2-0 lead.

Judge rounds the bases after his home run. The Yankees star had been struggling at the plate, hitting under .200.

The Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday. The third-inning home run gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. They would go on to win 11-4 and cut the Dodgers' series lead to 3-1.

Fans celebrate after the Yankees won Game 4.

Dodgers pitcher Brent Honeywell screams into his glove after giving up a three-run homer to Gleyber Torres in the eighth inning Tuesday.

Volpe slides into home plate, scoring a run in the eighth inning.

Rizzo catches a foul ball during the fourth inning Tuesday.

Volpe steals second base in the second inning on Tuesday.

A pair of Yankees fans were ejected from Game 4 after one of them grabbed Betts' glove and the other grabbed his arm when the Dodgers right fielder tried to catch a foul ball in the first inning Tuesday.

Freeman celebrates his two-run home run in the first inning of Game 4. He homered in the first four games of this World Series.

The Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton is tagged out at home by Dodgers catcher Will Smith during Game 3 of the World Series on Monday. The Dodgers defeated the Yankees 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Freeman celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning on Monday.

Freeman watches his home run in the first inning of Game 3.

Stanton runs onto the field before Game 3.

Players line up for the National Anthem before Game 3 at Yankee Stadium.

Fans are seen outside Yankee Stadium prior to Game 3.

Smith, left, and Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia celebrate their 4-2 win in Game 2 on Saturday.

Stanton sits in the dugout during the eighth inning of Game 2.

Dodgers pitcher Michael Kopech shushes the Yankees dugout during the eighth inning of Game 2.

Fans cheer as Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto leaves the game during the seventh inning of Game 2. Yamamoto was nothing short of dominant, striking out four batters while only giving up one hit in 6 1/3 innings.

Ohtani dislocated his shoulder while trying to steal a base in Game 2. He would return to start Game 3.

Freeman celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the third inning of Game 2. The run put the Dodgers up 4-1.

Yankees outfielder Juan Soto hits a solo home run in the third inning of Game 2.

Dodgers fans celebrate a home run hit by Tommy Edman in the second inning of Game 2.

Yamamoto pitches in the first inning of Game 2.

Rapper Ice Cube performs before Game 2.

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón warms up before Game 2.

Freeman celebrates after hitting a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1 on Friday. The dramatic home run gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win. It was a moment that echoed one of the most famous swings in baseball history — Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at the same ballpark. The parallels were uncanny: Freeman, like Gibson, is hobbled by a leg injury that has nagged him throughout the playoffs, and the ball landed in the exact same grandstand that Gibson’s home run landed 36 years ago.

Freeman celebrates with teammates after his walk-off grand slam.

The Yankees' Nestor Cortes leaves the field after giving up the walk-off grand slam to Freeman.

Alex Verdugo of the Yankees dives to catch a foul hit by Ohtani in the 10th inning of Game 1.

Chisholm Jr. steals second base during the 10th inning of Game 1.

The Yankees take the field during the eighth inning of Game 1.

Dodgers pitcher Brusdar Graterol reacts after striking out Stanton in the seventh inning of Game 1.

Ohtani is forced out by during the sixth inning of Game 1.

Stanton, left, and Solo celebrate Stanton's two-run homer that put the Yankees up 2-1 in the sixth inning of Game 1.

Enrique Hernández slides safely into home to score the series' first run in the fifth inning of Game 1. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Smith.

Fans cheer at Dodger Stadium. These two teams last met in the World Series in 1981, which was won by the Dodgers.

Freeman breaks his bat as he grounds out in the fourth inning of Game 1.

Flaherty throws a pitch in the second inning of Game 1.

Judge takes the field ahead of Game 1.

Fans sing along with a mariachi band that was playing during a tribute to Fernando Valenzuela before Game 1. Valenzuela, the legendary pitcher whose incredible rise to stardom with Dodgers captivated baseball fans and created the cultural phenomenon known as "Fernandomania,” died October 22 at the age of 63.

Country artist Brad Paisley sings the National Anthem before Game 1.

Fireworks are set off during the National Anthem.

Fans take a photo inside Dodger Stadium ahead of Game 1.

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The vast majority of this year’s viewers will have known that 2024 World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, who set a major league record for most consecutive World Series games with a home run with six, was playing with an ankle injury.

What they did not know, however, is that the first baseman had also broken the costal cartilage in one of his ribs, according to ESPN.

Freeman sustained the injury, which typically leaves players on the sidelines for months, in a simulated game two days before the start of postseason. He later aggravated it in the batting cage at Dodger Stadium, so much so that he collapsed to the floor and had to be helped into the X-ray room.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman celebrates his two-run home run against the New York Yankees during the first inning in Game 4.

“It only hurts when I miss,” Freeman, determined to carry on, reportedly told his father. “So I’m just going to have to stop missing.”

The 35-year-old was true to his word, and will stand atop the parade bus on Friday knowing that he is one of the main reasons why he and his teammates are there.