Kansas City ready to celebrate its latest Super Bowl win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lots of of hundreds of followers are anticipated to line the streets of downtown Kansas Metropolis on Wednesday as town celebrates the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ second Tremendous Bowl championship in two years.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Tremendous Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes might be joined by teammates, household and Chiefs officers as they experience in open-air autos down one of many metropolis’s major downtown streets.

Most colleges, many companies and a few authorities places of work within the Kansas Metropolis metro space might be closed so individuals can have a good time. The occasion begins at midday and can finish with a victory rally on the metropolis’s Union Station.

Officers started planning the parade even earlier than the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 Sunday on a subject objective with 8 seconds remaining within the recreation.

Officers mentioned that greater than 19 native and space regulation enforcement businesses, together with hearth departments and transportation leaders are prepared for the anticipated crowd.

The Metropolis Council Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agreed to earmark $750,000 for parade-related bills, and Mayor Quinton Lucas estimated additional time prices for police and firefighters would whole greater than $1.5 million.

The the Kansas Metropolis Sports activities Fee is anticipated to contribute one other $1 million in personal donations, and the Jackson County Legislature voted so as to add $75,000.

After many years of championship drought, town is gaining expertise with victory parades. Two years in the past, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers for the crew’s first Tremendous Bowl championship in 50 years. That adopted the Kansas Metropolis Royals successful the World Collection in 2015, town’s first baseball championship in 30 years.