NY Liberty championship parade Thursday — get details on Manhattan and Brooklyn celebrations

Oct. 21, 2024, 11:06 a.m.

Several New York City buildings will also be lit in seafoam green on Monday night to mark the team's WNBA victory.

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After almost 30 years since its founding, the New York Liberty brought home the WNBA championship title on Sunday — and all of New York City will be celebrating, including with a ticker-tape parade on Thursday.

In an alert sent early Monday afternoon, City Hall said the parade would start at 10 a.m. at Manhattan's Battery Park, then go up the "Canyon of Heroes" — a section of Broadway in the Financial District. The parade will be followed by a ceremony at City Hall.

"You made us proud, and we're going to make you proud," Mayor Eric Adams said in a video accompanying the alert.

The Liberty also said in a post on social media that there would be celebrations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and promised more updates would come on Monday.

The Liberty encouraged fans to sign up for its alerts online to get information as soon as it becomes available. Mayor Eric Adams asked residents to text “LIBERTY” to 917-909-2288 to do the same.

Several municipal buildings around the city will also be lit up in seafoam green — the team's color — on Monday night, including city hall and Brooklyn borough hall.

The Liberty clinched the WNBA victory last night at the Barclays Center, in a nail-biting game against the Minnesota Lynx. The final score was 67-62 in overtime.

It was a spectacular ending to a season that had drummed up lots of local buzz around the Liberty. Celebrities including Fran Lebowitz, Jason Sudeikis, Steph Curry, Jordan Chiles, Common, Chloe Fineman, Amy Poehler and others have been spotted courtside at the team's games.

The Liberty's performance also boosted their gameday attendance, making them the second-most-watched team in the WNBA this season, according to league data. Last year, they were in the fifth spot.

The Liberty have been inching toward this moment since Joseph Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai bought the team from New York Knicks owner James Dolan in 2019. The Tsais made major investments in the team and moved them to the Barclays Center from an arena in Westchester.

In 2023, the Liberty signed Jonquel Jones, Courtney Vandersloot and Breanna Stewart — three WNBA stars who helped propel the Liberty to the WNBA finals last year, where they lost to the Las Vegas Aces.

This story has been updated with more information on the time and place for the parade honoring the New York Liberty.

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