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Fans tie-up traffic in KC for Royals Celebration

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Downtown Kansas City for Royals Celebration. Photo courtesy @KCMODowntown
Downtown Kansas City for Royals Celebration. Photo courtesy @KCMODowntown

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP and POST) –If fans didn’t leave early for one of the biggest parties in Kansas City’s history to celebrate the Royal’s first World Series championship in 30 years the may end up missing it.

Kansas City Mayor Sly James on Twitter around 10 a.m. said traffic downtown is gridlocked.

“I’d look for options other than trying to drive and park downtown,” James said.

The parade is scheduled to begin at 12.

As of 9:10 a.m. parking at Liberty Memorial was already filling and some reports on twitter indicated the line for some shuttles held around 1,000 people.

Chris Morrision on Twitter reported that hundreds waited 1.5+ hours at Metro North shuttles to watch the parade.

The Royals became World Series champions Sunday with a 7-2 victory in 12 innings over the New York Mets. It was the first championship for the Royals since 1985, which was followed by decades of losing baseball that caused many in the city to abandon the team.

According to the Associated Press city officials said they expect at least 200,000 people to pack into the 2.3-mile parade route Tuesday through downtown Kansas City to cheer as the players, coaches and team officials drive by in a motorcade before a rally at Union Station.  However, other reports estimated around a million fans would show up for the parade.

 

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