Over 1 million fans expected at Philadelphia Super Bowl parade
February 11 - The city of Philadelphia is preparing for more than 1 million fans to celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl LIX championship at a downtown parade on Friday.
City officials, at a news conference Tuesday, announced details of the parade, which will follow the same route as the Eagles' 2018 celebration after they defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
Tony Watlington, the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, also announced Tuesday that all city schools will be closed Friday to allow families to attend the parade. Several school districts in Philadelphia suburbs in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey already had announced school closures.
The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, heading toward City Hall. From that point, buses will transport the players to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where players and coaches are expected to address the crowd from the famous steps leading to the building.
The site is where Sylvester Stallone, portraying fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, triumphantly ran the stairs in the 1976 movie "Rocky."
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