Phew. After seven stressful games and a particularly nail-biting extra innings finale, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series—again (the frenzy of fireworks might’ve tipped you off). After taking down the Toronto Blue Jays, it makes the Dodgers the first MLB team in 25 years to win back-to-back championships.
Like last year, the team won on the road, which turns their upcoming victory parade into an extra sweet homecoming for Angelenos. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Monday’s parade through Downtown L.A.—plus some insight from attending last year’s parade. We’ll also continue to update this story as more info is released.
When is the Dodgers parade?
The parade will be Monday morning, November 3, at 11am.
What’s the parade route?
The parade route is slightly different from last year’s so pay close attention: It’ll kick off at Temple Street and Broadway, just above the northern edge of Grand Park. From there, it’ll head west on Temple, then south on Grand Avenue until 7th Street, where it’ll again head west, and then finally north for a few blocks along Figueroa Street (it’ll wrap up at 5th Street).
Do I need a ticket?
Nope, and it’s free to attend. But there will be a ticketed celebration at Dodger Stadium afterwards, slated for 12:15pm; tickets for that went on sale Sunday at noon (and quickly sold out). The team notes, however, that it won’t be possible to attend both the parade and the stadium celebration based on the timing.
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How can I get there?
For starters, you don’t want to drive if you don’t have to. Between the road closures and the thousands of fans, you’re sure to encounter plenty of parade gridlock in addition to the normal Monday morning traffic. Thankfully, the parade route is pretty much right next to four Metro stations (Civic Center/Grand Park, Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill, Pershing Square and 7th St/Metro Center) and a handful of others are only a couple of blocks away (Historic Broadway, Union Station and Little Tokyo/Arts District).
What road closures will be in place for the parade?
Essentially every street within a block of the parade route will be closed off to cars, and a couple of freeway ramps will be shut down as well. LADOT notes that street closures will impact areas south of Chinatown and Cesar Chavez Avenue, north of 8th Street, west of Spring Street and east of the 110 freeway—you can see them all in detail on the map below.
In addition, these freeway entrances and exits will be closed: the 6th Street off-ramp and the 5th Street on-ramp on the northbound and southbound 110, and the left-turn pockets at the Temple Street off-ramps from the northbound 110 and southbound 101.
How can I watch the parade from home?
We don’t blame you if you don’t want to put up with the crowds or can’t get out of work. Thankfully, you can easily watch from home: The parade and stadium celebration will air on the MLB Network and MLB.com at 11am, while local coverage will begin earlier on SportsNet L.A., CBS 2, NBC 4, KTLA 5, ABC 7, KCAL 9 and Fox 11, plus radio coverage on AM 570.
Any other advice?
During the 2024 parade, I dared to drive; I thought I’d be smart and take Lower Grand Avenue, but that turned out to be closed to car traffic, which trapped me in a near-complete stop for a while. Once I escaped that, traffic was actually relatively tame south and east of the road closures. Though many surface lots were full, I found a garage about half a mile south of the parade route along Spring Street. But the crowd was so thick near the route that I was still about a third of a block back from the parade. So if I were to do it again? I’d certainly arrive earlier and take Metro—but I’d highly encourage you to try to get on a train as far away from DTLA as possible, or you’ll inevitably be left trying to squeeze onto an already-full car.