Ticker-tape parades were a way to celebrate those people at the head of significant events, as well as events themselves (for example, presidential candidates, end of wars, heads of state like the ...

Into the 1960s, ticker-tape parades began to be viewed as disruptive and routine, so after Mayor John Lindsay took office in 1966, they were only reserved for special occasions.

The last group of athletes that celebrated a major win with a ticker-tape parade in New York City was the U.S. women's national soccer team in 2019, but the confetti-filled party down the "Canyon ...

Give us Liberty! And ticker tape. The New York Liberty will become the first New York City women’s sports team to parade through the Canyon of Heroes if they win the WNBA finals, said Mayor A… ...

The win capped a banner year for the WNBA and New York City sports teams.© New York Post The city hasn't held a ticker-tape parade for a local team's championship since 2012, when the Giants beat ...

Ticker-tape parades have been a tradition in Manhattan for over 130 years, starting with the grand opening of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Ticker tape was a one-inch ribbon of paper punched by a ...

The city has thrown 206 ticker-tape parades to date, most recently hosting a Hometown Heroes Parade for pandemic first responders in July 2021 and the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team in July 2019.

New York Liberty team members celebrate their first WNBA Championship win with a ticker tape parade on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York City. Fans of the basketball team lined up along Broadway… ...

The Liberty are taking Manhattan. A much-anticipated ticker-tape parade for WNBA champions the New York Liberty will flood the Canyon of Heroes Thursday, said Mayor Eric Adams. Adams said in a vide… ...

New York City will hold a ticker-tape parade for the Liberty along the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan on Thursday at 10 a.m., followed by a celebration at City Hall, Mayor Adams announced Monday.