Cubs' World Series victory parade set for Friday
The Chicago Cubs aren't going to waste much time before celebrating their first World Series title since 1908.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the team's victory parade will begin Friday at 11 a.m. ET.
"I just talked to Tom Ricketts. I talked to him yesterday a couple times, I talked to him this morning again," Emanuel told Marwa Eltagouri of the Chicago Tribune. "Here's the thing: we're going to have a parade in Chicago that will stand the test of time. It will be a parade that 108 years have waited for. It will be a parade and a celebration that all of Chicago for 108 years in their mind's eye, have been envisioning. We're going to make it a reality in the city of Chicago."
Team buses will leave Wrigley Field at 10 a.m.
The procession will travel along Michigan Avenue between Oak and Ohio, and then along Columbus between Monroe and Balbo, according to Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Lower Hutchinson Field in Grant Park will be the site of the celebration rally.
The Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in extra innings Wednesday to capture the World Series, ending a 108-year-old championship drought.