Lakers, Lakers, Lakers! That's what I heard all day on Wednesday at the championship parade and I loved every minute of it. These types of parades don't happen very often (just ask Cleveland) and when they do happen you have to treasure it. You need to treasure it, because you really don't know when the next one is going to be. That's the beauty of sports; its extremely unpredictable. Who knows what could happen next year? So when these things do happen and you're finally old enough to attend, you have to go! You just have to. So myself and 3 of my good friends took a road trip out to Los Angeles to attend the 2009 championship parade. We split a hotel room in the middle of downtown Los Angeles, where Staples Center is. We went to what is called LA Live the night before of the parade. LA Live is a really cool place right across the street from Staples Center that features very cool bars and restaurants.So morning comes and we think it'd be a cool idea to maybe go to the Coliseum ( where USC plays football) to catch the team at the rally. The rally is where Mark Madsen gave his famous speech. So we turn on the TV and they have a helicopter around the Coliseum a
nd there were already 95,000 people waiting outside the Coliseum at 9 am!! People were camping out since 3 am. I guess that option was out of the question. We then gathered ourselves and headed for the streets of LA. The next thing we know we saw a sea of Laker fans. You couldn't even see the streets. What an incredible experience to see that many fans of 1 team. We then walked a while along the parade route and soaked it all in. A guy even dressed up his dog in Laker attire. There were horns blasting, flags waving and only smiles on peoples faces. Its really funny to me when people say "its just a game!", but if you saw the site I saw, its more than just a game. This event brought the city together, all genders, ages, races and sexes. For one day people could put their financial issues aside and just celebrate with one another over a phenomenal accomplishment. Then as we were waiting the parade begins. The first float were the Laker girls of course, looking a
mazing as usual. Then came the players. It was so cool seeing how happy the players were and you could really see them taking it all in (especially Fisher and Lamar). Because like I've said you never know when this could happen again. All of the players came by waving and smiling and that was that. It was extremely cool to see all of them and for a few minutes I really felt like a young kid again. I got the feeling that everyone had that same feeling as well. We then went to a restaurant to watch the rally and the whole place in unison would cheer and clap. Or they would chant "MVP, MVP" or "LUUUUUUKE". After eating we got in the car and drove home. What a day indeed, for myself, my friends and the city of Los Angeles. These parades can never get too old. So Lakers, yes I am talking to you Lakers, lets win it again!
nd there were already 95,000 people waiting outside the Coliseum at 9 am!! People were camping out since 3 am. I guess that option was out of the question. We then gathered ourselves and headed for the streets of LA. The next thing we know we saw a sea of Laker fans. You couldn't even see the streets. What an incredible experience to see that many fans of 1 team. We then walked a while along the parade route and soaked it all in. A guy even dressed up his dog in Laker attire. There were horns blasting, flags waving and only smiles on peoples faces. Its really funny to me when people say "its just a game!", but if you saw the site I saw, its more than just a game. This event brought the city together, all genders, ages, races and sexes. For one day people could put their financial issues aside and just celebrate with one another over a phenomenal accomplishment. Then as we were waiting the parade begins. The first float were the Laker girls of course, looking a
mazing as usual. Then came the players. It was so cool seeing how happy the players were and you could really see them taking it all in (especially Fisher and Lamar). Because like I've said you never know when this could happen again. All of the players came by waving and smiling and that was that. It was extremely cool to see all of them and for a few minutes I really felt like a young kid again. I got the feeling that everyone had that same feeling as well. We then went to a restaurant to watch the rally and the whole place in unison would cheer and clap. Or they would chant "MVP, MVP" or "LUUUUUUKE". After eating we got in the car and drove home. What a day indeed, for myself, my friends and the city of Los Angeles. These parades can never get too old. So Lakers, yes I am talking to you Lakers, lets win it again!
1 comments:
Sounds like a great time!! I am glad you had such a wonderful time. Basketball is over until November.... Now will you write about the Diamondbacks....PLEASE!
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