Details announced for Tuesday’s parade and rally for the WNBA champion Chicago Sky
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The city of Chicago will host a celebration of the Chicago Sky WNBA champions on Tuesday at Millennium Park, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
The parade will start at Wintrust Arena at 11 a.m., with the team headed north up Michigan Avenue to the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park for a celebration starting at noon. Fans are encouraged to cheer along the parade route — and the weather should cooperate, with temperatures in the 70s.
Millennium Park will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday and Pritzker Pavilion will open at 10 a.m., according to the city.
Rolling street closures are scheduled to begin after 10 a.m. on Indiana Avenue from 21st Street to Cermak Road and Michigan Avenue from Roosevelt Road to Randolph Street, according to the city. Randolph between Michigan Avenue and Upper Columbus Drive will also be closed for a short time, the city said.
The city is encouraging people to take public transportation downtown, and updates on detours during the parade will be at transitchicago.com.
Lightfoot praised the Sky for their mental toughness after going 16-16 in the regular season to earn the sixth seed in the playoffs.
“When you think about this season, they started 0-7, 0-7, but you could see the seeds of the championship,” Lightfoot said during an interview on The Score. “This is a team that played really tough defense. They just kept at it.”
The Sky is the first Chicago-based professional sports team to win a national championship since the Cubs won the World Series in 2016.
The Sky clinched the title Sunday with an 80-74 win over the Phoenix Mercury after coming back from an 11-point deficit. The Sky set a WNBA record for most wins in one postseason with eight en route to the franchise’s first title.
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