{"id":839,"date":"2024-10-28T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/?p=839"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:42:22","slug":"new-york-liberty-make-history-with-citywide-celebration-for-first-wnba-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/new-york-liberty-make-history-with-citywide-celebration-for-first-wnba-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Liberty Make History with Citywide Celebration for First WNBA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Richard Burroughs<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Liberty kicked off a cross-borough championship celebration tour on Thursday, with fans turning out in droves at each stop to celebrate the franchise\u2019s first WNBA title.<\/p>\n

The day began with a ticker tape parade down the Canyon\u00a0of Heroes on Broadway in lower Manhattan, followed by a rally at City Hall.<\/p>\n

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Liberty fans at the ticker tape parade. Photo: Supplied\/Michael Appleton\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was the first-ever ticker tape championship parade for a women’s sports team in New York, which made it feel special as floats full of players, their families\u00a0and Liberty staff cruised down Broadway, showered by confetti as they hoisted\u00a0the WNBA trophy.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Supplied\/Susan Watts\/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of the City Hall Ceremony, the mayor awarded a Key to the City to team members.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Supplied\/Susan Watts\/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cKeys to the City are reserved for those who know how to bring home the trophy \u2014 true champions \u2014 like the New York Liberty,\u201d said\u00a0Adams. \u201cEvery step of the way, the New York Liberty made our city proud, from making franchise history to securing the best record in the league, to inspiring all New Yorkers that our city is full of champions.”<\/p>\n

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Photo: Supplied\/Susan Watts\/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The daytime celebrations were family-friendly fun, as kids of all stripes were jubilantly in attendance, taking a day off from school.<\/p>\n

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Liberty fans in Brooklyn. Photo: Richard Burroughs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“To go to the games and see these women leave it all on the floor \u2014 the energy, the drive, the ambition they had \u2014 they’re an inspiration to all of us. And not just the thousands of little girls who now can see themselves as possibly rising up to this great position or knowing that there’s nothing they can’t do because the women have won, and they’ll continue to win under this great leadership. I’m so proud of them as the first woman governor of New York,” said Governor Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n

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Barclays Center celebration. Photo: Richard Burroughs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The celebration then resumed in Brooklyn in the evening and the vibes and energy turned up to ten. A giant crowd waited patiently in the plaza in front of Barclays Center as T-shirt vendors hawked their wares as if it was New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

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Kim, a Liberty fan for the past three years. Photo: Richard Burroughs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the crowd was Kim, who declined to give her last name, who said she’s a big fan of Betnijah Laney-Hamilton and Sabrina Ionescu. She’s been a fan of the team since she moved to the borough three years ago.<\/p>\n

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Fans at Barclays Center. Photo: Richard Burroughs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The music in the plaza pumped\u00a0as the MC cajoled the crowd to light their torches (cellphones) as the staff worked to get the fans in the front door.<\/p>\n

Overall, the events for the New York Liberty\u2019s first-ever WNBA championship were well-attended and high-energy, with Brooklyn residents putting the exclamation point to end the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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