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Monday parade honoring Pens will follow same route as Steelers'

By The Tribune-Review
Saturday, June 13, 2009


Pittsburgh will honor the Stanley Cup champions on Monday with a parade that will take the same route as last February's Super Bowl parade, city and Allegheny County officials announced yesterday.

The victory parade honoring the Pittsburgh Penguins will start at noon at the intersection of Grant Street and Seventh Avenue.

"No words can describe the history-making comeback achieved by our team," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said in a statement. "No one believed that this could be done, that we could win on the road and defy history, and that the League's youngest captain could make it happen.

"On Monday, let's show the world how the 'City of Champions' welcomes home their Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins."

The parade's route will be as follows: It will proceed through Grant Street, loop to the Boulevard of the Allies and end at Stanwix Street. A stage celebration will be held along Stanwix.

More than 300,000 people packed Downtown streets in February after the Steelers' sixth Super Bowl win.

Officials said barricades will be set up throughout the route to ensure the safety of fans and players. Fans are being encouraged to take public transportation or park on the periphery of the Downtown area.

The celebration in city streets following Friday night's victory against the Detroit Red Wings was relatively peaceful, said City of Pittsburgh Police spokeswoman Diane Richard.

"The celebration was very orderly," she said.

About 3,000 people jammed east Carson Street on the South Side and 31 people were arrested for failing to disperse, Richard said. The streets, which had been blocked throughout the game, were reopened at 1 a.m. today.

One person was arrested in Oakland for setting fire to a couch, Richard said. Another person was arrested in Shadyside.

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