NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York Knicks will be honored in Manhattan on Thursday with a ticker-tape parade and it could be the biggest parade the city has ever seen.
There could potentially be millions of fans lined up along the Canyon of Heroes on Thursday.
Following the parade, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will host a championship celebration and Key to the City ceremony on City Hall Plaza.
The Knicks captured their first NBA championship in 53 years, setting off days of celebrations across the city and paving the way for what is expected to be a historic turnout on Thursday.
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The players will travel north along Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes before ending at City Hall.
After the parade, Mayor Mamdani will host a championship celebration and Key to the City ceremony on the City Hall Plaza.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is attending Knicks ticker-tape parade.
She said she is saving her orange and blue for Thursday, "this is going to be one for the ages."
"It is knicks season, it's the summer, the fall, the winter of the Knicks, it's extraordinary everyone is so excited," the governor said.
Thursday's celebration is the first ticker-tape parade in Knicks history.
A stage is being built at City Hall and parade preparations are in full swing, including 2,500 pounds of shredded paper confetti that will be delivered to 22 buildings along the parade route.
New orange and blue street signs are also being made for the Canyon of Heroes parade route.
Back in 1973 the Knicks got a ceremony at City Hall Plaza that was attended by 2,000 people, so that makes this parade is extra special.
The mayor said the event may be the largest parade in New York City history and he's encouraging fans to show up early to find a spot.
