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*Update* - We have updated our information about the parade and rally for the Lakers 15th NBA Championship.

Street closure information has been updated by LA DOT, so be sure to view this new information to ease entering and exiting the area impacted by the parade.

Find out updated parade information.

View the parade route online.

We encourage our fans intending to go to the rally at the Coliseum to arrive early as only the first 95,000 fans will be admitted and seating is on a first come-first served basis.

Derek Fisher Message to Lakers Fans

Lakers Guard Derek Fisher spoke to Lakers fans about celebrating Wednesday's parade in a safe and respectful manner.

Watch the video.

Watch the Parade and Rally online

Lakers.com will be streaming the parade and rally tomorrow.  Coverage kicks off when the parade gets started, shortly after 11am tomorrow.  Go to Lakers.com to watch the action.

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The parade to salute the 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers will take place this Wednesday, June 17th. The parade will begin at STAPLES Center and travel south on Figueroa Street  to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where a victory celebration will take place in front of an expected capacity crowd of 95,000 Lakers fans.

Beginning at 11:00 AM, double-decker busses carrying the players, coaching staff, Lakers executives and City officials will depart from STAPLES Center at Figueroa and Chick Hearn Ct. and travel a nearly two mile parade route along Figueroa to the Coliseum where the "official" championship ceremony will take place beginning at noon.

All Lakers fans are invited to stand along Figueroa to cheer the Lakers players having just won the fifteenth NBA Championship in the franchise's history. The first 95,000 fans to arrive at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be invited inside to attend a ceremony during which City and team officials, Coach Phil Jackson and several players will address the crowd. Coliseum gates will open beginning at 9:30 AM for early arriving fans who will be able to watch the parade on giant video screens in addition to being entertained by the Laker Girls and other special guests.

Please be aware of the following street closures planned for Wednesday, June 17th.  Figueroa will be closed from Olympic to Exposition Park from 8am-12pm. Chick Hearn Court will be closed from 9am-4pm.  Cherry will be closed from Pico to Olympic from 9am-2pm.  In addition, the Exposition Blvd, Martin Luther King Blvd, Adams and Olympic exits from the 110 freeway will be closed from 10am until the end of the parade.

View the parade route online.

via Lakers.com

Celebrate with Dignity Lakers Nation!