Update: The Patriots parade has been postponed until Wednesday. Get the whole story: here.
Earlier: On Tuesday, the New England Patriots will hitch a ride on a fleet of Duck Boats and take a Super Bowl victory lap around Boston. The route will take the champion Pats from the Prudential Center to Boston City Hall.
According to the City of Boston, the parade will kick off at 11 a.m. and make its way down Boylston Street before taking a left onto Tremont Street and coming to an end at City Hall Plaza.
Mayor Marty Walsh said in a press conference Monday that there will be no rally due to the inclement weather and severe cold. Without the wind chill, he said, temperatures are forecasted to be around 14 degrees.
A total of 25 Duck Boats will be used by the Pats, who are expected to arrive at Logan Airport from Phoenix, Ariz. at around 7 p.m. Monday night.
Despite the winter weather, Mayor Walsh insisted on hosting the parade on Tuesday as opposed to the weekend because of player availability. He noted that a number of players tend to take a vacation after the Super Bowl as soon as possible.
In order to accommodate the influx of fans, the city will continue to push forward with its snow clearing and removal operations but not at the expense of other neighborhoods. As of now, a snow emergency and parking ban are in effect for Boston until further notice.
Police Commissioner Bill Evans noted that thousands spilled into the street after the Pats secured its fourth Super Bowl, and zero arrests were made. He urged Patriots Nation to continue to celebrating peacefully. Spontaneous victories tend to be the BPD’s worst nightmare, he said, but this one proved different.
More information regarding public transit and the MBTA’s schedule will be announced prior to the parade.
As for the game itself, Mayor Walsh said that he was just as anxious in the final minutes of the game as any Patriots fan, yelling at the TV and waiting on bated breath for a goal line hand off from Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to running back Marshawn Lynch. The mayor was as surprised as anyone that the nail in Seattle’s Super Bowl coffin was a pass intercepted by no-name-player-turned-hero Malcolm Butler.
When asked if Butler could beat the mayor in an election, he quipped “I’d vote for Malcolm Butler today.”
Featured Image via Creative Commons/ Mayor’s Office photo by Don Harney
