Jun 18, 2008 1:03 pm US/Eastern
Rolling Rally Set For Thursday
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
For the second time in a year, the streets of Boston will be turned into a mobile Duck Boat party.
A "rolling rally" to honor the NBA champion Boston Celtics will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday. WBZ meteorologists say temperatures will be around 70 with a 30-percent chance of showers.
City officials urged the hundreds of thousands of fans expected to attend the parade to use public transportation, with streets around the route closed to traffic beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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The rally will start at the TD Banknorth Garden. It will then move down Causeway Street to Staniford Street. From there it will turn onto Cambridge Street, move to Tremont Street and turn onto Boylston Street, ending at Copley Square.
There is no event planned at Copley. The players will leave from there.
Sixteen World War II-era amphibious duck boats will carry the Celtics players, owners and staff. The team's dancers, former Celtics greats and championship trophies from previous years will ride on two flatbed trucks.
The city has held five other championship parades since 2002 -- three when the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl and two when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. The last one was on Oct. 30, after the Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies.
"We're a city of champions," Mayor Tom Menino said Wednesday. "We are 'Title Town."'
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