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For the first time in 25 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers have won back-to-back World Series Championships and now the team is getting ready to celebrate. In a nail-biting finish to Game 7 on Saturday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Dodgers were able to pull out in front 5-4 in the 11th inning. Several Dodgers had big plays in crucial moments, including shortstop Miguel Rojas hit a solo home run to tie it up and catcher Will Smith, whose solo homer gave the team its lead. Now that the Dodgers are back in LA, it's time for their parade. Double-decker buses loaded with players and their families will begin parading at 11 a.m. on Monday through the streets of downtown LA before making their way towards Chavez Ravine for a ticketed event at Dodger Stadium beginning at 12:15 p.m. How to watch the parade? The Dodgers parade will be broadcast live on both KCBS Channel 2 and KCAL Channel 9, and streaming on CBS News Los Angeles. You can also watch it on the CBS LA YouTube. What is the parade route? According to team officials, the parade motorcade will begin at Temple Street and Broadway. It will move along for approximately 45 minutes heading west on Temple, south on Grand Avenue, west of 7th Street and north on Figueroa Street before it ends at 5th Street. The Los Angeles Police Department will be implementing several street closures beginning around 7 a.m. on Monday. Mayor Karen Bass urged people working in downtown near the parade route to consider taking a remote day, as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the nearby area. Street closures for the parade LADOT General Manager Laura Rubio-Cornejo said closures will begin south of Chinatown and Cesar Chavez Avenue, west of Spring Street, east of the 110 Freeway and north of Eighth Street. "We are also partnering with Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Police Department to direct traffic around closures of downtown freeway exits and entrances along Interstate 110 and the U.S. 101," Rubio-Cornejo said. Ramps that will be closed for the parade include: Sixth Street off-ramps on the northbound and southbound 110 Fifth Street on-ramps on the northbound and southbound 110 Left turn pockets at Temple Street off-ramps from northbound 110 and southbound 101 Rubio-Cornejo urges anyone who plans to travel to the area to allow extra time, prepare for significant traffic delays and be patient. Dodger Stadium ticketed event After the parade ends, there will be a ticketed Championship Celebration event at Dodger Stadium. The event will feature live entertainment and coverage of the parade. Fans can purchase food and merchandise while in attendance, but team officials urged people not to bring signs, bags, or other items that aren't permitted under the typical Dodger Stadium guidelines. "Due to logistics, traffic and timing, fans will not be able to attend both the parade and the stadium celebration," said a release from the Dodgers. People will only be able to enter Dodger Stadium and parking lots with valid event tickets. As of Monday morning, tickets to the event on the Dodgers website were sold out. "We gonna see everybody at the parade, we get to do it again," Magic Johnson said after the game ended while speaking with CBS Los Angeles reporters. "This team, when you go three in six years, it's almost like a dynasty." Parking gates will open at 8:30 a.m. and stadium gates will open at 9 a.m.
