Has A City Ever NOT Celebrated A Major Professional Sports Championship?
JackWESQ
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Unless the Lakers somehow choke away a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, they will be the 2008-09 NBA Champions. And, of course, the city of L.A., will celebrate. Or will they? There is an article here in the L.A. Times discussing the possibility that L.A. City officials could rain on any Laker parade given that the cost of such a parade could exceed $1 million and the city is "looking at the possibility of laying off municipal workers or forcing them to take unpaid days off to counter a budget deficit."
Honestly, I find the article quite comical because there is about a ZERO percent chance of there NOT being a parade. It's a moot point. Someone will pay the $1 million.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. If it were up to me, I would scrap the parade!
Honestly, I find the article quite comical because there is about a ZERO percent chance of there NOT being a parade. It's a moot point. Someone will pay the $1 million.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. If it were up to me, I would scrap the parade!
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<< <i>Unless the Lakers somehow choke away a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, they will be the 2008-09 NBA Champions. And, of course, the city of L.A., will celebrate. Or will they? There is an article here in the L.A. Times discussing the possibility that L.A. City officials could rain on any Laker parade given that the cost of such a parade could exceed $1 million and the city is "looking at the possibility of laying off municipal workers or forcing them to take unpaid days off to counter a budget deficit."
Honestly, I find the article quite comical because there is about a ZERO percent chance of there NOT being a parade. It's a moot point. Someone will pay the $1 million.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. If it were up to me, I would scrap the parade! >>
I hope they keep talking about parades, to piss off the Magic even more, and inspire a Red-Sox like comeback!
<< <i>Unless the Lakers somehow choke away a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, they will be the 2008-09 NBA Champions. And, of course, the city of L.A., will celebrate. Or will they? There is an article here in the L.A. Times discussing the possibility that L.A. City officials could rain on any Laker parade given that the cost of such a parade could exceed $1 million and the city is "looking at the possibility of laying off municipal workers or forcing them to take unpaid days off to counter a budget deficit."
Honestly, I find the article quite comical because there is about a ZERO percent chance of there NOT being a parade. It's a moot point. Someone will pay the $1 million.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. If it were up to me, I would scrap the parade! >>
there will be a parade - perhaps not as fancy as past ones, but there will be one.
<< <i>I hope they keep talking about parades, to piss off the Magic even more, and inspire a Red-Sox like comeback! >>
I would like nothing more!
/s/ JackWESQ
Phil's passing Red by, sorry.
<< <i>I hope they keep talking about parades, to piss off the Magic even more, and inspire a Red-Sox like comeback!
Phil's passing Red by, sorry.
Who's Red?
Brian
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<< <i>Highlights from the Lakers post-game parade >>
That's really a bummer about the LAPD officers and any others that were hurt. I watched it on the news the morning and it seemed that the problems were isolated and really only in a couple of areas. It's still inexcusable! I hope the videos of the incident will expose all of the criminals who either hurt others or contributed to the looting and vandalism. Just like every other city, it only takes a few idiots to blemish a great night or make an entire city look bad.
Then I opened the thread and realized your question was completely different. Phrasing it differently would be "Has a City whose major sport team won a championship ever made the choice to not officially and publically celebrate the championship?".
In answer to that question I have to say "not that I am aware of".
I do recall that when the Oakland Raiders lost the Superbowl to the Tampa Bay Bucs 6-7 years ago the City Of Oakland chose to not celebrate the team's return to Oakland. It was not because the team lost, it was because the team and the City were involved in yet another lawsuit filed by Al Davis.
<< <i>Has A City Ever NOT Celebrated A Major Professional Sports Championship? >>
The way things are going it was probably Detroit
<< <i>When I read your thread title I was going to respond "Sacramento" >>
That would be incorrect. In 1992, the Sacrmento Surge (World League Football) won the World Bowl.
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Let us not forget that Sacramento did a hold a parade for a championship professional basketball team, along with the Maloof's, just a few years ago... the Sacramento Monarch's!
Ok, maybe it's not a major championship.
I don't believe San Diego has ever had any champs.
<< <i>Let us not forget that Sacramento did a hold a parade for a championship professional basketball team, along with the Maloof's, just a few years ago... the Sacramento Monarch's! >>
Oh yeah, the Monarchs. I (along with everyone else in the area) forgot about them.
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<< <i>I don't believe San Diego has ever had any champs. >>
The San Diego Sockers were a freakin' dynasty when I was a kid.
<< <i>what sport do the sacramento monarchs play? >>
WNBA
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