LOS ANGELES (KNX) – The celebrations continued for the Los Angeles Rams as the city held a parade in the team’s honor Wednesday following their Super Bowl victory.
It was announced on Tuesday that the parade vehicles would begin at Royal and Jefferson and make their way down to the Coliseum for the victory rally.
Early Wednesday morning, perimeters were set up and certain roads, including part of Jefferson Boulevard at Hoover Street, were blocked off.
A couple hours before the parade, fans of all ages began to gather outside.
Many fans also headed toward the Coliseum early to grab the best seat they could for the victory rally.
Just after 11:10 a.m., the parade kicked off.
Just after 11:40 a.m., the Rams arrived at the Coliseum with a police escort.
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. gave Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Aaron Donald each a key to the city, noting the only other person to have the key was "Insecure" creator Issa Rae.
Head Coach Sean McVay pumped up the crowd while talking about his team.
“The metal toughness, the resilience of this group, it took every single person,” he said. “That’s the best part about football. It’s the greatest team sport there is. Our brightest stars shined their brightest, but man, it’s about the team and these guys are world champs. Told these guys the other day, 55 stories, 55 rings. Now there’s 56 stories, 56 rings. It’s their story. Your story too.”
Players, including wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp and defensive tackle Aaron Donald gave speeches. During his speech, Donald said, "We celebrate with (the city). I want you guys to enjoy this."
In his speech, Kupp, who donned a Kobe Bryant jersey, noted that Bryant set the standard for champions.
“I’m standing here in this city that knows nothing but championships,” he said. “ We’re out celebrating this championship. Kobe’s apart of this. He belongs here, and I’ll tell you what, he set the standard.
All I know, get back to work. Let’s run it back.”
Defensive tackle Andrew Whitworth, who also won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, spoke about the team’s chemistry, especially during this season.
“Just the ability for this team to understand by any means necessary to find a way to win and to believe that we believed in each other, we loved each other, and regardless of any obstacle that got in our way, any setback that was in the way, we overcame it, we looked it in the face and weren’t scared to take on the challenge,” Whitworth said.
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