Golden State Valkyries Championship Parade Set For Wednesday In SF

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Franciscans rejoice, for a championship team will once again parade around city streets.

The Golden State Valkyries, in only their second year as a franchise, won their first WNBA championship on Saturday after defeating the Atlanta Dream in a best-of-seven series that went to the tipping point.

Now, the Valkyries will host their championship parade on Wednesday, where city officials and other Bay Area legends will be in attendance for the city's first since the Warriors took home the NBA crown again in 2022.

"This is just what happens when you invest in women’s sports," Tiffany Hayes, a 14-year league veteran, said after winning her first WNBA title, according to AP News. "We here baby, we here, we here and we ain’t going nowhere! Invest in women’s sports, baby, let’s go!"

The parade will start at the Ferry Building near Mission Street and end on Second and King streets.

San Francisco city officials said the parade starts at noon. But fans can begin lining up around the parade route as early as 9 a.m.

"Take public transit if you can," city officials said. "Expect heavy traffic near the event area."

There will be street closures from midnight to 4 p.m. in the following areas:

• Eastbound King Street and northbound Embarcadero: between Third Street (at King Street) and Broadway (at Embarcadero)
• Market Street: between Drumm Street and Steuart Street
• Steuart Street: between Market Street and its southern end
• Spear Street: between Market Street and its southern end

And from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the following:

• Southbound Embarcadero and westbound King Street: between Broadway (at Embarcadero) and Third Street (at King Street)
• Washington Street: between Drumm Street and the Embarcadero
• Mission, Howard, Folsom, Harrison and Bryant streets: between Main Street and the Embarcadero
• Brannan Street: between Second Street and the Embarcadero (local access maintained to Delancey Street)
• Townsend Street: between Third Street and the Embarcadero
• Second Street: between Brannan Street and King Street