Now, where does a 12 go to party? Or a few hundred thousand 12s?
A victory parade will be held Wednesday celebrating the Super Bowl LX champion Seattle Seahawks, a city spokesperson confirmed late Sunday.
The tentative route will follow Fourth Avenue, starting at South Washington Street near Lumen Field, ending near the Space Needle at Cedar Street.
KING 5, the official broadcast partner for the ceremony, will stream the presentation of the Lombardi Trophy at Lumen Field at 10 a.m. Wednesday. That part isn't expected to be open to the public. The parade will follow.
As we thrill in the team's triumph, let's look back at the communal pride unleashed in 2014.
Three days after that team won Super Bowl XLVIII, fans flooded downtown, howling with pride along the Fourth Avenue parade route from Denny Way to then-CenturyLink Field.
The crowd was estimated at 750,000 people (although crowd estimate experts stated that was probably an exaggeration, there were likely somewhere between 250,000 and 450,000 people). People pulled their kids out of school for the parade, painted their faces and pets blue and green, and gazed in rapture at the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Richard Sherman hoisted it above screaming fans.
Over one-quarter of Seattle Public Schools students were absent that day, as were nearly 20% of the teachers. Seattle police called the entire force in to work the event. Emergency phone lines were clogged as the horde overwhelmed cell signals. Ferries were packed to capacity with fans trying to make the parade.
Marshawn Lynch beat a drum and threw Skittles into the crowd from the hood of a Duck boat filled with pompom-waving Sea Gals.
Russell Wilson thrust the front page of The Seattle Times — with its simple headline, “Champs” — toward sidewalks stacked 20 people deep. The quarterback who helped drive that 43-8 walloping of the Denver Broncos was in the moment. And he was looking ahead. In order to win multiple Super Bowls," he said, "you have to win the first one first."
Done. And done.
But a few warnings about celebrating.
In the hours after the 2014 game, overzealous revelers climbed atop and damaged the Pioneer Square pergola, which sustained about $25,000 in damage and was repaired thanks to a crowdfunding effort.
This time, thousands of Seattle fans again flooded the streets to celebrate the big win, a rematch of the heartbreaker that was Super Bowl XLIX. Crowds eager for revenge against the New England Patriots set off fireworks, popped Champagne — and once again late Sunday, a few climbed the pergola.
Seattle police advised residents to be careful: In a post, the department said there will be DUI emphasis patrols Sunday and asked that people avoid the temptation to scale the old and expensive pergola.
"You want to let your hair down, have a bit too much bean dip, and watch the Hawks exorcise a demon from our collective past," the SPD news release stated. "We just want you to be safe.
Seattle Times staff reporter David Kroman contributed to this story.
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