The Vegas Golden Knights' Stanley Cup Parade That ROCKED

VGK Stanley Cup parade on the Las Vegas Strip

Mike O'Brian via BMG Las Vegas

Only six years in the making, but the VGK Stanley Cup parade rocked! Celebrating the NHL Stanley Cup Championship, the Vegas Golden Knights took over the Las Vegas Strip Saturday night!

Over 200,000 fans jammed the strip and Toshiba Plaza to salute our team. Closing down the strip from Tropicana to Flamingo, gates were put in place to basically map out the parade route. It was pretty impressive to see from the beginning.

The city provided a number of double decker buses wrapped in Golden Vegas Knights banners featuring players, the Stanley Cup and more! The parade also included local firetrucks, sponsors and even the team drum line and cheerleaders.

The VGK Parade ROCKED!

Even Metro cruisers were wrapped with VGK banners. In fact, Metro did a great job clearing the strip and making sure everyone was safe. And believe it or not, the parade actually got off to an early start.

Players, family members and friends spraying champagne, cheering on the fans as well shooting off a few confetti guns! It made for quite the experience on the Strip!

Now the KKLZ crew planted its self with the best vantage point watching all the festivities high atop the balcony at Brew Dog! The Mike & Carla Morning Show broadcasting "live" had a front row seat for the parade. In fact, the KKLZ Street Team hit the ground running handing out KKLZ "fans" hoping to cool down some fans.

After the parade wound up at the foot of Toshiba Plaza out front of T-Mobile Arena. That's where the fun really began. Capacity of reached even before the parade started. But speeches by coaches, players and more entertained the fans more so than we think they expected!

It was quite the long day for everyone, but the best part...all went off without a hitch! It was fun, everyone had a great time and without incident.

It was quite the day for Las Vegas...something that we all hope to see a few more times down the road as the Vegas Golden Knights prepare for the 2023-24 season. So, on the count of 3, GO KNIGHTS GO!

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Mike O’Brian is the Program Director and Morning Show host on 96.3 KKLZ in Las Vegas, along with Carla Rea. He has been with the Beasley Media Group for almost 23 years. Mike was named one of the “Best Program Directors In America” by Radio Ink magazine. Over the years, “The Mike & Carla Morning Show” have been presented with a number of proclamations for their work in the community and numerous awards. Having lived in Las Vegas for over 35 years, he writes articles on living in Las Vegas, sports, and odd stories happening within the state of Nevada. Mike is the host of the morning show and program director of 96.3 KKLZ/Las Vegas. He has been doing mornings in Las Vegas for the past 38 years. Over the years, he has hosted a numerous amount of community events and has been the P.A. announcer for a number of sports teams in Las Vegas. He has written on living in Las Vegas, the sports teams here, as well as odd & little-known facts about Las Vegas & Nevada.