--- title: San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Champs Parade description: The parade from the Financial District to City Hall is expected to draw record crowds canonical: https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-31T19:20:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:09:36.809Z article:section: Sports og:title: San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Champs Parade og:description: The parade from the Financial District to City Hall is expected to draw record crowds og:url: https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1c0fc2eaf7be88a/698763bfcd684811c80976e8/ap453124796965.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: World Series Giants Baseball Celebration og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Champs Parade twitter:description: The parade from the Financial District to City Hall is expected to draw record crowds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1c0fc2eaf7be88a/698763bfcd684811c80976e8/ap453124796965.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Parade  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Oct 31, 2014 7:20 PM UTC  San Francisco Giants baseball fans Megan McPhillips, right, and Travis Saracco from Santa Rosa, Calif., wait in the rain for the start of the victory parade for the 2014 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 in San Francisco. San Francisco Giants baseball fans Megan McPhillips, right, and Travis Saracco from Santa Rosa, Calif., wait in the rain for the start of the victory parade for the 2014 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu—AP  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Oct 31, 2014 7:20 PM UTC Undaunted by forecasted chilly weather and steady rain, up to a million baseball fans are [expected](http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci%5F26829471) to crowd into downtown San Francisco Friday for a parade to commemorate the Giants’ third World Series win in five years. The parade, which started at noon, will stretch for a mile and a half from Market and Steuart streets, then up McAllister Street to the steps of City Hall for a celebration including players, politicians and local celebrities. The National Weather Service says conditions will be “uncomfortable” with steady rainfall and temperatures in the 50s, but organizers don’t expect fans to be deterred. The Giants emerged victorious over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday after a tense match up that came down to a final pitch in game seven of the series. The fact that the celebration also falls on Halloween—a day for which orange and black-clad Giants fans will come already dressed appropriately—is expected to draw even more partiers to a wild street celebration. Bay area transit operators expect Friday to be the busiest day ever on Bay Area trains. \[[_San Jose Mercury News_](http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci%5F26829471)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/"},"headline":"San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Parade","datePublished":"2014-10-31T19:20:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:09:36.809Z","description":"The parade from the Financial District to City Hall is expected to draw record crowds","url":"https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/","keywords":["Baseball","Sports topic","MLB","San Francisco","parade","world series"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1c0fc2eaf7be88a/698763bfcd684811c80976e8/ap453124796965.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1c0fc2eaf7be88a/698763bfcd684811c80976e8/ap453124796965.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"World Series Giants Baseball Celebration","caption":"World Series Giants Baseball Celebration","creditText":"Jeff Chiu—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/baseball/","name":"Baseball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3551624/san-francisco-giants-parade/","name":"San Francisco Braces For Giants’ World Series Parade"}}]}] ```